Django Reinhardt - Djangology [10 CDs] (2005)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 200 Tracks | 9:39:54 | 1.27 GB
Genre: Jazz | Label: Sony Music
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 200 Tracks | 9:39:54 | 1.27 GB
Genre: Jazz | Label: Sony Music
| “ | Django Reinhardt was the first hugely influential jazz figure to emerge from Europe -- and he remains the most influential European to this day, with possible competition from Joe Zawinul, George Shearing, John McLaughlin, his old cohort Stephane Grappelli and a bare handful of others. A free-spirited gypsy, Reinhardt wasn't the most reliable person in the world, frequently wandering off into the countryside on a whim. Yet Reinhardt came up with a unique way of propelling the humble acoustic guitar into the front line of a jazz combo in the days before amplification became widespread. He would spin joyous, arcing, marvelously inflected solos above the thrumming base of two rhythm guitars and a bass, with Grappelli's elegantly gliding violin serving as the perfect foil... | ” |