Django Reinhardt - Musette To Maestro 1928-1937 - 5CD-BOX 2010 torrent

This is a collection that shows Django Reinhardt's evolution from playing banjo in musette bands (at 13!) to the development of his unique guitar style. If your looking for the Hot Club you won't find it here. These five discs contain his session work from 1928 to 1937. The first two discs are almost all musette, a French musical style where the accordion is usually the lead instrument. Musette groups began as small combos, usually accordion, banjo and piano or xylophone, but during this time period they burgeoned into full-on orchestras usually with two accordions. I love the stuff, but it's not everyone's cup of tea. The end of the second disc and most of the third and fourth discs contain Reinhardt's work backing up various French matinee idols, most notably Jean Sablon and his sister Germaine. Some of this material is forgettable but much of it is sublime. The tracks with Jean Sablon backed by piano and Django's guitar (particularly La Derniere Bergere) are unbelievably pretty. Django and Grappelli had formed the Hot Club during this time period and their unique style is brought to bear on much of the material on the latter discs. It is very evident in the recordings with Michel Warlop's orchestra. The last disc contains some great session work with Coleman Hawkins and Dicky Wells. In all it's a solid collection that accomplishes what it set out to do, but if you're looking for five discs of that Hot Club sound you should look elsewhere.
(review at amazon.com)

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Django Reinhardt - Musette To Maestro 1928-1937
(5CD JSP Records 2010)

1. Ma Reguliere
2. Griserie
3. Parisette
4. La Varavane
5. Amour De Gitane
6. Aubade Charmeuse
7. Mome La Gratiche
8. L' Ondee
9. La Plus Belle
10. Deception D'amour
11. Parisette
12. Miss Columbia
13. Au Pays Du L'hindoustan
14. Tarragone
15. Moi Aussi
16. Canaria
17. C'est Un Valse Qui Chante
18. Carinosa
19. N'y En N'a Pas Deux Comme Moi
20. Ah! La Biguine
21. Si J'aime Suzy
22. Parce Que Je Vous Aime
23. Si J'aime Suzy
24. Le Meme Coup
25. Je Suis Sex-Appeal
26. Brise Napolitaine
27. Vito
28. Gallito
29. Ne Sois Pas Jalouse
30. Le Jour Ou Je Te Vis
31. Prenez Garde Au Grand Mechant Loup
32. Pas Sur La Bouche
33. Un Jour Sur La Mer
34. Ici L'on Peche
35. Toboggan
36. Celle Qui Est Perdue
37. Presentation Stomp
38. La Chanson Du Large
39. J'suis Pas Un Ange
40. Je Sais Que Vous Etes Jolie!
41. Par Correspondance
42. Tendresse
43. J'ai Besoin De Toi
44. Blue Interlude
45. La Roumba-Da-Boum
46. Cocktails Pour Deux
47. Deux Cigarettes Dans L'ombre
48. L' Amour En Fleurs
49. Je Voudrais Vivre
50. From Now On
51. I Saw Stars
52. Black Panther Stomp
53. Okay Toots
54. When My Ship Comes In
55. My Carolina Hideaway
56. La Derniere Bergere
57. The Continental
58. Un Baiser
59. Vieni Vieni
60. Deux Cigarettes Dans L'ombre
61. Tout Le Jour, Tout La Nuit
62. Maman, Ne Vends Pas La Maison!
63. Petit Homme C'est L'heure D'faire Dodo
64. Hands Across the Table
65. We Were So Young
66. From You
67. Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
68. Miss Otis Regrets
69. Waltzing With a Dream
70. Simplement
71. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
72. Cocktails For Two
73. Un Amour Comme Le Notre
74. La Petite Ile
75. Si J'avais Ete
76. Fievre
77. You and the Night and the Music
78. I Get a Kick Out of You
79. Seagulls
80. Anything Goes
81. Easter Parade
82. I'm Gonna Wash My Hands of You
83. Ainsi Soit-Il
84. Les Quatre Farceurs
85. Run Mary Run
86. Oh Didn't It Rain
87. Points Roses
88. Un Instant D'infini
89. Mon Coeur Reste Pres De Toi
90. Pourquoi, Pourquoi?
91. Vivre Pour Toi
92. Mirages
93. Cette Chanson Est Pour Vous
94. Darling, Je Vous Aime Beacoup
95. Rendez-Vous Sous La Pluie
96. L' Amour En Voyage
97. Au Grande Large
98. Cloud Castles
99. Magic Strings
100. Sweet Serenade
101. Crazy Strings
102. Novel Pets
103. Budding Dancers
104. Mademoiselle Adeline
105. Le Roi Marc
106. Terrain a Vendre
107. Ainsi Soit-Il
108. I've Found a New Baby
109. Honeysuckle Rose
110. Crazy Rhythm
111. Out of Nowhere
112. Sweet Georgia Brown
113. Bugle Call Rag
114. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
115. I Got Rhythm
116. Sweet Sue
117. Hangin' Around Boudon
118. Japanese Sandman