Sessions Listings

Reviewed with the support of Paul Vernon's contextual bio-discography

1920's	1930's	1940's	1950's
1928	x	1940	1950
x	1931	1941	1951
x	1932	1942	1952
x	1933	1943	1953
x	1934	1944	x
x	1935	1945	x
x	1936	1946	x
x	1937	1947	x
x	1938	1948	x
x	1939	1949	x

• 1908    First stay in Liberchies for the Reinhardt family. They'll come back up until 1920 or 1922. Spautz p.41-44
• 1915    Negros (Django's mother), Django and Joseph in North Africa (away from the war). Spautz p.49
• 1918    Negros, Django and Joseph back to Liberchies. Spautz p.49
• 1920 or 1922    Negros, Django and Joseph come to live in Paris near Les Portes de Choisy. Spautz p.49
• 1922    A neighbour gives Django a Banjo-Guitar. Spautz p.51
• 1924    Django hears Guerino and finally plays with him. Spautz p.52

• Influence for Django, les maîtres de la valse Gitane : mattéo Garcia, Gusti Malha, Poulette Castro.

• 1926    Django meets Jean Vaissade. Spautz p.52
• 1926    Django meets Fredo Gardoni
• 1926    According to Django, he made his first recording around that time with a certain "Chabel". Spautz p.57
• 1927    Django marries a young "Gitane" (Mlle Baumgartner). Spautz p.53

• 1928    Availability for the very first time in France of Louis Armstrong records
• 1928    Louis Vola meets Django and Joseph. Vola pretends he record with Django around that time (February 1928). They spent a few weeks playing together then Django came back to paris to play with Vaissade.  Spautz p.56

Jean Vaissade (accordion)
Django Reinhardt (banjo)
unidentified (slide whistle) - ? Baiz or Coeffier ?

Paris, June 20

Ma régulière (fox-trot)
Griserie (waltz)
Parisette (one-step)
La caravane
 

Billard p. 36

Ideal, Paris, June
 

Amour de gitane (valse)
Aubade charmeuse (valse)
Môme à la gratiche(valse)
L'ondée (valse)
La plus belle (valse)
Déception d'amour (valse)
 

Billard p.35

Paris, May-June

Parisette

Paris, September - October
 

Au pays de l'Hindoustan(fox trot)
Miss Columbia (marche américaine)
Tarragone
Moi aussi
 

Recording discovered by Alain Boulanger

Billard p. 37

Paris, April 2
 

Sur la place de l'opéra
E viva la carmencita
 

1er Novembre Soirée de bal à "la Java" avec Maurice Alexander : la roulotte de Django prend feu..

He ends up at the Hospital "Lariboisière" (where Grapelli was born) . Spautz p.53

A few weeks later came to life Henri "Louson" Baumgartner. Spautz p.61