The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order

~ Release by Django Reinhardt (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: The First QHCF Recordings 1934-1935 feat. Stephane Grappelly
▶ CD 2: The London Deccas (1938 & 1939)
▶ CD 3
▼ CD 4
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1Blue Moon
alto saxophone and clarinet:
André Ekyan (on 1935-03-02) and Charles Lisée (on 1935-03-02)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Alix Combelle (on 1935-03-02)
double bass:
Eugène d’Hellemmes (on 1935-03-02)
drums (drum set):
Maurice Chaillou (on 1935-03-02)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1935-03-02)
piano:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1935-03-02)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1935-03-02)
trombone:
Guy Paquinet (on 1935-03-02)
trumpet:
Pierre Allier (on 1935-03-02), Arthur Briggs (on 1935-03-02) and Noël Chiboust (on 1935-03-02)
cover recording of:
Blue Moon (on 1935-03-02)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1934)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
EMI Catalogue Partnership, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music Corporation, SBK United Partnership Ltd., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Belgium NV and Francis Day Editions (SABAM)
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
3:21
2Avalon
alto saxophone and clarinet:
André Ekyan (on 1935-03-02) and Charles Lisée (on 1935-03-02)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Alix Combelle (on 1935-03-02)
double bass:
Eugène d’Hellemmes (on 1935-03-02)
drums (drum set):
Maurice Chaillou (on 1935-03-02)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1935-03-02)
piano:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1935-03-02)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1935-03-02)
trombone:
Guy Paquinet (on 1935-03-02)
trumpet:
Pierre Allier (on 1935-03-02), Arthur Briggs (on 1935-03-02) and Noël Chiboust (on 1935-03-02)
cover recording of:
Avalon (on 1935-03-02)
writer:
B. G. DeSylva, Al Jolson and Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Stephen Ballentine Music, Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1920-09-04)
3:07
3What a Difference a Day Made
alto saxophone and clarinet:
André Ekyan (on 1935-03-02)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Alix Combelle (on 1935-03-02)
double bass:
Eugène d’Hellemmes (on 1935-03-02)
drums (drum set):
Maurice Chaillou (on 1935-03-02)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1935-03-02)
piano:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1935-03-02)
solo trumpet:
Arthur Briggs (on 1935-03-02)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1935-03-02)
trombone:
Guy Paquinet (on 1935-03-02)
trumpet:
Pierre Allier (on 1935-03-02) and Noël Chiboust (on 1935-03-02)
cover recording of:
What a Diff’rence a Day Made (on 1935-03-02)
lyricist:
Stanley Adams (US lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
María Grever
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Estate of Stanley Adams, Maurice Music, Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd., Stanley Adams Music, Universal Music – Z Tunes LLC and Zomba Golden Sands Enterprises, Inc.
is based on:
Cuando vuelva a tu lado
3:26
4Stardust
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1935-03-02)
piano:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1935-03-02)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1935-03-02)
instrumental cover recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1935-03-02)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
3:16
5St. Louis Blues
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1935-09-30)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1935-09-30), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1935-09-30) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1935-09-30)
solo guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1935-09-30)
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1935-09-30)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
3:34
6Limehouse Blues
double bass:
Louis Vola (in 1935-10, on 1935-10-13)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (in 1935-10, on 1935-10-13), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (in 1935-10) and Joseph Reinhardt (in 1935-10, on 1935-10-13)
solo guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1935-10-13)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (in 1935-10, on 1935-10-13)
recording of:
Limehouse Blues (on 1935-10-13)
lyricist:
Douglas Furber
composer:
Philip Braham
publisher:
Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros. Mus. (ASCAP) (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:15
7I Got Rhythm
recording of:
I Got Rhythm (in 1935-10)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV and New World Music Co. (in 1930)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
3:01
8I've Found a New Baby
double bass:
Antonio “Tony” Rovira (on 1935-10-21)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1935-10-21), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1935-10-21) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1935-10-21)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1935-10-21)
recording of:
I’ve Found a New Baby (on 1935-10-21)
writer:
Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
3:08
9It Was So Beautiful
recording of:
It Was So Beautiful
lyricist:
Arthur Freed (in 1932)
composer:
Harry Barris (in 1932)
2:56
10China Boy
double bass:
Antonio “Tony” Rovira (on 1935-10-21)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1935-10-21), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1935-10-21) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1935-10-21)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1935-10-21)
recording of:
China Boy (on 1935-10-21)
composer:
Phil Boutelje (in 1922) and Richard A. Winfree (in 1922)
3:05
11Moon Glow
double bass:
Antonio “Tony” Rovira (on 1935-10-21)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1935-10-21), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1935-10-21) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1935-10-21)
solo guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1935-10-21)
recording of:
Moonglow (on 1935-10-21)
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Will Hudson and Irving Mills
3:06
12It Don't Mean a Thing
double bass:
Antonio “Tony” Rovira (on 1935-10-21)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1935-10-21), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1935-10-21) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1935-10-21)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1935-10-21)
instrumental recording of:
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (on 1935-10-21)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1931)
composer:
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1931-08)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music and EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:08
13I'se A-Muggin'
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1936-05-04)
double bass:
Lucien Simoens (on 1936-05-04)
guitar:
Pierre Ferret (on 1936-05-04), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-05-04) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1936-05-04)
violin:
Stephane Grappelly (jazz violinist) (on 1936-05-04)
vocals:
Freddy Taylor (jazz trumpeter) (on 1936-05-04)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0LA 1057-1)
recording of:
I’se a Muggin’ (on 1936-05-04)
composer:
Stuff Smith (jazz violinist)
3:10
14I Can't Give You Anything but Love
double bass:
Lucien Simoens (on 1936-05-04)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1936-05-04), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-05-04) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1936-05-04)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1936-05-04)
vocals:
Freddy Taylor (jazz trumpeter) (on 1936-05-04)
cover recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby (on 1936-05-04)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:27
15Oriental Shuffle
double bass:
Lucien Simoens (on 1936-05-04)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1936-05-04), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-05-04) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1936-05-04)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1936-05-04)
recording of:
Oriental Shuffle (on 1936-05-04)
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:44
16After You've Gone
double bass:
Carlo Pecori (from 1949-01 until 1949-02)
drums (drum set):
Aurelio de Carolis (from 1949-01 until 1949-02)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (from 1949-01 until 1949-02)
piano:
Gianni Safred (from 1949-01 until 1949-02)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (from 1949-01 until 1949-02)
recording of:
After You’ve Gone (from 1949-01 until 1949-02)
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
3:11
17Are You in the Mood?
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1936-05-04)
double bass:
Lucien Simoens (on 1936-05-04)
guitar:
Pierre Ferret (on 1936-05-04), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-05-04) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1936-05-04)
violin:
Stephane Grappelly (jazz violinist) (on 1936-05-04)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0LA 1061-1)
recording of:
Are You in the Mood? (on 1936-05-04)
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
2:55
18Limehouse Blues
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1932-05-04)
double bass:
Lucien Simoens (on 1936-05-04)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1936-05-04), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-05-04) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1936-05-04)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1936-05-04)
performer:
Quintette du Hot Club de France
live instrumental recording of:
Limehouse Blues (on 1936-05-04)
lyricist:
Douglas Furber
composer:
Philip Braham
publisher:
Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros. Mus. (ASCAP) (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:51
19Nagasaki
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1936-10-15)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1936-10-15), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-10-15) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1936-10-15)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1936-10-15)
vocals:
Freddy Taylor (jazz trumpeter) (on 1936-10-15)
recording of:
Nagasaki (on 1936-10-15)
lyricist:
Mort Dixon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1928)
2:54
20Swing Guitars
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1936-10-15)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1936-10-15), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-10-15) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1936-10-15)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1936-10-15)
recording of:
Swing Guitars (on 1936-10-15)
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
22:30
21Georgia on My Mind
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1936-10-15)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1936-10-15), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-10-15) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1936-10-15)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1936-10-15)
vocals:
Freddy Taylor (jazz trumpeter) (on 1936-10-15)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0LA 1292-1)
instrumental cover recording of:
Georgia on My Mind (on 1936-10-15)
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia On My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
3:19
22Shine
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1936-10-15)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1936-10-15), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-10-15) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1936-10-15)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1936-10-15)
vocals:
Freddy Taylor (jazz trumpeter) (on 1936-10-15)
recording of:
That’s Why they Call Me Shine (on 1936-10-15)
lyricist:
Lew Brown and Cecil Mack
composer:
Ford Dabney
recording of:
Shine
lyricist:
Lew Brown (in 1910) and Cecil Mack (in 1910)
composer:
Ford Dabney (, in 1910)
3:00
23In the Still of the Night
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1936-10-15)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1936-10-15), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-10-15) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1936-10-15)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1936-10-15)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0LA 1294-1)
recording of:
In the Still of the Night (Hoagy Carmichael song) (on 1936-10-15)
lyricist:
Jo Trent (in 1932)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1932)
3:09
24Sweet Chorus
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1916-10-15)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1936-10-15)
guitar:
Joseph Reinhardt, Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1936-10-15) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-10-15)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1936-10-15)
recording of:
Sweet Chorus (on 1936-10-15)
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
2:45
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