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DJANGO REINHARDT Vol.6 120726bk Django6 10/6/04 9:21 PM Page 8 Also available in the Naxos Jazz Legends series 8.120688* 8.120707 8.120714* 8.120727* 8.120729* 8.120760 * Not available in the USA NAXOS RADIO Over 50 Channels of Classical Music • Jazz, Folk/World, Nostalgia www.naxosradio.com Accessible Anywhere, Anytime • Near-CD Quality 120726bk Django6 10/6/04 9:21 PM Page 2 DJANGO REINHARDT Vol.6 Personnel Track 1: Django Reinhardt, guitar; Philippe Tracks 9 & 18: Django Reinhardt, guitar; Hubert ‘Nuages’ Brun, Pierre Allier, Alex Renard, trumpets; Guy Rostaing, Alix Combelle, clarinet & tenor; Original 1940 recordings by Django’s Music and Paquinet, trombone; Andre Ekyan, alto; Alix Joseph Reinhardt, guitar; Tony Rovira, bass; The Quintet of the Hot Club of France Combelle, tenor; Charlie Lewis, piano; Pierre Pierre Fouad, drums Ferret, guitar; Emmanuel Soudieux, bass Tracks 10–16: Django Reinhardt, guitar; Hubert The Quintet of the Hot Club of France, co-led by when he was just beginning. One night while Track 2: Django Reinhardt, guitar; Philippe Rostaing, clarinet & tenor; Joseph Reinhardt, guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane asleep in a caravan, a batch of flowers caught fire Brun, Pierre Allier, Alex Renard, Al Piguillem, guitar; Tony Rovira, bass; Pierre Fouad, drums Grappelli, were in England on 1 September 1939 and Reinhardt was seriously burned. Doctors in a trumpets; Guy Paquinet, Gaston Moat, Pierre Tracks 19: Django Reinhardt, guitar; Hubert when Nazi Germany started World War II by hospital were seriously thinking of amputating his Deck, trombones; Andre Ekyan, alto; Alix Rostaing, clarinet & tenor; Alix Combelle, tenor; invading Poland. The musicians had recorded left hand but some friends snuck him out one Combelle, baritone; Charlie Lewis, piano; Pierre Joseph Reinhardt, guitar; Tony Rovira, bass; just a week earlier and they were playing an night. Even after Django recovered, two of the Ferret, guitar; Emmanuel Soudieux, bass Pierre Fouad, drums engagement in London when word reached them fingers on his left hand (which he used to chord Track 3: Django Reinhardt, guitar; Philippe Track 20: Django Reinhardt, guitar; Pierre Allier, that the war was on. Grappelli made the guitar) were permanently unusable. He had Brun, Pierre Allier, Alex Renard, Al Piguillem, Christian Bellest, Severin Luino, Aime Barelli, arrangements to stay in England but Reinhardt to completely relearn how to play guitar. trumpets; Guy Paquinet, Gaston Moat, Pierre trumpets; Maurice Gladieu, Guy Paquinet, spontaneously decided to return to France, a Not only did Reinhardt succeed at figuring Deck, trombones; Alix Combelle, baritone; trombones; Hubert Rostaing, clarinet; Christian decision that greatly affected the course of his life. out how to play chords with just two fingers and Charlie Lewis, piano; Pierre Ferret, guitar; Wagner. Max Blanc, altos; Noel Chiboust, Not only was the original Quintet of the Hot Club a thumb, but he discovered jazz (through the Emmanuel Soudieux, bass Georges Jacquemont, Alix Combelle, tenors; of France permanently broken up after six records of Louis Armstrong) and the thrill of Track 4: Django Reinhardt, guitar; Phillipe Brun, Joseph Reinhardt, guitar; Tony Rovira, bass; successful years (though there would be later improvising. By 1930 he was playing guitar in Alex Renard, trumpets; Alix Combelle, clarinet; Pierre Fouad, drums reunions by Grappelli and Reinhardt) but the public again. The following year he met Stephane Charlie Lewis, piano; Pierre Feret, guitar; Track 21: Django Reinhardt, guitar; Pierre Allier, guitarist would be living under Nazi rule for four Grappelli and when their paths crossed again two Emmanuel Soudieux, bass Christian Bellest, Severin Luino, Aime Barelli, years as Germany soon conquered France. years later, they so enjoyed the experience of Tracks 5–6: Django Reinhardt, guitar; Hubert trumpets; Maurice Gladieu, Guy Paquinet, Jean Baptiste ‘Django’ Reinhardt, the top jazz jamming together that they put together the Rostaing, clarinet & tenor; Joseph Reinhardt, trombones; Christian Wagner, Hubert Rostaing, guitarist in the world, was still only 29 when he Quintet of the Hot Club of France. The all-string guitar; Francis Luces, bass; Pierre Fouad, drums clarinet; Max Blanc, altos; Noel Chiboust, returned to France. He was born 23 January group, consisting of violin, three acoustic guitars Tracks 7–8 & 17: Django Reinhardt, guitar; Georges Jacquemont, Alix Combelle, tenors; 1910 in Liverchies, Belgium, a member of a gypsy and bass, was a perfect forum for the co-leaders Hubert Rostaing, clarinet & tenor; Alix Joseph Reinhardt, guitar; Tony Rovira, bass; family. Django, who was largely illiterate, had a and their recordings of 1934 to 1939 are timeless Combelle, clarinet; Joseph Reinhardt, guitar; Pierre Fouad, drums natural musical ability and was self-taught on classics [See note, page 4: Django Reinhardt Tony Rovira, bass; Pierre Fouad, drums banjo and guitar. In the 1920s he played gypsy Vols.1–5 in this Naxos Jazz Legends series]. melodies, folk songs and dance numbers in But with the outbreak of World War II and French cafés, making his first recordings (on Django’s decision to return to the European banjo) in 1928. However his career almost ended continent, he had to start all over. On 22 March 2 8.120726 8.120726 7 120726bk Django6 10/6/04 9:21 PM Page 6 13. Mabel 3:20 18. Oiseaux des îles 2:50 1940 Reinhardt returned to the recording studio Fouad. (Django Reinhardt–Stephane Grappelli) (Django Reinhardt) at the head of a drumless big band, an At first the group was also known as the Quintette du Hot Club de France Quintette du Hot Club de France unprecedented setting for an acoustic guitarist. Quintet of the Hot Club of France. Its debut, Swing 137, mx 0SW 151-1 Swing 103, mx OSW 156-1 The United States’ Alvino Rey, who actually Rhythm futur, is a piece that lives up to its Recorded 13 December 1940 Recorded 17 December 1940 played steel guitar, was the only swing era futuristic name, at least harmonically. It is clear 14. Petits mensonges (Little White Lies) 3:18 19. All Of Me 2:49 guitarist to lead a regular orchestra. Reinhardt’s from the start that Rostaing’s impressive (Walter Donaldson) (Gerald Marks–Seymour Simons) band, called ‘Django’s Music’, recorded four technique and sound (sometimes hinting at Artie Quintette du Hot Club de France Quintette du Hot Club de France numbers, starting off with the catchy Daphne, a Shaw) works well with the guitarist. The session Swing 103, mx 0SW 152-1 Swing 218, mx 0SW 157-1 song that the Quintet had previously recorded on also includes the minor-toned Blues. Recorded 13 December 1940 Recorded 17 December 1940 31 January 1938. Tenor-saxophonist Alix The same group with a change in bassists and Combelle and trumpeter Philippe Brun have solos several guest appearances by Alix Combelle on 15. Les yeux noirs (Dark Eyes) 2:18 20. Stockholm 3:13 while the leader is content to swing the band on clarinet and tenor, recorded thirteen selections on (Traditional) (Django Reinhardt) rhythm guitar. Limehouse Blues puts the 13 and 17 December 1940. Combelle, who had Quintette du Hot Club de France Django’s Music spotlight on the fine altoist Andre Ekyan before sounded quite impressive on a famous 1937 four- Swing 88, mx 0SW 153-1 Swing 95, mx 0SW 174-1 Django flies over the brass, having no difficulty saxophone date with Coleman Hawkins, Benny Recorded 13 December 1940 Recorded 26 December 1940 being heard over the four trumpets and three Carter and Andre Ekyan, was an underrated 16. Sweet Sue, Just You 2:53 21. Festival Swing 4:13 trombones. The eerie Tears, one of the most clarinettist and a tenor with a big tone influenced (Victor Young–Will Harris) (Alix & F. Combille) memorable of the Reinhardt-Grappelli by Hawkins. Swing 41 really benefits from the Quintette du Hot Club de France Django’s Music compositions, features both the guitarist and the inclusion of the two clarinets who blend together Swing 118, mx 0SW 154-1 Swing 91, mx 2SW 173-1 ensemble. Jimmy’s Bar has a typically fluent solo very well. The clarinets take a mysterious Recorded 13 December 1940 Recorded 26 December 1940 from Django who plays with a septet taken from introduction to a remake of Reinhardt’s most 17. Swing de Paris 3:03 All tracks recorded in Paris the larger group. famous original, the haunting ballad Nuages. (Django Reinhardt) While the big band was a happy departure, Probably to avoid being noticed by the Nazis, Transfers & Production: David Lennick Quintette du Hot Club de France Django Reinhardt needed a regular combo to most of the standards played by the Quintet Digital Noise Reduction: Graham Newton Swing 176, mx 0SW 155-1 play jobs in wartime France. There was no point during the war years were issued under their Recorded 17 December 1940 trying to replace Stephane Grappelli with another French titles, with the exception of Sweet Sue and violinist since Grappelli was the top European All Of Me. Exactly Like You (“Pour vous”) has violinist, so Reinhardt instead utilized Hubert Combelle’s last appearance on the 13 December Rostaing, a technically skilled and advanced set, showing off his tenor playing along with clarinettist who also doubled on tenor. Rostaing Rostaing’s clarinet. The classical melody would play with Django on and off through 1948. Fantaisie sur une danse norvégienne is turned And instead of having three guitars as before, into a delightful exercise in swing by the Quintet Reinhardt cut back to two (using his brother with Django showing once again in his chordal Original monochrome photo of Django Reinhardt from Rue des Archives/Lebrecht Music & Arts Joseph Reinhardt) and added drummer Pierre solo that he had no competitors among guitarists 6 8.120726 8.120726 3 120726bk Django6 10/6/04 9:21 PM Page 4 of the era (other than Charlie Christian).
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