Release Date: 25 February 2022
Label: 20th Century Masterworks
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436563183829
Genres: Jazz
Release Date: 01 January 2017
Label: Jazz Images
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8437016248195
Genres: Jazz
Description
Django Reinhardt's 'Nuages' plus 18 bonus tracks, includes a 28-page booklet with new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer Brian Morton and by Paris' prestigious Jazz Magazine.
"Django was in his final weeks when he made this beautiful recording. He had seemingly fallen out of love with music, or with performance, in the post-war period and gained a reputation for unreliability. But there were signs that his old fire was coming back. He made his peace with the electric guitar and began showing an interest in the then-dominant style of bebop, but without ever compromising the beauty of his unique musical vision."
"Produced under the wing of the great producer Norman Granz, and featuring an exceptional quintet, this Parisian recording stands out for the exceptional quality of the music, which Django Reinhardt brought to new heights of expressiveness." - **** ½ AllMusic
Description
The music on this album is among the last recorded by the great Django Reinhardt. Soon after he cut these sessions, he unexpectedly died on May 16, 1953, at the age of 43. The quartet date was made by the French company Blue Star, but produced from the other side of the ocean by Norman Granz, who issued it in the United States on his Clef label. It was planned to be the start of an intense collaboration between Django and Granz which, unfortunately, would never come to be.
The quartet format with the presence of a piano (as opposed to the all-string Quintet of the Hot Club of France which was the guitarist’s most common setting), as well as Django’s use of an electrically amplified guitar, give these last sessions a more intimate and modern sound. The Decca quintet date presented here as a bonus, which also finds Django on electric guitar, is the only existing date pairing the guitarist with celebrated French pianist Martial Solal. It would also be Django’s last recording session ever.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Miles Davis
Chet Baker
Jackie Mclean
Sonny Rollins
John Coltrane & Johnny Griffin
Art Blakey
Paul Chambers Quintet
John Coltrane
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt
