The Best of Django Reinhardt

~ Release by Django Reinhardt (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1Limehouse Blues
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1936-05-04)
double bass:
Lucien Simoens (on 1936-05-04)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1936-05-04), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-05-04) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1936-05-04)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1936-05-04)
instrumental recording of:
Limehouse Blues (on 1936-05-04)
lyricist:
Douglas Furber
composer:
Philip Braham
publisher:
Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros. Mus. (ASCAP) (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:46
2When Day Is Done
double bass [bass]:
Louis Vola (in 1937-04)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (in 1937-04), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (in 1937-04) and Joseph Reinhardt (in 1937-04)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (in 1937-04)
recording of:
When Day Is Done (in 1937-04)
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva (in 1926)
composer:
Robert Katscher (in 1926)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
is based on:
Madonna, du bist schöner als der Sonnenschein
3:12
3Saint Louis Blues
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1937-09-09)
double bass:
Eugène d’Hellemmes (on 1937-09-09)
guitar:
Louis Gasté (on 1937-09-09) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-09-09)
solo guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-09-09)
orchestra:
Quintette du Hot Club de France
instrumental recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1937-09-09)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
2:43
4Minor Swing
recording of:
Minor Swing
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
Publications Francis Day
3:17
5My Serenade
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1937-12-14)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1937-12-14)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-12-14), Joseph Reinhardt (on 1937-12-14) and Eugène Vées (on 1937-12-14)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1937-12-14)
recording of:
My Serenade (on 1937-12-14)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
3:03
6You Rascal You
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1937-12-27)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-12-27)
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You (on 1937-12-27)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Theard
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
3:08
7Montmartre
clarinet:
Barney Bigard
cornet:
Rex Stewart
double bass:
Billy Taylor (jazz bassist) (on 1939-04-05)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1939-04-05)
part of:
Swing (by matrix number) (number: 0SW 63-1)
recording of:
Montmartre (on 1939-04-05)
composer:
Cole Porter (composer)
part of:
Can‐Can
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
2:26
8I’ll See You in My Dreams
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1939-06-30)
bass and double bass:
Emmanuel Soudieux (on 1939-06-30)
guitar:
Baro Ferret (on 1939-06-30) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1939-06-30)
solo guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1939-06-30)
orchestra:
Quintette du Hot Club de France (on 1939-06-30)
instrumental recording of:
I’ll See You in My Dreams (on 1939-06-30)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Isham Jones
publisher:
Bantam Music Publishing Co., Gilbert Keyes Music Company and Leo Feist, Inc. (on 1924-12-19)
2:33
9Naguine
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1939-06-30)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1939-06-30)
recording of:
Naguine (on 1939-06-30)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
2:30
10Nuages
double bass:
Pierre Michelot (in 1953-03)
drums (drum set):
Jean‐Louis Viale (French jazz drummer 1933-1984) (in 1953-03)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (in 1953-03)
piano:
Maurice Vander (jazz musician and conductor, not the lyricist) (in 1953-03)
recording of:
Nuages (instrumental) (in 1953-03)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
recording of:
Nuages (with lyrics)
lyricist:
Jacques Larue (French lyricist)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc.
version of:
Nuages (instrumental)
33:20
11Blues Clair
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1943-02-26)
clarinet:
Gérard Lévecque (on 1943-02-26)
double bass:
Jean Storne (on 1943-02-26)
drums (drum set):
Gaston Léonard (on 1943-02-26)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1943-02-26) and Eugène Vées (on 1943-02-26)
part of:
Swing (by matrix number) (number: 0SW 328-1)
recording of:
Blues Clair (on 1943-02-26)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
13:05
12Place de Brouckere
double bass [bass]:
Emmanuel Soudieux
drums (drum set):
André Jourdan
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) and Eugène Vées
instruments:
Fud Candrix (Belgian swingjazz musician & band leader)
recording of:
Place de Broukère
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
2:57
13Manoir de Mes Reves (AKA Django’s Castle)
recording of:
Manoir de mes rêves
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:17
14Django’s Tiger
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1946) and London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1946-01-31)
double bass:
Coleridge Goode (on 1946-01-31)
guitar:
Allan Hodgkiss (on 1946-01-31), Jack Llewelyn (on 1946-01-31) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1946-01-31)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1946-01-31)
part of:
Swing (by matrix number) (number: OEF 26-1)
recording of:
Django's Tiger (on 1946-01-31)
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
part of:
Rythme Futur / Django Tiger
2:39
15Ol’ Man River
recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
2:42
16Diminushing
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1947-11-14)
double bass:
Fred Ermelin (on 1947-11-14)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1947-11-14), Joseph Reinhardt (on 1947-11-14) and Eugène Vées (on 1947-11-14)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1947-11-14)
part of:
Swing (by matrix number) (number: 0SW 486-1)
recording of:
Diminushing (on 1947-11-14)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
3:17
17Lady Be Good
part of:
Swing (by matrix number) (number: 0SW 501-1)
instrumental recording of:
Oh, Lady Be Good!
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
part of:
American Splendor
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
recording of:
Oh, Lady Be Good!
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
part of:
American Splendor
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
3:00
18To Each His Own Symphony
part of:
Swing (by matrix number) (number: 0SW 506-1 (unissued))
recording of:
To Each His Own
lyricist:
Ray Evans (American songwriter)
composer:
Jay Livingston
3:03

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part of:Music Genre Tree (canonical album list from musicgenretree.org – one representative release per genre)
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