The tracks were recorded in the 1930’s and are fuelled by a variety of social, cultural and musical influences. And it’s passionate music.
1 Django Reinhardt: Miss Annabelle Lee
2 Beau Fréres: Mazurka de la Louisiana
3 Fréhel & Charles Peguri: Musette
4 Edier Segura & Joe Fercille: ?
5 Django Reinhardt: Liebestraum No.3
6 Gus Viseur: Rosetta
7 Blind Uncle Gaspard: Sur Le Borde L’eau
8 Django Reinhardt: Mystery Pacific
9 Leo Soileas: Beautiful Mary
10 Joe Rossi: Czardas
11 Octa Clark: Le ‘tit Negre a Tante Dolice
12 Django Reinhardt: Hungaria
13 Joseph Falcon: Poche Town
14 Henri Garat: Un Mauvais Garcon
15 Django Reinhardt: Parfum
16 Dudley & James Favor: Creole Waltz
17 Django Reinhardt: Chicago
18 Guerino: Britse Napolitaine
19 Django Reinhardt: Improvisation
20 Amade Ardoin: La Valse de Mon Vieux Village
I’ve been reading some wonderful and recommendable biographies lately,
dealing with the nomadic pre-war Paris music and art scene - like
Michael Dregni’s “Django. The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend” (2004),
Paul Balmer's "Stéphane Grappelli. With and Without Django" (2003) and
Phyllis Rose’s “Jazz Cleopatra. Josephine Baker in Her Time (1990). I
thought it would be cool to pull another sonic thread here. I’ve made a
rather uncritical, yet entertaining compilation, mixing Django’s (&
Stéphane Grappelli’s) Hot Club Jazz with several Musette predecessors
and some Louisiana based Cajun music - both Musette & Cajun are
known for their waltzes. You could call the result French Blues (or
perhaps Blues Gitane). The tracks were recorded in the 1930’s and the
instruments always include a guitar, an accordion and/or a violin. All
three genres are fuelled by a variety of social, cultural and musical
influences. And it’s passionate music.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephane_Grapellihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal-musettehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajun_music