Biography

Django Reinhardt was the first hugely influential jazz figure to emerge from Europe. A free-spirited Gypsy, Reinhardt came up with a unique way of propelling the humble acoustic guitar into the front line of a jazz combo in the days before amplification became widespread. He would spin joyous, arcing, marvelously inflected solos above the thrumming base of two rhythm guitars and a bass, with longtime cohort Stéphane Grappelli's elegantly gliding violin serving as the perfect foil. Not only did Reinhardt put his stamp upon jazz, his string band music also had an impact upon the parallel development of Western swing. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Top Tracks

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• Ain't Misbehavin'

• Alabamy Bound

• Anniversary Song

• Anouman

• Apple Honey

• Are You In The Mood?

• Artillerie Lourde

• Avalon

• Babik (bi-bop)

• Belleville

• Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

• Black Night

• Blue Drag

• Blue Lou

• Blues D'autrefois (blues D'outremer)

• Blues For Barclay (take) 1

• Blues Primitif

• Body And Soul

• Bolero

• Brick Top

• Bricktop

• Bugle Call Rag

• Clair De Lune

• Crazy Rhythm

• Crepuscule

• Crépuscule

• Daphne

• Daphné

• Deccaphonie

• Dinah

• Distraction

• Djangology

• Django's Blues

• Double Whiskey

• Double Whisky

• Dream Of You

• Duke And Dukie

• Echoes Of Spain

• Eddie's Blues

• Embraceable You

• Féerie

• Festival Swing

• Fine And Dandy

• Finesse (night Wind)

• Fleur D'ennui

• Folie à Amphion

• Georgia (on My Mind)

• Gipsy With A Song, No. 1

• Griserie

• H.c.q. Strut

• Heavy Artillery (artillerie Lourde)

• Honeysuckle Rose

• Hot House

• How High The Moon

• Hungaria

• I Ain't Got Nobody

• I Can't Give You Anything But Love

• I Got Rhythm

• I'll Never Smile Again

• I'm Confessin' (that I Love You)

• Impromptu

• Improvisation

• Improvisation Sur Le 1er Mouvement Du Comcerto En Re Mineur De ...

• In The Still Of The Night

• I'se A-muggin'

• It Don't Mean A Thing (if It Ain't Got That Swing)

• It Had To Be You

• It's Only A Paper Moon

• I've Found A New Baby

• La Mer

• Lambeth Walk

• Le Soir

• Lentement, Madamoiselle

• Les Yeux Noirs (dark Eyes)

• Limehouse Blues

• Louise

• Lover Man

• Low Cotton

• Mano

• Manoir De Mes Reves

• Minor Blues

• Minor Swing

• Montmartre

• Moppin' The Bride

• My Blue Heaven

• My Melancholy Baby

• Nagasaki

• Naguine

• Night And Day

• Nocturne

• Nuages

• Nuages (it's The Bluest Kind Of Blues)

• Nuits De Saint Germain Des Prés

• Nuits De Saint-germain-des-pres

• Nuits De Saint-germain-des-prés

• Oh Lady, Be Good

• Oh, Lady Be Good

• Oiseaux Des Iles

• On The Sunny Side Of The Street

• Oriental Shuffle

• Paramount Stomp

• Parfum

• Pêche à La Mouche

• Presentation Stomp

• Relaxin' At Camarillo

• Rosetta

• R-vingt Six

• September Song

• Si Tu Savais

• Solid Old Man

• Somebody Loves Me

• Souvenirs

• St Louis Blues

• St. Louis Blues

• Stardust

• Stephane's Blues

• Stockholm

• Sugar

• Sweet Chorus

• Sweet Georgia Brown

• Sweet Sue, Just You

• Swing 39

• Swing 42

• Swing 48

• Swing '48

• Swing De Paris

• Swing Guitars

• Swingin' With Django

• Swingtime In Springtime

• Tea For Two

• Them There Eyes

• Tiger Rag

• To Each His Own Symphony

• Ultra Fox

• Vendredi 13

• Viper's Dream

• When Day Is Done

• Whoa Babe

• You Rascal You

• Younger Generation

• You're Driving Me Crazy

Discography

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• Django Reinhardt and His Rhythm

  Felsted

  1959

• Django's Guitar

  Angel Records

  1955

• The Great Artistry of Django Reinhardt

  Island/Def Jam / Universal

  1954

• Django Reinhardt et Ses Rythmes

  Blue Star (poland)

  1953

• At Club St. Germain

  Honeysuckle Rose

  1951

• Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club Quintet

  Dial

  1951