DJANGO REINHARDT - PLAYS THE MUSIC OF PORTER & KERN NEW CD

All of Django’s recordings of songs by the great American composers Cole Porter and Jerome Kern.Compiled from various sessions in Django’s discography, these selections feature a wide variety of accompaniment and arrangements. The common thread between them all, however, is Django’s incomparable improvisational genius.As a bonus, all of his recordings of Irving Berlin tunes have also been added.Includes 12-page bookletDJANGO REINHARDT, guitar soloist on all tracks, plus:Collective personnel: Stéphane Grappelli (vln), Rex Stewart (tp), André Ekyan, Hubert Rostaing (cl), Joseph Reinhardt, Pierre “Baro” Ferret, Marcel Bianchi (g), and Louis Vola (b), among others.All tracks recorded in Paris, France, 1935-1953.The COLE PORTER Songbook:01 NIGHT AND DAY (1953) 2:5102 BEGIN THE BEGUINE (1949) 3:4503 WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE 2:0804 NIGHT AND DAY (1949) 3:0305 JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS (1947, Brussels) 3:1906 I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU 3:1707 ANYTHING GOES 2:3408 NIGHT AND DAY (1947) 2:5209 JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS (1947, Paris) 2:5010 BEGIN THE BEGUINE (1942) 2:5511 WHY SHOULDN’T I CARE? 2:5112 MISS OTIS REGRETS 3:0613 BEGIN THE BEGUINE (1940) 2:5314 NIGHT AND DAY (1938) 2:43The JEROME KERN Songbook:15 YESTERDAYS (broadcast, 1953) 1:5116 OL’ MAN RIVER (studio, 1947) 2:4017 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE 2:5218 I WON’T DANCE 2:5019 WE WERE SO YOUNG 3:1620 OL’ MAN RIVER (broadcast, 1947) 3:3321 YESTERDAYS (broadcast, 1952) 3:08Bonus tracks:The IRVING BERLIN Songbook:22 BLUE SKIES (1949) 4:1023 MARIE 2:5124 A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY 2:3925 I’VE GOT MY LOVE TO KEEP ME WARM (take 1) 2:3226 BLUE SKIES (1940) 2:3827 I’VE GOT MY LOVE TO KEEP ME WARM (take 2) 2:24Total time: 78:31