Django Reinhardt
Djangology
Label:  RCA 
Date:  7/9/2002
Length:  0:00
Format:  CD
Genre:  Jazz; Instrumental Rock
  Category:  jazz
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      I Saw Stars    
      2.  
      After You've Gone    
      3.  
      Heavy Artillery (Artillerie Lourde)    
      4.  
      Beyond The Sea (La Mer)    
      5.  
      Minor Swing    
      6.  
      Menilmontant    
      7.  
      Brick Top    
      8.  
      Swing Guitars    
      9.  
      All The Things You Are    
      10.  
      Daphne    
      11.  
      (It's Only A) Paper Moon    
      12.  
      Improvisation On Tchaikovsky's Pathetique (Andante)    
      13.  
      The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise    
      14.  
      Djangology    
      15.  
      Ou Es-tu, Mon Amour? (Where Are You, My Love?)    
      16.  
      Marie    
      17.  
      I Surrender, Dear    
      18.  
      Hallelujah    
      19.  
      Swing    
      20.  
      I'll Never Be The Same    
      21.  
      Honeysuckle Rose    
      22.  
      Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)    
      23.  
      I Got Rhythm    
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      In 1949, Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli reunited for a brief tour of Italy. While they were there they recorded about 50 tunes with an Italian rhythm section, and although they didn't know it at the time, these sessions marked the last time the Gypsy guitarist and the French violinist recorded together. This CD collects 23 of the best tracks from those final sessions, including versions of Hot Club standards like "Minor Swing," "Bricktop," and "Swing 42." Reinhardt and Grappelli don't try to recreate the raucous swing of their earlier collaborations, opting instead for an intriguing blend of romantic, almost classical melodic soloing and bebop-tinged harmonies and rhythms. The attempt doesn't always succeed, primarily because the three musicians on drums, bass, and piano are clearly out of their depth. But when the two masters click, as they do on "I Got Rhythm," they demonstrate an eagerness to explore the new musical possibilities offered by postwar jazz. Sadly Reinhardt died not long after he returned from Italy, so he and Grappelli were never able to continue their musical exploration, leaving the music on Djangology as a final farewell to one of the great partnerships in jazz. --Michael Simmons