| H.C.Q. Strut |
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, Eugène Vées, Pierre “Baro” Ferret (g); Emmanuel Soudieux (b); Beryl Davis (vo)
Django’s 1939 August 25 Recording Session - London |
| Haevy Guns (Artillerie Lourde) |
Django Reinhardt et son Orchestre |
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Alex Renard, Alphonse Marlier, Cjarles Suire (tp); Pierre Remy, Maurice Gladieu (tb); Gerard Leveque (cl,as,arr); Andre Lamory (as, bar sax); Django Reinhardt (g solo); Joseph Reinhardt, (g); ? Lucien Simoens (b);
Yvan Meyer (dm)
25.02.1945 Concert: Championnat de France du Jazz |
| Hallelujah |
Jazz Club Mystery Hot Band |
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Bernie Privin (tp); Peanuts Hucko (ts); Mel Powel (p); Django Reinhardt (g solo); Joe Schulman (b);
Ray McKinley (dm)
Django’s 1945 January 25 Recording Session - Jazz Club Français, Paris |
| Hallelujah |
Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli |
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Django Reinhardt (g); Stéphane Grappelli (v); Gianni Safred (p); Marco Pecori (b); Aurelio de Carolis (dm)
Django’s 1949 January-February Recording Session - RAI Studios, Rome |
| Hands Across The Table |
Patrick et son Orchestre (dir. Guy Paquinet) |
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Alex Renard, Gaston Lapeyronnie, Nöel Chiboust (tp); Guy Paquinet, Pierre Deck, René Meiss (tb); André Ekyan, Andy Foster, Maurice Cizeron, Alix Combelle (s); Jean Chabaud (p); Django Reinhardt (g solo);
Joseph Reinhardt (g); Louis Pecqueux (b); Maurice Chaillou (dm); Hildegarde (vo)
Django’s 1935 March 4 Recording Session - Paris |
| Hangin’ Around Boudon |
Dicky Wells and his Orchestra |
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Bill Dillard, Shad Collins, Bill Coleman (tp); Dicky Wells (tb); Django Reinhardt (g solo);
Richard “Dick” Fullbright (b); Bill Beason (dm)
Django’s 1937 July 7 Recording Session - Swing, Paris |
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Harlem Swing |
Philippe Brun et son “Swing Band” |
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Philippe Brun, Gus Deloof, André Cornille (tp); Guy Paquinet, Josse Breyère (tb);Max Blanc, Charles Lisee (as); Jacques Hélian, Alix Combelle (ts); Stéphane Grappelli (p); Django Reinhardt (g); Louis Vola (b);
Maurice Chaillou (dm)
Django’s 1937 December 28 Recording Session - Swing, Paris |
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Honeysuckle Rose |
Coleman Hawkins and his All Star Jam Band |
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Benny Carter (as, tp & arr.); André Ekyan (as); Coleman Hawkins (ts); Alix Combelle (ts & cl);
Stéphane Grappelli (p); Django Reinhardt (g); Eugène d’Hellemmes (b); Tommy Benford (dm)
1937 April 28 - Swing, Paris |
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Honeysuckle Rose |
Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France, avec Stéphane Grappelli |
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Stéphane Grappelli (v); Djanqo Reinhardt (g solo); Roger Chaput, Eugène Vées (g); Louis Vola (b)
In a way, this 1938 version of "Honeysuckle Rose" is a throwback to the earliest recordings of the QHCF.
It is set in a bouncy two-beat, and Reinhardt takes the first solo, going back and forth between melody and improvisation.
But closer listening shows that the group had come a long way in just over three years.
First of all, Django's style had evolved to primarily single-string solos.
While his earlier recordings showed him to be a master of varying styles from single-string to chords to runs to maintain listener interest, his recordings from this period show a new confidence in the strength of his single lines.
His "Honeysuckle" solo has only one little octave outburst, yet we are captivated by his solo. He is also more harmonically savvy, and the "outside" note choices he makes sound much more assured than on his Japanese Sandman solo of six months earlier.
Grappelli's rhythmic sense is more attuned than on the early sides and his playing displays elegance and fire simultaneously.
The little ensemble figure Reinhardt and Grappelli play in the final chorus is simply delightful, and when Grappelli solos during the bridge, there is Django offering vocal encouragement.
1938 January 31 - Decca, London |
| Honeysuckle Rose |
Franco American Quartet |
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Larry Man (p); Django Reinhardt (g); Bob Decker (b); Bill Bethell or Red Lacky (d)
1945 October 26 - A.F.N. Radio Program, Paris |
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