DJANGO REINHARDT AND THE QUINTET OF THE HOT CLUB OF FRANCE WITH STÉPHANE GRAPPELLI
''DJANGOLOGY''
2002
72:42
1 I Saw Stars (Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman, Maurice Sigler) 03:27
2 After You've Gone (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) 02:57
3 Heavy Artillery (Artillerie Lourde) (Django Reinhardt) 03:37
4 Beyond The Sea ((La Mer) (Charles Trénet, Jack Lawrence) 04:12
5 Minor Swing (Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) 02:33
6 Menilmontant (Charles Trénet) 03:00
7 Brick Top (Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) 03:40
8 Swing Guitars (Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) 02:51
9 All The Things You Are (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) 02:51
10 Daphné (Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) 02:22
11 (It's Only A) Paper Moon (Harold Arlen, E. Y. ''Yip'' Harburg, Billy Rose) 02:48
12 Improvisation on Tchaikovsky's Pathétique (Andante) (Pyotr Il'ych Tchaikovsky) 03:41
13 The World Is Waiting For the Sunrise (Eugene Lockhart, Ernest Seitz) 02:48
14 Djangology (Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) 02:42
15 Où Es-Tu, Mon Amour? (Where Are You, My Love?) (Emil Stern, Eric Stern) 03:18
16 Marie (Irving Berlin) 02:50
17 I Surrender, Dear (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) 03:41
18 Hallelujah (Public Domain) 03:06
19 Swing 42 (Django Reinhardt, Bob Reisner) 02:22
20 I'll Never Be The Same (Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli) 03:58
21 Honeysuckle Rose (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) 03:56
22 Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be) (Jimmy Davis, Roger ''Ram'' Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) 03:08
23 I Got Rhythm (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 02:42
Aurelio de Carolis/Drums
Stéphane Grappelli/Guest Artist, Violin
Carlo Pecori/Bass
Django Reinhardt/Guitar
Gianni Safred/Piano
REVIEW
by Mark Deming (AMG)
In 1949, guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli performed together for the first time since the outbreak of World War II put an end to the classic lineup of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, with the pair reuniting in an Italian recording studio and laying down a number of tunes with a solid local rhythm section. In 1961, 12 songs from those sessions were released in the United States by RCA Victor under the name Djangology (and with Grappelli's name misspelled on the cover); this expanded CD reissue features 23 tunes recorded during Reinhardt and Grappelli's Rome sessions. Stylistically, this material doesn't represent a dramatic departure from the material Reinhardt recorded in the 1930s (while he'd been experimenting with an electric guitar at the time, these are fully acoustic sessions), though there are glimmers of new ideas the great guitarist had picked up along the way, most notably a few bop-influenced solos. But Reinhardt's trademark gypsy swing is still as effortlessly enthusiastic as ever, and his by-play with Grappelli is simply wonderful; the intuitive symmetry of their performances is a marvel, and it's hard to imagine that these musicians had spent ten years apart, given the ease and finesse with which they work together. (Bassist Carlo Pecori and drummer Aurelio de Carolis support the soloists well without imposing their personalities too strongly on the arrangements, and pianist Gianni Safred's free-spirited bounce meshes well with Reinhardt and Grappelli's more adventurous swing.) While the recording quality isn't perfect, it's noticeably better than the duo's earlier sessions, and the remastering for this collection brings out the details without taking the edges out of the sound. Djangology is a lovely set of late-era performances from Django Reinhardt, and if it isn't an ideal collection of his work, it's certainly better (and better presented) than most Reinhardt CD's currently on the market, and stands as further proof of the guitarist's casual genius.
''DJANGOLOGY''
2002
72:42
1 I Saw Stars (Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman, Maurice Sigler) 03:27
2 After You've Gone (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) 02:57
3 Heavy Artillery (Artillerie Lourde) (Django Reinhardt) 03:37
4 Beyond The Sea ((La Mer) (Charles Trénet, Jack Lawrence) 04:12
5 Minor Swing (Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) 02:33
6 Menilmontant (Charles Trénet) 03:00
7 Brick Top (Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) 03:40
8 Swing Guitars (Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) 02:51
9 All The Things You Are (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) 02:51
10 Daphné (Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) 02:22
11 (It's Only A) Paper Moon (Harold Arlen, E. Y. ''Yip'' Harburg, Billy Rose) 02:48
12 Improvisation on Tchaikovsky's Pathétique (Andante) (Pyotr Il'ych Tchaikovsky) 03:41
13 The World Is Waiting For the Sunrise (Eugene Lockhart, Ernest Seitz) 02:48
14 Djangology (Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) 02:42
15 Où Es-Tu, Mon Amour? (Where Are You, My Love?) (Emil Stern, Eric Stern) 03:18
16 Marie (Irving Berlin) 02:50
17 I Surrender, Dear (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) 03:41
18 Hallelujah (Public Domain) 03:06
19 Swing 42 (Django Reinhardt, Bob Reisner) 02:22
20 I'll Never Be The Same (Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli) 03:58
21 Honeysuckle Rose (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) 03:56
22 Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be) (Jimmy Davis, Roger ''Ram'' Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) 03:08
23 I Got Rhythm (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 02:42
Aurelio de Carolis/Drums
Stéphane Grappelli/Guest Artist, Violin
Carlo Pecori/Bass
Django Reinhardt/Guitar
Gianni Safred/Piano
REVIEW
by Mark Deming (AMG)
In 1949, guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli performed together for the first time since the outbreak of World War II put an end to the classic lineup of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, with the pair reuniting in an Italian recording studio and laying down a number of tunes with a solid local rhythm section. In 1961, 12 songs from those sessions were released in the United States by RCA Victor under the name Djangology (and with Grappelli's name misspelled on the cover); this expanded CD reissue features 23 tunes recorded during Reinhardt and Grappelli's Rome sessions. Stylistically, this material doesn't represent a dramatic departure from the material Reinhardt recorded in the 1930s (while he'd been experimenting with an electric guitar at the time, these are fully acoustic sessions), though there are glimmers of new ideas the great guitarist had picked up along the way, most notably a few bop-influenced solos. But Reinhardt's trademark gypsy swing is still as effortlessly enthusiastic as ever, and his by-play with Grappelli is simply wonderful; the intuitive symmetry of their performances is a marvel, and it's hard to imagine that these musicians had spent ten years apart, given the ease and finesse with which they work together. (Bassist Carlo Pecori and drummer Aurelio de Carolis support the soloists well without imposing their personalities too strongly on the arrangements, and pianist Gianni Safred's free-spirited bounce meshes well with Reinhardt and Grappelli's more adventurous swing.) While the recording quality isn't perfect, it's noticeably better than the duo's earlier sessions, and the remastering for this collection brings out the details without taking the edges out of the sound. Djangology is a lovely set of late-era performances from Django Reinhardt, and if it isn't an ideal collection of his work, it's certainly better (and better presented) than most Reinhardt CD's currently on the market, and stands as further proof of the guitarist's casual genius.
