Fremeaux & Assoc. Fr
2005
Integrale Django Reinhardt, Vol.20
About This Album
Volume 20 in the "complete" recordings of Django Reinhardt as compiled and reissued by Fremeaux & Associates opens with 20 of his last-known studio, live, and broadcast recordings. A short Parisian radio interview, during which Reinhardt discusses the fine art of fishing, leads directly into a deliciously languid, all-too-brief rendition of "Yesterdays." Reinhardt's ultra-modern approach to "Crazy Rhythm," that slaphappy fox trot from 1928, was to transmute the melodic line into a wonderfully strange mode whereby Roger Wolfe Kahn's hedonistic hit became an eccentric study in bop-edged obtuse angles, almost like something out of the mind of Lennie Tristano. Bearing in mind the North Indian origins of the Roma or Gypsy people, it is fascinating that Django Reinhardt named one of his last compositions for Sri Hanuman, the great Hindu monkey god who represents dexterity, discipline, and utmost devotion. "Anouman" is a hypnotically beautiful melody, its tropes suggesting early Charles Mingus, with alto saxophonist Hubert Fol even sounding like John la Porta. As the veritable last testament of a master musician, "Anouman" has achieved the status of an archetypal opus and is still carefully studied chord for chord by guitarists worldwide.
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