The Django Reinhardt Festival: Live At Birdland

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ludovic beier: accordion / jon burr: bass / serge camps: rhythm guitar / james carter: tenor sax / angelo debarre: lead guitar / jay leonhardt: bass / pete malinverni: piano / florin niculescu: electric violin / ken peplowski: clarinet / babik reinhardt: electric guitar / dorado schmitt: lead guitar and violin / samson schmitt: rhythm guitar / grady tate: brushes / leroy williams: drums

1.swing gitan (traditional) 2.what is this thing called love? (cole porter) 3.new york in november 4.minor swing (django reinhardt) 5.nuages (django reinhardt) 6.i can't give you anything but love (d. fields/j. mchugh) 7.melodie au crepuscule (django reinhardt) 8.china boy (d. wilfred/p. bouteljie) 9.stompin' at decca (django reinhardt) 10.montagne sainte genevieve (django reinhardt) 11.lady be good (george gershwin/ira gershwin) 12.pretext (django reinhardt)

Recorded live at Birdland, NY, in 2002 - except for the Babik Reinhardt bonus track (2000). The "Django Reinhardt Festival Live at Birdland" was created in 2000 by producers Ettore Stratta and Pat Philips and has since become an annual event, demonstrating how special Django's style of music was/is and the brilliant talents of the artists who have devoted themselves to it.
The artistry and virtuosity of these players rank them as some of the finest in the world. Bringing together the American jazz greats with European musicians has added an exciting new dimension.
The particular year of this CD was one of the best... Dorado Schmitt and Angelo Debarre on lead guitar, Samson Schmitt and Serge Camps on rhythm, Ludovic Beier on accordion... all from France. The Americans were James Carter on sax, Ken Peplowski on clarinet, Jay Leonhardt on bass and Grady Tate on drums. This recording uniquely captures the electricity and magic of that interplay.

Price: $23.98