DJANGO REINHARDT - PLAYS THE BLUES [CD]

Django Reinhardt's interpretations of the blues compiled here for the first time ever on one set! The collection includes both studio and live blues and presents them in chronological order. Includes 12-page bookletPERSONNEL:DJANGO REINHARDT, guitar on all tracks (also violin on Disc 1, track 23), plus:Collective personnel:Bill Coleman, Benny Carter, Rex Stewart (tp), André Ekyan (as),Barney Bigard, Hubert Rostaing (cl), Stéphane Grappelli, Eddie South (vln),Joseph Reinhardt, Pierre "Baro" Ferret (g), Joe Turner, Duke Ellington (p),Louis Vola, Pierre Michelot (b), Jean-Louis Viale (d), among many others.Recorded in Paris, Brussels, Chicago & Rome, 1935-1953.CD 1: Total Time: 79:4001 ST. LOUIS BLUES [1935] 3:3002 LIMEHOUSE BLUES [1935] 3:1103 LIMEHOUSE BLUES [1936] 2:4804 P.B. FLAT BLUES 2:5805 5ST. LOUIS BLUES [1937] 2:4506 EDDIE'S BLUES 3:1007 BIG BOY BLUES 3:2808 BILL COLEMAN BLUES 2:5009 FIDDLE BLUES 2:4810 MINOR SWING [1937] 3:1711 STEPHEN'S BLUES 3:1712 BLUES 3:0513 BLUE LIGHT BLUES 3:0714 FAREWELL BLUES 3:1715 SOLID OLD MAN 3:0716 LOW COTTON 3:0417 BLUES OF YESTERDAY 2:3918 BOOGIE WOOGIE (PARTS 1 & 2) [1940] 5:2619 LIMEHOUSE BLUES [1940] 2:2920 BLUES [BLUES EN MINEUR] [1940] 3:1221 NOËL BLUES 2:5822 SWINGING THE BLUES 2:1323 BLUES EN MINEUR [1942] 2:5224 BLUES CLAIR [1943] 3:0525 ZUIDERZEE BLUES 2:4126 BLUES D'AUTREFOIS(BLUES D'OUTREMER) 2:37CD 2: Total Time: 79:2601 UPTOWN BLUES [STUDIO] 4:0802 UPTOWN BLUES [LIVE] 3:2003 A BLUES RIFF 3:4904 BLUES 2:3805 MINOR BLUES [BLUES EN MINEUR] [1947] 2:4806 BLUES FOR BARCLAY [take 2 master] 2:5307 BLUES FOR BARCLAY [take 1 alternate] 3:0208 DJANGO'S BLUES 3:0909 BLUES CLAIR [1947] 2:4510 MINOR SWING [1947] 2:5211 BLUES PRIMITIF 2:4212 BLUES EN MINEUR [1947] 3:3013 ST. LOUIS BLUES [1947] 4:0814 MINOR BLUES [BLUES EN MINEUR] [1949] 2:4315 MINOR SWING [1949] 2:3816 C JAM BLUES [1949] 2:3717 MINOR SWING [1950] 2:2618 ROYAL GARDEN BLUES 2:4119 ST. LOUIS BLUES [1950] 4:0720 C JAM BLUES [1950] 3:3621 BOOGIE WOOGIE [1950] 3:2522 BLUES [JAM SESSION] 4:0323 BLUES 2:5624 BLUES FOR IKE 3:2225 D.R. BLUES 3:11