discography 1946

1946

Django, Naguine, Babik and Delaunay in England. They spend a few weeks. Spautz p.106

The following recording recordings are available on this magnificent CD from Frémaux & Associés

Intégrale Django Reinhardt Vol 13, Echoes of France, January 1946 - May 1947

DJANGO REINHARDT et le QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE
Stephane Grappelli (violin)
Django Reinhardt (guitar solo)
Jack Llewellyn
Allan Hodgkiss (guitar)
Coleridge Goode (basse)

London, January 31st

Coquette

Django's tiger

Embraceable you

Echoes of France

THE QUINTETTE OF THE HOT CLUB OF FRANCE

Same, February 1st

Love's melody

Belleville

Nuages

Nuages

Liza (All the clouds'll roll away)

Django without a job. Spautz p.106

New band with young musicians, no lenghty engagements. Spautz p.106

Django gets himself some painting equipement. Spautz p.106

DJANGO REINHARDT et le Quintette du HOT CLUB DE FRANCE
Hubert Rostaing (alto sax & clarinet)
Jacques "Jack" Dieval (piano)
Django Reinhardt (guitar solo)
Lucien Simoens (basse)
Arthur Motta (drum)

Paris, May 15

Swingtime in springtime

Yours and mine

On the sunny side of the street

I won't dance

May 7th : Django Reinhardt & André Ekyan à la salle Pleyel
Beginning of summer A new band. One month in Swiss. Django signs in Zurich a contract to appear with Duke Ellington in the US. Spautz p.107
3 November Django arrives in New-York. Spautz p.109
5 November Django plays with the Duke in Cleveland. Spautz p.109
Numerous American cities visited : Chicago, Saint-Louis, Detroit, Kansas, Pittsburg, New-York, etc. Spautz p.110

DJANGO REINHARDT with DUKE ELLINGTON and his ORCHESTRA
Shelton Hemphill (trumpet)
Harold Baker (trumpet)
Taft Jordan (trumpet)
Ray Nance (trumpet)
Cat Anderson (trumpet)
Lawrence Brown (trombone)
Wilbur de Paris (trombone)
Claude Jones (trombone)
Russell Procope (alto sax)
Johnny Kodges (alto sax)
Jimmy Hamilton (tenor sax)
al Sears (tenor sax)
Harry Carney (baritone sax)
Duke Ellington (piano)
Django Reinhardt (guitar solo)
Oscar Pettiford (basse)
Sonny Greer (drum)

Civic Opera House, Chicago, 1O Nov

Ride,Red, Ride (Tiger Rag)

Blues riff

Honeysuckle rose

Improvisation no 2

December 23rd and 24th Django plays Carnegie Hall. On the second evening he shows up late after a few drinks with French "Boxe World Champion" Marcel Cerdan. Spautz p.110

Django gets a contract at the "Café Society" on 52nd street with the Edmund Hall orchestra. Spautz p.111