category: instrumental jazz / popular / easy listening

[From the CD liner notes]:
Django Reinhardt was a European guitarist of startling virtuosity. His jazz, swing and string band music had an incalculable influence on American jazz, western swing and country music. With THE NASHVILLE TRIBUTE TO DJANGO REINHARDT some of Music City’s finest musicians start to repay the debt by performing classics such as "Django’s Castle," "Minor Swing," and "Tiger Rag". Evoking gypsy dancers and smoky Parisian nightclubs, Gypsy Swing is at times haunting, at times jumping and always swinging! -- CMH Records, 2003

"special thanks to Richard Smith for his interest and generosity, Paul Yandell for all his support and letting us use his Michael Dunn guitar (once belonging to Chet), Jerry Reed for coming by and listening, Laurie Malaga, Sidekick (old studio dog), and Django (nerw studio cat), for lending their ears (and tails!). The Greatest thanks to Django for teaching the world to Play!" -- Mark Thornton, producer & engineer Sidekick Sound Studios

CD Track Listing

  1. TIGER RAG (Sharbarro / Edwards / Ragas / Shields / Larocca / Decosta) (2:31)
  2. SWING 39 (Reinhardt / Grappelli) (3:20)
  3. SHINE (Reinhardt) (3:09)
  4. NUAGES (Reinhardt / Larue) (4:33)
  5. SWEET GEORGIA BROWN (Bernie / Casey / Pinkard) (3:37)
  6. I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS (Kahn / Jones) (4:24)
  7. SWING 42 (Reinhardt) (3:39)
  8. MINOR SWING (Reinhardt) (3:19)
  9. DJANGO'S CASTLE (Reinhardt) (5:05)
10. THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE () (2:41)
11. TEARS (Reinhardt / Grappelli) (4:38)
12. LIMEHOUSE BLUES (Furber / Braham) (2:41)
13. AVALON (Rose / Jolson / DeSylva) (2:57)

  Richard Smith - guitar - all tracks
  Pat Bergeson - guitar - tracks 4, 5, 9, 11, 13
  Earl Palmer - guitar - tracks 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
  Marcel Geller - guitar - tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8,
  Aaron Till - violin - tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
  Joe Smith - violin - tracks 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
  Charlie Chadwick - upright bass - tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12
  Dennis Crouch - upright bass - tracks 10, 11, 13
  Sam Levine - clarinet / soprano saxophone - tracks 3, 5, 10
  Jeff Taylor - accordion - tracks 4, 6, 8, 9, 11 Total timing: 46:41

Label/No: CMH 8604

Release date: 2003