The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order (2000)

About this title: This budget five-disc box collects Reinhardt's first 124 recordings between 1934-1939. Curiously enough, despite the title, these sides aren't chronological, a fact that engineer Ted Kendall admits in the liner notes. Rather, while each disc's featured sessions are presented mostly chronologically, the discs themselves are rather awkwardly sequenced, with different discs covering different years in a seemingly random order. That doesn't really detract from the set's appeal, however, as this music is terrific no matter how it's presented. If there is a flaw, it's that the remastering isn't ... read more

Tracks:

1. I Saw Stars [Goodhart/Hoffman/Si]
2. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) [Daugherty/Neiburg]
3. Dinah [Akst/Lewis/Young]
4. Tiger Rag [DaCosta/Edwards/LaR]
5. Oh, Lady Be Good [Gershwin/Gershwin]
6. I Saw Stars [Sigler/Goodhart/Hof]
7. Lily Belle May June [Crooker/Sullivan]
8. Sweet Sue, Just You [Harris/Young]
9. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) [Daugherty/Neiburg]
10. The Continental [Conrad/Magidson]
11. Blue Drag [Reinhardt]
12. Swanee River [Foster]
13. The Sunshine of Your Smile [Cooke/Ray]
14. Ultrafox [Grappelli/Reinhardt]
15. Avalon [Jolson/Rose/DeSylva]
16. Smoke Rings [Gifford/Washington]
17. Clouds [Donaldson/Kahn]
18. Believe It, Beloved [Johnson/Schwartz/Wh]
19. I've Found a New Baby [Palmer/Williams]
20. St. Louis Blues [Handy]
21. Crazy Rhythm [Caesar/Meyer/Kahn]
22. The Sheik of Araby [Smith/Snyder/Wheele]
23. Chasing Shadows [Davis/Silver]
24. I've Had My Moments [Donaldson/Kahn]
25. Some of These Days [Brooks]
26. Djangology [Grappelli/Reinhardt]
27. Honeysuckle Rose [Razaf/Waller]
28. Sweet Georgia Brown [Bernie/Casey/Pinkar]
29. Night and Day [Porter]
30. My Sweet [Reinhardt/Grappelli]
31. Souvenirs [Reinhardt/Grappelli]
32. Daphné [Grappelli/Reinhardt]
33. Black and White [Grappelli/Reinhardt]
34. Stompin' at Decca [Grappelli/Reinhardt]
35. Tornerai (J'Attendrai) [Olivieri/Olivleri]
36. If I Had You [Campbell/Connelly]
37. It Had to Be You [Jones/Kahn]
38. Nocturne [Reinhardt/Grappelli]
39. The Flat Foot Floogie [Gaillard/Green/Stew]
40. Lambeth Walk [Furber/Gay]
41. Why Shouldn't I? [Porter]
42. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm [Berlin]
43. Please Be Kind [Cahn/Chaplin]
44. Louise [Robin/Whiting]
45. Improvisation No. 2 [Grappelli/Reinhardt]
46. Undecided [Shavers/Robin]
47. H.C.Q. Strut [Grappelli/Reinhardt]
48. Don't Worry 'Bout Me [Bloom/Koehler]
49. The Man I Love [Gershwin/Gershwin]
50. My Sweet [Reinhardt/Grappelli]
51. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm [Berlin]
52. Improvisation No. 2 [Berlin]
53. Billets Doux [Reinhardt]
54. Swing de Paris [Reinhardt]
55. Them There Eyes [Pinkard/Tauber/Trac]
56. Three Little Words [Ruby/Kalmar]
57. Appel Direct [Grappelli/Reinhardt]
58. Hungaria [Reinhardt/Grappelli]
59. Hungaria [Reinhardt/Grappelli]
60. Jeepers Creepers [Warren/Mercer]
61. Jeepers Creepers [Warren/Mercer]
62. Swing '39 [Reinhardt/Grappelli]
63. Japanese Sandman [Egan/Whiting]

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