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Artist:	REINHARDT, DJANGO
Title:	Three Fingered Lightning
Label:	DOXY (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
Format:	LP
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	DOX 880LP

"Gypsy guitar virtuoso Django Reinhardt, was in many ways the founding father of European jazz and his band, the Quintette du Hot Club de France, was the most innovative of its day. The tracks found here are taken from six sessions, spanning 1936-1949, and while most of the tracks -- like 'Djangology' or 'Nuages' -- have become jazz standards in their own right, the songs recorded in 1940 and 1941 (in Nazi occupied Paris) are perhaps the most historically significant. Despite jazz music being officially banned by the Nazi party (and most gypsies being sent to concentration camps), many Nazi officers secretly loved jazz and protected their favorite musicians. Songs like 'Sweet Sue' and 'Swing 41' take on new meaning when one considers that Django, the most popular jazz musician in Paris during this period, was only able to keep his life in exchange for entertaining the very people responsible for sending his friends and family to their deaths." Comes on 180 gram vinyl.

Artist:	REINHARDT, DJANGO
Title:	The Legendary Django
Label:	DOXY (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
Format:	LP
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	DOX 881LP

"After a handful of sides were released for the tiny Ultraphone label in Paris in 1934, Django and his band, the Quintette du Hot Club de France became an overnight sensation. Playing and recording all around Europe, the next few years put Django and his new form of 'gypsy jazz' on the map. 1939 found Django and his band touring England when the War broke out, and while Django was able to return France, his right-hand man, virtuoso violinist Stephane Grappelly, was left behind. This collection of sides (1937-1940) spans that tumultuous time, and one can hear the Quintette both, on songs like 'Daphne' and 'You Took Advantage Of Me', with Grappelly still at the helm, and then later, on the ominously titled 'Vendredì 13' and 'Rythme Futur' (actually recorded outside the jazz idiom in an attempt to appease the Nazi censors), after Grappelly had been left behind in England. Comes on 180 gram vinyl with liner notes by Alexis Korner."

Artist:	REINHARDT, DJANGO
Title:	From The Ultraphone Shelves
Label:	MONK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$26.00
Catalog #:	MK 101LP

"From December 1934 to late September 1935, the Quintette du Hot Club de France, founded by gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt and French violinist Stéphane Grappelli, cut nearly 20 titles for the Parisian based branch of the German Ultraphone label. During the nine months they spent under contract with Ultraphone, their repertoire included some original compositions by members of the band, as well as classic jazz gems. The selections proposed here offer a sample of Django's early genius, who showed the jazz community that the 'American way' of playing jazz was not the only one. Packaged in 78 rpm style deluxe plain cardboard sleeve."

Artist:	REINHARDT, DJANGO
Title:	The Last Years Of Peace (1936-1937)
Label:	MONK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	MK 102LP

"The British Decca company, who had distributed the early Ultraphone sides in England, was attracted by the sudden success of the band and decided to start, in the autumn of 1935, with new recording sessions, now at the enhanced Polydor studios in Paris. Although dealing with such musicians was often quite challenging for the German Polydor technical engineers, some of the results were musically remarkable, despite some low figure sales. Even during his Polydor-Decca phase Django recorded for other companies, including French Gramophone, and in November 1935 he met modern pianist Garnet Clark and US trumpeter Bill Coleman. Packaged in 78 rpm style deluxe plain cardboard sleeve."

Artist:	REINHARDT, DJANGO
Title:	The 1938 London Debut And Paris Sessions
Label:	MONK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$26.00
Catalog #:	MK 103LP

"While 1937 came to a close on the notes of the virtuoso 'Tea For Two,' 1938 began with the first appearance of the Quintette du Hot Club de France in England, an even greater sell-out event than Duke Ellington. The London recording sessions for Decca took place a few days after that event. Django played his own compositions, some jazz hits, and accompanied solos, the sound being now improved and more mature. The British episode was short but intense, and three more titles were recorded later, in August. In-between Django also recorded three sides with Benny Carter, who had widely played around Europe beginning in 1935. Packaged in 78 rpm style deluxe plain cardboard sleeve."

Artist:	REINHARDT, DJANGO
Title:	Are You In The Mood?
Label:	MONK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	MK 104LP

Recorded in Paris in 1936-37. "The Hot Club of France was a kind of jazz appreciation society based in Paris in the 1930s and Django Reinhardt--perhaps the greatest jazz guitarist of all time--and his quintet (featuring Stephane Grappelli on violin) swiftly became its main attraction. In an era when it was commonly believed that in order to play jazz you had to be African American and from somewhere like New Orleans, Reinhardt managed to single-handedly debunk this myth and in the process become the first international European jazz star."

Artist:	REINHARDT, DJANGO
Title:	Swingin' With Django
Label:	MONK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	MK 105LP

Recorded in Paris in 1937. "Although Reinhardt played in the jazz idiom, he did not try to mimic his American counterparts, but developed his own distinct style of playing (on an instrument that was not even an accepted jazz solo instrument at the time and with two crippled fingers on his left hand)! His pre-war recordings for HMV and Swing became wildly popular; selling to audiences eager to hear what this new 'European jazz' was all about."

Artist:	REINHARDT, DJANGO
Title:	Rhythm Futur
Label:	MONK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	MK 106LP

"These recordings chronicle a time when Paris was the centre of the world--and the legendary night clubs of Montmarte, Pigalle and along the Champs- Elysees were filled with jazz bands--but with the onset of WWII, all this changed and gypsies like Django Reinhardt were systematically being rounded up and sent to the death camps. During this time Reinhardt found himself literally having to play and record in order to stay alive. As long as he was a star, he was safe. Amazingly, Reinhardt still managed to compose and record some of his best material during this dark era. Recorded in Paris between 1937 and 1940."

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