
This is the third in a new series released on the French label Fremaux.
This series under the direction of Daniel Nevers will become the definitive Django collection, incorporating many rare and previously unreleased tracks, including radio performances and out takes.
This Double CD also comes with a 40 page booklet in English and French containing many interesting photos. If your seriously interested in Django or are looking for a particular track, this is the series for you.From the liner notes by Daniel Nevers
During the nine months spent under contract with Ultraphone (late 1934 to late September 1935), the Quintet of the Hot Club of France was playing a repertoire that went far beyond the one actually recorded. It included a certain number of original compositions by its star soloists, only two of which actually found their way on to disc. Of these, Ultrafox is an obvious tribute to the record company itself (which also ran a budget label called Ultravox), while Djangology would be waxed almost as an afterthought, the very last instrumental number by the group for Ultraphone, its final three efforts being as accompanying group to singers.
Djangology, one of his most characteristic compositions and personal favourites, would remain in Django's repertoire for the remainder of his career; and he recorded it again on many future occasions. Strikingly intimate, the present rendering surely remains the most crystalline of all, revealing beyond all doubt Django's immense talents as a composer, albeit one blithely ignorant of the rules of reading, writing and harmony........
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£16.00 plus post and packing