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Reinhardt was born on 23 January 1910 in Liberchies, Pont-à-Celles, Belgium, [12] into a French family [8] of Manouche Romani descent. [12] His French, Alsatian father, Jean Eugene Weiss, domiciled in Paris with his wife, went by Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt, his wife's surname, to avoid French military conscription. [13]
Minor Swing is written in the key of A minor.Apart from the brief introduction and final coda or playout, there is no discernible melody, just a repeated sequence of chord changes over which the key players improvise continuously until by some mutual agreement the end is decided and the playout performed.
The group began its recording career in September 1934, releasing two titles on the Odeon label under the name "Delaunay’s Jazz". A December 1934 session produced the first recordings released under the name "Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France, avec Stéphane Grappelly" (with Django's name misspelled as "Djungo").
List of compositions by Django Reinhardt, the Belgian-born Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer. He was the first major jazz talent to emerge from Europe and remains the most significant. He was the first major jazz talent to emerge from Europe and remains the most significant.
Reinhardt's 1946 recording (as can be heard in the sample) is in the key of G major. A final recording was made at a 1953 session just before he died, where we hear Django with only Maurice Vander on piano, Pierre Michelot on bass, and Jean-Louis Viale on drums. He was using an electric guitar by this time.
Django Reinhardt - recorded in March 1935. [5] Benny Goodman and His Quartet - recorded on November 18, 1936 for Victor Records, catalog No. 25473A. [6] The Mills Brothers had a hit with the song in 1932. [7] Bing Crosby recorded the song for Brunswick Records on October 25, 1932 [8] but it was not released until 1968.
The 1999 film Sweet and Lowdown – which like Alice was written and directed by Woody Allen – premieres a version of "Limehouse Blues" performed by Howard Alden and the Dick Hyman Group: the number is titled "Limehouse Blues/ Mystery Pacific" as the train imitation which opens the Django Reinhardt composition "Mystery Pacific" is played by ...
For Django is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass that contains renditions of compositions famously interpreted by, written about or written for Django Reinhardt. [ 1 ] Reception