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Jazz Tribune No. 39: The Indispensable Django Reinhardt, 1949-1950 ()

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  1. Minor Swing
  2. Beyond the Sea (La Mer)
  3. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
  4. Django Castle (Le Manoir de Mes Reves)
  5. Dream of You
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  1. Minor Swing
  2. Beyond the Sea (La Mer)
  3. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
  4. Django Castle (Le Manoir de Mes Reves)
  5. Dream of You
  6. Menilmontant
  7. It's Only a Paper Moon
  8. I Saw Stars
  9. Nuages
  10. Swing Guitars
  11. All the Things You Are
  12. A-Tisket, A-Tasket
  13. September Song
  14. Heavy Artillery (Artillerie Lourde)
  15. Improvisation on Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" Andante
  16. Djangology
  17. Ou Es-Tu, Mon Amour? (Where Are You, My Love?)
  18. Russian Songs Medley]
  19. Daphné
  20. I'll Never Be the Same
  21. Marie
  22. Jersey Bounce
  23. I Surrender, Dear
  24. Hallelujah
  25. Anniversary Song
  26. After You've Gone
  27. Swing '42
  28. Stormy Weather
  29. Brick Top
  30. Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)
  31. I Got Rhythm
  32. Honeysuckle Rose
  33. St. Louis Blues
  34. Sophisticated Lady
  35. Darktown Strutters' Ball
  36. Royal Garden Blues
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This attractive two-LP set from French RCA in their Jazz Tribute series has 22 of the titles that guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stéphane Grappelli recorded together in Italy in 1949 during their final reunion on records. The two-fer overlaps the Bluebird CD to an extent but also has nine songs played in a 1950 quintet with altoist Andre Ekyan. These superlative performances demonstrate that Reinhardt, although not as popular in this late stage of his life, never really declined and was very open to the ...

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