DJANGO REINHARDT - Four Classic Albums Plus (Django / Django /The Legendary Django / Django Reinhardt) (2 CDs0

AVID Jazz here presents four classic Django Reinhardt albums plus, including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD.“DJANGO”, “django”, “The Legendary Django” and “Django Reinhardt” and plus the E.P. “Larry Adler with Quintette of the Hot Club Of France” plus two alternatives from the E.P. taken from 78’s.What do we say about the legendary Jean “Django” Reinhardt that has not been said before? Born in a gypsy caravan in Belgium in 1910 and died tragically young at the age of 43, after a stroke in 1953. Django was THE guitarist’s guitarist! Listening to these early albums from the 1930’s and 1940’s with the legendary Quintette de Hot Club de France, which of course also featured the masterful violin playing of Stephane Grappelly, his playing still defies belief for its urgency, passion skill and vibrancy. His style of playing, no doubt due to the tragic accident that left him only the use of two of his left hand fingers is stunning by any standards, let