The Guitar Genius of Django Reinhardt - mp3 on 2 CD-ROM

The Gypsy Jazz Guitar of Django Reinhardt

MP3 Files on 2 CD-ROMs

Jean-Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt was a Belgian-born guitarist and composer of Romani heritage. Reinhardt is often regarded as one of the greatest guitar players of all time and was the first important European jazz musician who made major contributions to the development of the genre. After his third and fourth fingers were paralyzed when he suffered burns in a fire, Reinhardt used only the index and middle fingers of his left hand on his solos and invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique (sometimes called 'hot' jazz guitar) that has since become a living musical tradition within French Gypsy culture. With violinist Stéphane Grappelli, he co-founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France, described by critic Thom Jurek as "one of the most original bands in the history of recorded jazz." Reinhardt's most popular compositions have become jazz standards, including "Minor Swing", "Daphne", "Belleville", "Djangology", "Swing '42", and "Nuages".

Many guitar players, and musicians, have expressed admiration for Django Reinhardt, or have cited him as a major influence. Jeff Beck has described Reinhardt as "By far the most astonishing guitar player ever..." and "...quite superhuman..."

Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia and Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, both of whom lost fingers in accidents, were particularly inspired by Reinhardt's ability to become an accomplished guitar player/musician, despite the diminished use of his own permanently injured hand following an accident. Jerry Garcia as quoted in June 1985 in Frets Magazine ; "His technique is awesome! Even today, nobody has really come to the state that he was playing at. As good as players are, they haven’t gotten to where he is. There’s a lot of guys that play fast and a lot of guys that play clean, and the guitar has come a long way as far as speed and clarity go, but nobody plays with the whole fullness of expression that Django has. I mean, the combination of incredible speed – all the speed you could possibly want – but also the thing of every note have a specific personality. You don’t hear it. I really haven’t heard it anywhere but with Django".

Songs written in Reinhardt's honour include "Django," an instrumental guitar piece by renowned blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa. The piece was influenced by the violin introduction of "Vous et Moi" (Blues et Mineur 1942, Brussels) where Reinhardt himself played the violin. Vous et Moi (You and Me) became the title of Bonamassa's sixth album where the track first appeared in 2006. Slightly longer live versions appear on LIVE...From Nowhere in Particular (2009), and in DVD from 4 May concert at Royal Albert Hall. "Django," composed by John Lewis, which has become a jazz standard performed by musicians such as Miles Davis. The Modern Jazz Quartet titled one of their albums Django in honour of him. The Allman Brothers Band song "Jessica" was written by Dickey Betts in tribute to Reinhardt – he wanted to write a song that could be played using only two fingers. Composer Jon Larsen has composed several crossover concerts featuring Reinhardt-inspired music together with symphonic arrangements, most famous are "White Night Stories" (2002) and "Vertavo" (1996).

This two disk setof mp3 files (these are NOT standard CDs and must be played on a computer or a CD player that will play mp3 files) is a fine collection of Django Reinhardt's enormous contributions to the vocabulary of jazz.

DISK 1
Django Reinhardt After You've Gone.mp3
Django Reinhardt AintMisbehavin.mp3
Django Reinhardt AlabamyBound.mp3
Django Reinhardt Are You In The Mood.mp3
Django Reinhardt Artillerie Lourdes.mp3
Django Reinhardt Avalon.mp3
Django Reinhardt Baby.mp3
Django Reinhardt BabyWontYouPleaseComeHome.mp3
Django Reinhardt BeginTheBeguine.mp3
Django Reinhardt Belleville.mp3
Django Reinhardt Bill Coleman Blues.mp3
Django Reinhardt BlueDragleQuinetteDuHotClubDeFrance1935.mp3
Django Reinhardt Blues Clair.mp3
Django Reinhardt BodyAndSoul.mp3
Django Reinhardt Bolero.mp3
Django Reinhardt Carinosa.mp3
Django Reinhardt Charleston.mp3
Django Reinhardt Charleston1937.mp3
Django Reinhardt Chicago.mp3
Django Reinhardt Confessin.mp3
Django Reinhardt Daphne1937.mp3
Django Reinhardt DarlingJeVousAimeBeaucoup.mp3
Django Reinhardt DjangosTiger.mp3
Django Reinhardt EasyGoing.mp3
Django Reinhardt ExactlyLikeYou.mp3
Django Reinhardt Feerie.mp3
Django Reinhardt FromYou.mp3
Django Reinhardt GabrielsSwing.mp3
Django Reinhardt GeorgiaOnMyMind.mp3
Django Reinhardt Griserie.mp3
Django Reinhardt HotLips.mp3
Django Reinhardt I Won't Dance.mp3
Django Reinhardt ICantGiveYouAnythingButLove.mp3
Django Reinhardt IGotRhythm.mp3
Django Reinhardt Ill See You In My Dreams.mp3
Django Reinhardt Improvisation.mp3
Django Reinhardt ImprovisationNo.3.mp3
Django Reinhardt InASentimentalMood.mp3
Django Reinhardt Indecision.mp3
Django Reinhardt ISawStars.mp3
Django Reinhardt JumpinAtTheWoodside.mp3
Django Reinhardt LaChansonDuLarge.mp3
Django Reinhardt LaCigaleEtLaFourmi.mp3
Django Reinhardt LeQuartetDuHotClubDeFrance Shine.mp3
Django Reinhardt LesPaulChetAtkins LimehouseBlues.mp3
Django Reinhardt LimehouseBlues.mp3
Django Reinhardt Lover Man.mp3
Django Reinhardt Manoir De Mes Reves.mp3
Django Reinhardt MaReguliere.mp3
Django Reinhardt MinorSwing.mp3
Django Reinhardt Montmartre.mp3
Django Reinhardt My Serenade.mp3
Django Reinhardt MyMelancholyBaby.mp3
Django Reinhardt Nagasaki.mp3
Django Reinhardt Naguine.mp3
Django Reinhardt Ninouche.mp3
Django Reinhardt NoelBlues.mp3
Django Reinhardt Nympheas.mp3
Django Reinhardt OlManRiver.mp3
Django Reinhardt On The Sunny Side Of The Street.mp3
Django Reinhardt OrientalShuffle.mp3
Django Reinhardt OutOfNowhere.mp3
Django Reinhardt Parfum.mp3
Django Reinhardt PetiteLily.mp3
Django Reinhardt PremiereIdeeDeddie.mp3
Django Reinhardt QuatreTickets.mp3
Django Reinhardt Rendez-vousSousLaPluie.mp3
Django Reinhardt RidinAlongTheMoscowa.mp3
Django Reinhardt RoseRoom.mp3
Django Reinhardt Rosetta.mp3
Django Reinhardt RunninWild.mp3
Django Reinhardt Saint Louis Blues.mp3
Django Reinhardt Shine.mp3
Django Reinhardt SidneyBechet RosesDePicardieinstrumentale.mp3
Django Reinhardt SiJaimeSuzy.mp3
Django Reinhardt Solitude.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stardust.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli AfterYouveGone.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli AintMisbehavinfromMusicalShowconniesHotChocolates.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli AllByMyself1921.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli AllOfMe.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli AllTheThingsYouAre.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli BluesClair.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli Daphne.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli DontWorryAboutMe1940.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli HoneysuckleRose.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli HowHighIsTheMoon.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli IllSeeYouInMyDreams1939.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli ISawStars1934.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli JapaneseSandman1937.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli JustAGiggolo.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli LadyBeGood1937.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli LaMarseillaise.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli MyBlueHeaven.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli Nuages.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli OldManRiver.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli OrientalShuffle1936 37.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli SeptemberSong.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli SmokeRings1935.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli SweetSue.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli TajMahal1937.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli TchaikovskysPathetique.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli YoureDrivingMeCrazy1937.mp3
Django Reinhardt StephaneGrappelliAndQuintetetOfTheHotClubOfFrance-PleaseBeKind.mp3
Django Reinhardt StephaneGrappelliChetAtkinsMarkKnopfler-Tears.mp3
Django Reinhardt StephaneGrappellirosenbergTrio-LiveAtTheNorthSeaJazzFestival-MinorSwing.mp3
Django Reinhardt Stockholm.mp3
Django Reinhardt Sweet Georgia Brown.mp3
Django Reinhardt Sweet Sue.mp3
Django Reinhardt SweetChorus.mp3
Django Reinhardt SweetSueJustYou.mp3
Django Reinhardt SwingGuitars.mp3
Django Reinhardt Tears.mp3
Django Reinhardt TheSheikOfAraby.mp3
Django Reinhardt TigerRag.mp3
Django Reinhardt ToutLeJourTouteLaNuit.mp3
Django Reinhardt Ultrafox.mp3
Django Reinhardt WhenDayIsDone.mp3
Django Reinhardt WhoaBabe.mp3
Django Reinhardt YouRascalYou.mp3
Django Reinhardt YoureDrivingMeCrazy.mp3
Django Reinhardt Yours And Mine.mp3
Django Reinhardt.mp3
Django Reinhardt-The Hot Club De France Quintet s  Stephane Grappelli Violin - NightAndDay1938.mp3

DISK 2 - Tapes from the Niven Collection

Django Reinhardt Tape 1 Side A.mp3
Django Reinhardt Tape 1 Side B.mp3
Django Reinhardt Tape 1 insert card.jpg
Django Reinhardt Tape 2 Side A.mp3
Django Reinhardt Tape 2 Side B.mp3
Django Reinhardt Tape 2 insert card.jpg