Genius of Improvisation

~ Release by Django Reinhardt (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Improvisation
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1937-04-27)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-04-27)
recording of:
Improvisation No. 1 (on 1937-04-27)
2:59
2Parfum
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1937-04-27)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-04-27)
recording of:
Parfum (on 1937-04-27)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
3:02
3St. Louis Blues
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1937-09-09)
double bass:
Eugène d’Hellemmes (on 1937-09-09)
guitar:
Louis Gasté (on 1937-09-09) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-09-09)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0LA 1952-1) and Swing (by matrix number) (number: OLA 1952-1)
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1937-09-09)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
2:45
4Minor Swing
recording of:
Minor Swing
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
Publications Francis Day
3:18
5You Rascal You
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1937-12-21)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1937-12-21)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-12-21)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0LA 2215-1) and Swing (by matrix number) (number: OLA 2215-1)
instrumental recording of:
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You (on 1937-12-21)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Theard
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
3:08
6Sweet Georgia Brown
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-12-21)
piano:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1937-12-21)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0LA 2220-1) and Swing (by matrix number) (number: OLA 2220-1)
instrumental recording of:
Sweet Georgia Brown (on 1937-12-21)
lyricist:
Kenneth Casey (in 1925)
composer:
Ben Bernie (in 1925) and Maceo Pinkard (in 1925)
publisher:
Francis Day (publisher), Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
3:18
7Tears
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1940-03-22)
part of:
Swing (by matrix number) (number: 0SW 118-1)
recording of:
Tears (on 1940-03-22)
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
2:52
8Daphné
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1940-02-22)
alto saxophone:
André Ekyan (on 1940-03-22)
baritone saxophone:
Alix Combelle (on 1940-03-22)
double bass:
Emmanuel Soudieux (on 1940-03-22)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1940-03-22)
piano:
Charlie Lewis (french jazz pianist) (on 1940-03-22)
solo guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1940-03-22)
trombone:
Guy Paquinet (on 1940-03-22)
trumpet:
Pierre Allier (trumpeter / composer) (on 1940-03-22), Philippe Brun (trumpeter) (on 1940-03-22) and Alex Renard (on 1940-03-22)
part of:
Swing (by matrix number) (number: 0SW 120-1)
recording of:
Daphné (on 1940-03-22)
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (in 1938)
2:53
9Begin the Beguine
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1940-10-01)
clarinet:
Hubert Rostaing (on 1940-10-01)
double bass:
Francis Luca (on 1940-10-01)
drums (drum set):
Pierre Fouad (on 1940-10-01)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1940-10-01) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1940-10-01)
part of:
Swing (by matrix number) (number: 0SW 129-1 (unissued))
instrumental recording of:
Begin the Beguine (on 1940-10-01)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Jubilee
2:57
10Swing '41
recording of:
Swing 41
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
3:11
11Nuages
recording of:
Nuages (instrumental)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
3:21
12Pour vous (Exactly Like You)
3:14
13Vendredi 13
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1940-12-13)
part of:
Swing (by matrix number) (number: 0SW 149-1)
recording of:
Vendredi 13 (on 1940-12-13)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
3:08
14Mabel
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1940-12-13)
part of:
Swing (by matrix number) (number: 0SW 151-1)
recording of:
Mabel (on 1940-12-13)
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
recording of:
Mabel (in 1940)
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
3:23
15Petits Mensonges (Little White Lies)
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1940-12-13)
clarinet:
Hubert Rostaing (on 1940-12-13)
double bass:
Antonio “Tony” Rovira (double bassist) (on 1940-12-13)
drums (drum set):
Pierre Fouad (on 1940-12-13)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1940-12-13) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1940-12-13)
recording of:
Petits mensonges (Little White Lies) (on 1940-12-13)
composer:
Walter Donaldson
3:18
16Les Yeus Noirs (Dark Eyes)
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1940-12-13)
clarinet:
Hubert Rostaing (on 1940-12-13)
double bass:
Antonio “Tony” Rovira (double bassist) (on 1940-12-13)
drums (drum set):
Pierre Fouad (on 1940-12-13)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1940-12-13) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1940-12-13)
recording of:
Les Yeux noirs (Django Reinhardt version) (on 1940-12-13)
composer:
Florian Hermann (composer)
arranger:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
version of:
Очи чёрные (Dark Eyes, original version by Y. Hrebinka)
2:16
17Sweet Sue
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1940-12-13)
clarinet:
Hubert Rostaing (on 1940-12-13)
double bass:
Antonio “Tony” Rovira (double bassist) (on 1940-12-13)
drums (drum set):
Pierre Fouad (on 1940-12-13)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1940-12-13) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1940-12-13)
instrumental recording of:
Sweet Sue, Just You (on 1940-12-13)
lyricist:
Will J. Harris (early 1900s songwriter/lyricist)
composer:
Will J. Harris (early 1900s songwriter/lyricist) and Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd.
2:52
18Swing de Paris
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1940-12-17)
clarinet:
Alix Combelle (on 1940-12-17) and Hubert Rostaing (on 1940-12-17)
double bass:
Antonio “Tony” Rovira (double bassist) (on 1940-12-17)
drums (drum set):
Pierre Fouad (on 1940-12-17)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1940-12-17) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1940-12-17)
solo guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1940-12-17)
tenor saxophone:
Alix Combelle (on 1940-12-17)
orchestra:
Quintette du Hot Club de France (on 1940-12-17)
performer:
Django Reinhardt et son quintette (on 1940-12-17)
part of:
Swing (by matrix number) (number: 0SW 155-1)
recording of:
Swing from Paris (on 1940-12-17)
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
3:04
19Oiseaux des îles
recording of:
Oiseaux des îles
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
2:52
20All of Me
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1940-12-17)
clarinet:
Alix Combelle (on 1940-12-17) and Hubert Rostaing (on 1940-12-17)
double bass:
Antonio “Tony” Rovira (double bassist) (on 1940-12-17)
drums (drum set):
Pierre Fouad (on 1940-12-17)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1940-12-17) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1940-12-17)
tenor saxophone:
Alix Combelle (on 1940-12-17)
part of:
Swing (by matrix number) (number: 0SW 157-1)
instrumental recording of:
All of Me (on 1940-12-17)
writer:
Gerald Marks (in 1932) and Seymour Simons (in 1932)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Marlong Music Corp., Round Hill Songs and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
Peermusic and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
2:48
21Swing '42
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1941-09-11)
clarinet:
Hubert Rostaing (on 1941-09-11)
double bass:
Antonio “Tony” Rovira (double bassist) (on 1941-09-11)
drums (drum set):
Pierre Fouad (on 1941-09-11)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1941-09-11) and Eugène Vées (on 1941-09-11)
orchestra:
Quintette du Hot Club de France (on 1941-09-11)
part of:
Swing (by matrix number) (number: 0SW 229-1)
recording of:
Swing 42 (on 1941-09-11)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) and Lawrence Riesner
recording of:
Swing 42 (in 1941)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) and Lawrence Riesner
2:49
22Manoir de mes rêves
recording of:
Manoir de mes rêves
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:21
23Djangology
recording of:
Djangology
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
2:36
24Echoes of France (La Marsellaise)
2:47