| Diminishing Blackness |
Django Reinhardt et l'Orchestre d'Hubert Fol au Club Saint-Germain |
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Bernard Hullin (tp); Hubert Fol (as); Raymond Fol (p); Django Reinhardt (g solo); Pierre Michelot (b);
Pierre Lemarchand (dm)
1951 February 20-28 - Club Saint-Germain, rue Saint-Benoit, Paris |
| Dinah |
Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France, avec Stéphane Grappelli |
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Stéphane Grappelli (v); Django Reinhardt (g solo); Roger Chaput, Joseph Reinhardt (g); Louis Vola (b)
1934 December - Ultraphone, Paris
A concert on the 2nd December 1934 at the Ecole Normale de Musique marked the definitive arrival of the Quintette du Hot Club de France.
Imagine how it must have sounded to 1930s jazz fans no drums, no brass, no saxes!
Twenty-six days later Reinhardt showed what a short step the campfire extemporizations of a Manouche gypsy guitarist were from jazz improvisation.
The group stood out because their jazz was so quintessentially European at a time when everyone else's was so quintessentially American.
Their boulevardier brio convincingly suggested that jazz could reflect "local" culture without sacrificing the elements that made Afro-American jazz so compelling and subversive.
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| Dinah |
Duo de Violons |
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Eddie South, Stéphane Grappelli (v); Django Reinhardt (g); Roger Chaput (g); Wilson Myers (b)
1937 September 29 - Swing, Paris |
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| Dinah |
Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France |
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Stéphane Grappelli (v); Django Reinhardt (g solo); Joseph Reinhardt, Eugène Vées (g); Fred Ermelin (b)
1947 November - Radiodiffusion-Television Française, Paris |
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Dinette |
Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France |
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Hubert Rostaing (cl); Django Reinhardt (g solo); Eugène Vées (g); Emmanuel Soudieux (b); Pierre Fouad (dm)
1941 September 11 - Swing, Paris |
| Dinette |
Souvenirs de Django Reinhardt |
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Gérard Lévéque (cl); Django Reinhardt (g solo); Eugène Vées (g); Emmanuel Soudieux (b); André Jourdan (dm)
1947 November 13 - Radiodiffusion-Television Française, Paris |
| Dinette (Dinah) |
Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France |
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André Ekyan (as, bcl, cl); Raph Schécroun (p); Django Reinhardt (el-g); Alphonse "Alf" Masselier (b); Roger Paraboschi (dm)
1950 April-Mai - RAI Studios, Rome |
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Distraction |
Django Reinhardt (g, v) - acc. by Ivon de Bie (p) |
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1942 April 16 - Rythme, Brussels |
| Divine Beguine |
Django Reinhardt with Stan Brebders et son Grand Orchestre |
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Paul d’Hondt, George Clais, Raymond Chantrain (tp); Jean Damm, Sus Van Camp (tb); Louis Billen,
Jo Magis (cl & as); Jeff van Herswingels (ts); Arthur Saguet (cl,ts & bs); Jack Demany (ts & v); Jean Douillez, Walter Fèron, Emile Deltour, Chas Dolne (v); John Ouwerx (p); Django Reinhardt (g solo); Jim Vanderjeught (g);
Arthur Peeters (b); Josse Aerts (dm); Stan Brenders (conducteur)
1942 May 8 - Rythme, Brussels |
| Django Rag |
Django Reinhardt with Stan Brenders et son Grand Orchestre |
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Paul d’Hondt, George Clais, Raymond Chantrain (tp); Jean Damm, Sus Van Camp (tb); Louis Billen,
Jo Magis (cl & as); Jeff van Herswingels (ts); Arthur Saguet (cl,ts & bs); Jack Demany (ts & v); Jean Douillez, Walter Fèron, Emile Deltour, Chas Dolne (v); John Ouwerx (p); Django Reinhardt (g solo); Jim Vanderjeught (g);
Arthur Peeters (b); Josse Aerts (dm); Stan Brenders (conducteur)
1942 May 8 - Rythme, Brussels |
| Djangology |
Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France, avec Stéphane Grappelli |
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Stéphane Grappelli (v); Django Reinhardt (g solo); Joseph Reinhardt, Pierre “Baro” Ferret (g); Louis Vola (b)
The first Continentals to play "le jazz americain" on a par with Yanks, Le Quintette du Hot Club de France was inspired by the late-1920s Eddie Lang/Joe Venuti tandem. Reinhardt and Grappelli, however, made
world-class swing with the odd instrumentation of violin, bass and three guitars (perhaps booked by practical Joe-ker Venuti, who once engaged 20+ bassists for the same nonexistent gig). Grappelli was
a fine fiddler, but Django reigned supreme. When not firing off explosive volleys of single-note solos, Django's rhythm guitar could power a transatlantic crossing of the Ile de France.
"Djangology" is dje-lightful, it's dje-licious, it's dje-lovely!(Alan Kurtz)
1935 September - Ultraphone, Paris |
| Djangology |
Stéphane Grappelli and his Hot Four |
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Stéphane Grappelli (v); Django Reinhardt (g solo); Joseph Reinhardt, Gusti (g); Louis Vola (b)
1937 June 12 - C.B.S. “Saturday Night Swing Club” Broadcast, “The Big Apple”, Paris |
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