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“The great gypsy did pretty much all his recording during the pre-album age, and while he was justly honoured by the French soon after his death, most early UK vinyl releases were haphazard collations in indifferent sound. By contrast, this compact little high-quality cardsleeve box of three CDs, accompanied by a magnificent 75-page booklet in French and English which contains lavish photographs and discographical details, is by some distance the best one-step intro Django’s staggering genius. Transfers from the original 78rpm singles are magnificent and the selection of titles is absolutely on the money, from earliest Hot Club sides to his post-war experiments with shifting personnel and electrified guitars” – Jazzwise.

1934-40
1-1 Dinah
Double Bass – Louis Vola
Guitar – Joseph Reinhardt, Roger Chaput
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Harry Akst, Joe Young (3), Sam M. Lewis*
2:39
1-2 Sweet Sue (Just You)
Double Bass – Louis Vola
Guitar – Joseph Reinhardt, Roger Chaput
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Vocals – Jerry Mengo
Written-By – Victor Young, Will J. Harris*
2:57
1-3 Blue Drag
Double Bass – Louis Vola
Guitar – Joseph Reinhardt, Roger Chaput
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Josef Myrow
2:53
1-4 Limehouse Blues
Double Bass – Lucien Simoens
Guitar – Joseph Reinhardt, Pierre “Baro” Ferret*
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Douglas Furber, Philip Braham
2:48
1-5 Charleston
Double Bass – Louis Vola
Guitar – Marcel Bianchi, Pierre “Baro” Ferret*
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Cecil Mack, James P. Johnson*
2:54
1-6 The Sheik Of Araby
Double Bass – Louis Vola
Guitar – Marcel Bianchi, Pierre “Baro” Ferret*
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Francis Wheeler, Harry B. Smith, Ted Snyder
3:07
1-7 St. Louis Blues
Double Bass – Eugène d’Hellemmes
Guitar – Louis “Loulou” Gasté*
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Written-By – W. C. Handy
2:47
1-8 Minor Swing
Double Bass – Louis Vola
Guitar – Eugène Vées, Joseph Reinhardt
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
3:17
1-9 My Serenade
Double Bass – Louis Vola
Guitar – Eugène Vées, Joseph Reinhardt
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
3:04
1-10 Night And Day
Double Bass – Louis Vola
Guitar – Eugène Vées, Roger Chaput
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Cole Porter
2:42
1-11 Sweet Georgia Brown
Double Bass – Louis Vola
Guitar – Eugène Vées, Roger Chaput
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard
3:08
1-12 Honeysuckle Rose
Double Bass – Louis Vola
Guitar – Eugène Vées, Roger Chaput
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Andy Razaf, Thomas “Fats” Waller*
2:54
1-13 Black And White
Double Bass – Louis Vola
Guitar – Eugène Vées, Roger Chaput
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
3:05
1-14 Appel Indirect (Appel Direct)
Double Bass – Roger Grasset
Guitar – Eugène Vées, Joseph Reinhardt
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
2:58
1-15 Improvisation No.2
Guitar [Solo Guitar] – Django Reinhardt
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
2:41
1-16 Swing 39
Double Bass – Emmanuel Soudieux
Guitar – Joseph Reinhardt, Pierre “Baro” Ferret*
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
3:19
1-17 I’ll See You In My Dreams
Double Bass – Emmanuel Soudieux
Guitar – Pierre “Baro” Ferret*
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Written-By – Gus Kahn, Isham Jones
2:34
1-18 H.C.Q. Strut
Double Bass – Emmanuel Soudieux
Guitar – Eugène Vées, Joseph Reinhardt
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
2:56
1-19 Rythme Futur
Clarinet – Hubert Rostaing
Double Bass – Francis Luca
Drums – Pierre Fouad
Guitar – Joseph Reinhardt
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
2:40
1940-47
2-1 Les Yeux Noirs
Arranged By – Django Reinhardt
Clarinet – Hubert Rostaing
Double Bass – Antonio “Tony” Rovira
Drums – Pierre Fouad
Guitar – Joseph Reinhardt
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Written-By – Traditional
2:17
2-2 All Of Me
Clarinet – Hubert Rostaing
Double Bass – Antonio “Tony” Rovira
Drums – Pierre Fouad
Guitar – Joseph Reinhardt
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Tenor Saxophone – Alix Combelle
Written-By – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
2:48
2-3 Swing 42
Clarinet – Hubert Rostaing
Double Bass – Emmanuel Soudieux
Drums – Pierre Fouad
Guitar – Eugène Vées
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
2:48
2-4 Blues En Mineur
Piano – Ivon De Bie
Violin, Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
2:50
2-5 Douce Ambiance
Clarinet – André Lluis, Gérard Lévêque
Double Bass – Jean Storne
Drums – Gaston Léonard
Guitar – Eugène Vées
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
2:21
2-6 Manoir De Mes Rêves
Clarinet – André Lluis, Gérard Lévêque
Double Bass – Jean Storne
Drums – Gaston Léonard
Guitar – Eugène Vées
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
3:18
2-7 Blues Clair
Double Bass – Jean Storne
Drums – Gaston Léonard
Guitar – Eugène Vées
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
3:06
2-8 I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
Baritone Saxophone – Yves Raynal
Clarinet – Gérard Lévêque
Double Bass – Lucien Simoens
Drums – Jerry Mengo
Guitar – Joseph Reinhardt
Lead Guitar, Arranged By, Conductor – Django Reinhardt
Piano – Léo Chauliac
Trombone – Librecht*, Pierre Rémy
Trumpet – Alex Caturégli*, Christian Bellest, Roger Hubert
Written-By – Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields
2:24
2-9 Échos De France (La Marseillaise)
Double Bass – Coleridge Goode
Guitar – Allan Hodgkiss, Jack Llewelyn
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle*
2:47
2-10 Embraceable You
Double Bass – Coleridge Goode
Guitar – Allan Hodgkiss, Jack Llewelyn
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – George & Ira Gershwin
3:14
2-11 Django’s Tiger
Double Bass – Coleridge Goode
Guitar – Allan Hodgkiss, Jack Llewelyn
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
2:39
2-12 Mélodie Au Crépuscule
Double Bass – Coleridge Goode
Guitar – Allan Hodgkiss, Jack Llewelyn
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
3:12
2-13 Nuages
Double Bass – Coleridge Goode
Guitar – Allan Hodgkiss, Jack Llewelyn
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
3:19
2-14 How High The Moon
Double Bass – Emmanuel Soudieux
Guitar – Joseph Reinhardt, Pierre “Baro” Ferret*
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton
2:34
2-15 Just One Of Those Things
Clarinet – Hubert Rostaing
Double Bass – Emmanuel Soudieux
Drums – Pierre Fouad
Guitar – Eugène Vées
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Written-By – Cole Porter
2:52
2-16 Songe D’Automne
Clarinet – Hubert Rostaing
Double Bass – Emmanuel Soudieux
Drums – Pierre Fouad
Guitar – Eugène Vées
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Written-By – Archibald Joyce
3:01
2-17 Vette
Clarinet – Hubert Rostaing
Double Bass – Ladislas Czabanick
Drums – André Jourdan
Guitar – Joseph Reinhardt
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
2:15
2-18 Danse Norvégienne
Arranged By – Django Reinhardt
Clarinet – Hubert Rostaing
Double Bass – Ladislas Czabanick
Drums – André Jourdan
Guitar – Joseph Reinhardt
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Written-By – Edvard Grieg
3:02
2-19 Django’s Dream (Rêverie)
Arranged By – Django Reinhardt
Clarinet – Hubert Rostaing
Double Bass – Emmanuel Soudieux
Drums – André Jourdan
Guitar – Eugène Vées
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Written-By – Claude Debussy
3:50
1947-53
3-1 Topsy
Clarinet – Hubert Rostaing
Double Bass – Emmanuel Soudieux
Drums – André Jourdan
Guitar – Joseph Reinhardt
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Producer – Hugues Panassié
Written-By – Ed Durham*, Edgar Battle
3:06
3-2 Dinette
Clarinet – Gérard Lévêque
Double Bass – Emmanuel Soudieux
Drums – André Jourdan
Guitar – Eugène Vées
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
3:02
3-3 Belleville
Clarinet – Gérard Lévêque
Double Bass – Emmanuel Soudieux
Drums – André Jourdan
Guitar – Eugène Vées
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
2:36
3-4 Si Tu Savais
Double Bass – Fred Ermelin
Guitar – Eugène Vées, Joseph Reinhardt
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Georges Ulmer
2:41
3-5 Ol’ Man River
Double Bass – Fred Ermelin
Guitar – Eugène Vées, Joseph Reinhardt
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II*
2:36
3-6 Tears (Muri Wachsella An U Sennelo Weesch)
Double Bass – Fred Ermelin
Guitar – Eugène Vées, Joseph Reinhardt
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
3:43
3-7 Tiger Rag
Double Bass – Fred Ermelin
Guitar – Eugène Vées, Joseph Reinhardt
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – The Original Dixieland Jazz Band*
2:55
3-8 Minor Swing
Double Bass – Carlo Pecori
Drums – Aurelio De Carolis
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Piano – Gianni Safred
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
2:36
3-9 La Mer
Double Bass – Carlo Pecori
Drums – Aurelio De Carolis
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Piano – Gianni Safred
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Charles Trenet
4:23
3-10 Bricktop
Double Bass – Carlo Pecori
Drums – Aurelio De Carolis
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Piano – Gianni Safred
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
3:44
3-11 Où Es-Tu Mon Amour ?
Double Bass – Carlo Pecori
Drums – Aurelio De Carolis
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Piano – Gianni Safred
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Emile Stern*, H. Lemarchand*
3:20
3-12 Daphné
Double Bass – Carlo Pecori
Drums – Aurelio De Carolis
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Piano – Gianni Safred
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
2:27
3-13 Djangology
Double Bass – Carlo Pecori
Drums – Aurelio De Carolis
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Piano – Gianni Safred
Violin – Stéphane Grappelli
Written-By – Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
2:48
3-14 Place De Brouckère
Clarinet – André Ekyan
Double Bass – Jean Bouchéty
Drums – Gaston Léonard
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Piano – François Vermeille
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
3:15
3-15 Nuits De Saint-Germain-Des-Prés
Alto Saxophone – Hubert Fol
Double Bass – Barney Spieler
Drums – Pierre Lemarchand
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Piano – Raymond Fol
Trumpet – Roger Guérin
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
3:06
3-16 Troublant Boléro
Alto Saxophone – Hubert Fol
Double Bass – Barney Spieler
Drums – Pierre Lemarchand
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Piano – Raymond Fol
Trumpet – Roger Guérin
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
3:31
3-17 Anouman
Alto Saxophone – Hubert Fol
Double Bass – Pierre Michelot
Drums – Pierre Lemarchand
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Piano – Maurice Vander
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
2:45
3-18 Brazil
Double Bass – Pierre Michelot
Drums – Jean-Louis Viale
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Piano – Maurice Vander
Written-By – Ary Barroso, S. K. Russell*
2:26
3-19 Confessin’
Double Bass – Pierre Michelot
Drums – Jean-Louis Viale
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Piano – Maurice Vander
Written-By – Al J. Neiburg*, Doc Dougherty*, Ellis Reynolds
3:38
3-20 Nuages
Double Bass – Pierre Michelot
Drums – Jean-Louis Viale
Lead Guitar – Django Reinhardt
Piano – Maurice Vander
Written-By – Django Reinhardt
3:16

Label: Saga – 038 161-2
Format:3 x CD, Compilation
Country: Europe
Released: 2003