category: instrumental jazz / easy listening

Album review:
"The Reinhardt/Grappelli discography is currently overcrowded with product both good and slipshod, and someone just wanting an introduction to their marvelous music could easily get confused. Make no mistake, the vast majority of these 25 performances (clocking at a generous 74:15 running time) are taken from The classic "Hot Club de France" quintet performances from the 1930s, and represent much of the very best work these two masterful musicians ever did together.

For those not familiar with ASV's "Living Era" series, these are beautifully and unobtrusively remastered old recordings -- a virtual sonic textbook on how to remaster the old stuff right. The price is nothing to complain about, either. So if you're looking for one Reinhardt/Grappelli CD, this is the one to have." -- Ed Brickell (Dallas, TX)

CD Track Listing

  1. Dinah (Ask / Lewis / Young) (2:35)
  2. Oh, Lady Be Good (George & Ira Gershwin) (2:52)
  3. I Saw Stars (Sigler / Goodhart / Hoffman) (2:29)
  4. I'm Confessin' That I Love You (Daugherty / Reynolds / Neiberg) (2:54)
  5. I've Had My Moments (Donaldson / Kahn) (2:57)
  6. Djangology (Django Reinhardt) (2:55)
  7. St. Louis Blues (W.C.Handy) (3:25)
  8. Limehouse Blues (Braham / Furber) (3:08)
  9. I Got Rhythm (George & Ira Gershwin) (2:55)
10. I've Found A New Baby (Palmer / Williams) (3:01)
11. After You've Gone (Layton / Creamer) (3:06)
12. Nagasaki (Warren / Dixon) (2:48)
13. Swing Guitars (Reinhardt / Grappelli) (2:24)
14. Charleston (Johnson) (2:50)
15. You're Driving Me Crazy (Donaldson) (2:51)
16. Runnin' Wild (Grey / Wood / Gibbs) (2:54)
17. Improvisation (Django: solo guitar) (Django Reinhardt) (2:56)
18. Minor Swing (Reinhardt / Grappelli) (3:14)
19. Honeysuckle Rose (Waller / Razaf) (2:54)
20. Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie / Pinkard / Carsey) (3:07)
21. Night & Day (Cole Porter) (2:42)
22. Daphne (Reinhardt / Grappelli) (3:10)
23. Them There Eyes (Pinkard / Tracey / Tauber) (3:00)
24. I'll See You In My Dreams (w/Trio) (Kahn / Jones) (2:29)
25. Nuages (The Bluest Kind Of Blues) (Django Reinhardt) (3:14)

w/Stephane Grappelli: violin - tracks 1-16, 18-23

Total timing: 74:15

Label/No: ASV Living Era 5267 (UK import)

Release date: 1998 reissue