Jazz Tribute No. 39: The Indispensable Django Reinhardt, 1949-1950 (1949)

About this title: This attractive two-LP set from French RCA in their Jazz Tribute series has 22 of the titles that guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stéphane Grappelli recorded together in Italy in 1949 during their final reunion on records. The two-fer overlaps the Bluebird CD to an extent but also has nine songs played in a 1950 quintet with altoist Andre Ekyan. These superlative performances demonstrate that Reinhardt, although not as popular in this late stage of his life, never really declined and was very open to the innovations of bop. Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks:

1. Minor Swing [Grappelli/Reinhardt]
2. Beyond the Sea (La Mer) [Lawrence/Trenet]
3. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise [Lockhart/Seitz]
4. Django Castle (Le Manoir de Mes Reves) [Grappelli/Reinhardt]
5. Dream of You [Lunceford/Morales]
6. Menilmontant [Trenet]
7. It's Only a Paper Moon [Arlen/Harburg/Rose]
8. I Saw Stars [Goodhart/Hoffman/Si]
9. Nuages [Reinhardt]
10. Swing Guitars [Grappelli/Reinhardt]
11. All the Things You Are [Hammerstein/Kern]
12. A-Tisket, A-Tasket [Alexander/Fitzgeral]
13. September Song [Anderson/Weill]
14. Heavy Artillery (Artillerie Lourde) [Reinhardt]
15. Improvisation on Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" Andante [Tchaikovsky]
16. Djangology [Grappelli/Reinhardt]
17. Ou Es-Tu, Mon Amour? (Where Are You, My Love?) [Stern]
18. Russian Songs Medley [Traditional]
19. Daphné [Grappelli/Reinhardt]
20. I'll Never Be the Same [Kahn/Malneck/Signor]
21. Marie [Berlin]
22. Jersey Bounce [Bradshaw/Johnson/Pl]
23. I Surrender, Dear [Barris/Clifford]
24. Hallelujah [Grey/Robin/Youmans]
25. Anniversary Song [Chaplin/Jolson]
26. After You've Gone [Creamer/Layton]
27. Swing '42 [Reinhardt/Reisner]
28. Stormy Weather [Arlen/Koehler]
29. Brick Top [Grappelli/Reinhardt]
30. Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be) [Davis/Ramirez/Sherm]
31. I Got Rhythm [Gershwin/Gershwin]
32. Honeysuckle Rose [Razaf/Waller]
33. St. Louis Blues [Handy]
34. Sophisticated Lady [Ellington/Mills/Par]
35. Darktown Strutters' Ball [Brooks]
36. Royal Garden Blues [Williams/Williams]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.