This album is an introduction to Django, his golden hour. With his fantastic music it is actually not possible to chose 20 tracks, and call it THE BEST OF DJANGO - there will always be something important missing. But if you want a good compilation of Django's most famous recordings, in optimal audio, then this is the one for you. Here you can enjoy the amazing recordings of the gypsy genius in a variety of settings, from the accoustic pre war Quintette du Hot Club de France, to the bebop Groups in the 50s - the quintessence of Django Reinhardt. The 21 tracks are selected by Hot Club Records' Jon Larsen, and mastered from the original 78rpm-recordings.
1. MINOR SWING (Reinhardt/Grappelli)
2. AFTER YOU'VE GONE (Turner Layton)
3. MISS ANNABELLE LEE (Lew Polack)
4. ST. LOUIS BLUES (WC Handy)
5. YOU RASCAL YOU (Louis Armstrong)
6. LIEBESTRAUM No 3 (FranzLiszt)
7. I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS (Gus Kahn)
8. MY SERENADE (Django Reinhardt)
9. IMPROVISATION (Django Reinhardt)
10. MYSTERY PACIFIC (Django Reinhardt)
11. SWINGING WITH DJANGO (Django Reinhardt)
12. RHYTHM FUTUR (Django Reinhardt)
13. SWING 42 (Django Reinhardt)
14. BOLERO (Django Reinhardt)
15. DINETTE (Django Reinhardt)
16. BELLEVILLE (Django Reinhardt)
17. PORTO CABELLO (Dajngo Reinhardt)
18. DJANGOLOGY (Django Reinhardt)
19. NUITS DE SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRÈS (Django Reinhardt)
20. NUAGES (Django Reinhardt)
21. BLUES FOR IKE (Django Reinhardt)