The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order

Compilation by Django Reinhardt

Released 1992

gypsy jazz jazz swing

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CD 1: The First QHCF Recordings 1934-1935 feat. Stephane Grappelly
1
I Saw Stars
2:49
2
I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
2:54
3
Dinah
2:37
4
Tiger Rag
2:36
5
Oh Lady Be Good
2:55
6
I Saw Stars
2:33
7
Lily Belle May June
3:39
8
Sweet Sue, Just You
2:57
9
I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
2:58
10
The Continental
2:41
11
Blue Drag
2:56
12
Swanee River
3:05
13
The Sunshine of Your Smile
2:56
14
Ultrafox
3:23
15
Avalon
2:56
16
Smoke Rings
2:54
17
Clouds
3:18
18
Believe It, Beloved
3:15
19
I've Found a New Baby
2:45
20
St. Louis Blues
3:05
21
Crazy Rhythm
2:36
22
The Sheik of Araby
2:40
23
Chasing Shadows
3:01
24
I've Had My Moments
3:01
25
Some of These Days
2:26
26
Djangology
2:55
CD 2: The London Deccas (1938 & 1939)
1
Honeysuckle Rose
2:58
2
Sweet Georgia Brown
3:10
3
Night and Day
2:45
4
My Sweet
2:57
5
Souvenirs
2:49
6
Daphné
3:13
7
Black and White
3:08
8
Stompin' at Decca
2:37
9
Tornerai
2:35
10
If I Had You
2:52
11
It Had to be You
2:58
12
Nocturne
3:16
13
The Flat Foot Floogie
2:58
14
The Lambeth Walk
2:50
15
Why Shouldn't I?
2:53
16
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
2:35
17
Please be Kind
2:49
18
Louise
2:41
19
Improvisation No. 2
2:45
20
Undecided
2:35
21
HCQ Strut
3:01
22
Don't Worry 'Bout Me
3:02
23
The Man I Love
3:15
24
My Sweet
3:00
25
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
2:27
26
Improvisation No. 2
2:42
CD 3
1
Billets Doux
2:59
2
Swing From Paris
2:37
3
Them There Eyes
3:06
4
Three Little Words
2:57
5
Appel Direct
3:04
6
Hungaria
2:50
7
Hungaria
2:49
8
Jeepers Creepers
3:18
9
Jeepers Creepers
3:18
10
Swing '39
3:23
11
Japanese Sandman
2:44
12
I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
3:06
13
I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
3:12
14
Tea for Two
2:55
15
Tea for Two
2:56
16
My Melancholy Baby
3:28
17
Time on My Hands
2:45
18
Twelfth Year
2:43
19
Twelfth Year
2:44
20
My Melancholy Baby
2:52
21
Japanese Sandman
3:12
22
Tea for Two
3:16
23
I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
2:50
24
Hungaria
2:46
CD 4
1
Blue Moon
3:20
2
Avalon
3:06
3
What a Difference a Day Made
3:26
4
Stardust
3:15
5
St. Louis Blues
3:34
6
Limehouse Blues
3:14
7
I Got Rhythm
3:01
8
I've Found a New Baby
3:08
9
It Was So Beautiful
2:55
10
China Boy
3:05
11
Moon Glow
3:06
12
It Don't Mean a Thing
3:07
13
I'se A-Muggin'
3:09
14
I Can't Give You Anything but Love
3:26
15
Oriental Shuffle
2:44
16
After You've Gone
3:11
17
Are You in the Mood?
2:54
18
Limehouse Blues
2:50
19
Nagasaki
2:54
20
Swing Guitars
2:29
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21
Georgia on My Mind
3:18
22
Shine
3:00
23
In the Still of the Night
3:09
24
Sweet Chorus
2:44
CD 5
1
Exactly Like You
2:33
2
Charleston
2:55
3
You're Driving Me Crazy
2:56
4
Tears
2:40
5
Solitude
3:11
6
Hot Lips
3:07
7
Ain't Misbehavin'
2:56
8
Rose Room
2:47
9
Body and Soul
3:29
10
When Day Is Done
3:15
11
Runnin' Wild
2:57
12
Chicago
3:29
13
Liebestraum No. 3
3:23
14
Miss Annabelle Lee
2:51
15
A Little Love, a Little Kiss
3:22
16
Mystery Pacific
2:23
17
In a Sentimental Mood
3:06
18
The Sheik of Araby
3:07
19
Improvisation
3:00
20
Parfum
3:03
21
Alabamy Bound
2:52
22
Rosetta
2:43
23
Stardust
2:35
24
The Object of My Affection
2:47

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Release credits

Alix Combelle
clarinet [4.1-3, 1.21-22, 1.22], tenor saxophone [1.21-22, 1.22, 4.1-3]
Alphonse Cox
trumpet [15-16]
André Ekyan
alto saxophone [1-3], clarinet [1-3]
Antonio “Tony” Rovira
double bass [8-12]
Arthur Briggs
solo [3], trumpet [1.15-16, 4.1-3]
Bert Marshall
vocal [1]
Beryl Davis
vocal [20-23]
Bill Coleman
trumpet [22-24], vocal [24]
Charles Lisée
alto saxophone [1-2], clarinet [1-2]
Coleman Hawkins
tenor saxophone [1-4]
Django Reinhardt
guitar [4.1-5, 4.5-11, 4.11-24, 1.1-11, 1.11-26, 3.1-14, 3.14-24, 2.1-7, 2.7-14, 2.14-26, 5.1-24], solo [2.4, 2.6-7, 2.14, 2.18, 2.22, 2.24, 3.1-2, 3.5, 3.7, 4.5-7, 4.11, 5.2, 5.7, 5.9, 5.12, 1.9, 1.11]
Django Reinhardt et son quintette
performer [1.15, 5.7]
Emmanuel Soudieux
double bass [3.6-14, 3.14-24, 2.20-23]
Eugène Vées
guitar [2.1-8, 2.13-15, 2.20-24, 3.1-5]
Eugène d’Hellemmes
double bass [1-3], trombone [15-16]
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie
clarinet [19], tenor saxophone [19-20], trumpet [19-20]
Freddy Taylor
vocal [13-14, 16, 19, 21-22]
Garnet Clark
piano [22-24]
George Johnson
clarinet [22-24]
Guy Paquinet
trombone [1-3]
Jerry Mengo
drums (drum set) [19-20], vocal [7-8, 10]
Joseph Reinhardt
guitar [3.1-14, 3.14-24, 1.1-26, 4.5-24, 2.13-15, 2.20-23]
June Cole
double bass [22-24]
Louis Vola
double bass [2.1-8, 2.24, 4.5-7, 4.19-24, 5.1-18, 1.2-18, 1.21-26]
Lucien Simoens
double bass [13-18]
Marcel Bianchi
guitar [1-18]
Maurice Chaillou
drums (drum set) [1-3]
Noël Chiboust
trumpet [1-3]
Pierre Allier
trumpet [1.15-16, 4.1-3]
Pierre “Baro” Ferret
guitar [3.6-14, 3.14-24, 5.1-18, 1.17-18, 1.23-26, 4.5-24]
Quintette du Hot Club de France
performer [3.5, 2.1-3, 2.7, 1.3, 1.11]
Roger Chaput
guitar [2.1-8, 2.24, 1.1-16]
Roger Grasset
double bass [2.13-15, 3.1-5]
Sigismond Beck
double bass [19-20]
Stéphane Grappelli
piano [1.19-22, 2.2, 2.9-12, 2.16-18, 2.22, 2.25, 4.1-4], solo [21], violin [4.5-24, 5.1-18, 5.21, 3.1-14, 3.14-24, 1.1-18, 1.23-26, 2.1-8, 2.11-15, 2.20-24]

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The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order
5x CD
1992
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The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order
5x CD
2008