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Django Reinhardt was both the first great jazz-guitar soloist and the first European jazz musician to have a significant influence on American musicians. Just as Earl Hines had found a way to transfer Louis Armstrong's assertive solo style to the piano, Reinhardt did it with the acoustic guitar, mix...

VOLUME 1:1. I Saw Stars2. I'm Confessin'3. Dinah4. Tiger Rag5. Oh Lady Be Good6. I Saw Stars7. Lily Belle8. Sweet Sue, Just You9. I'm Confessin'10. The Continental11. Blue Drag12. Swanee Rive...

Stephane Grappelli and David Grisman Live...

Neighbourhood gathers Jan Garbareck, Tomasz Stanko, Marcin Wasilewski and Slawomir Kurkiewicz. ECM. 2005....

The subject of books, movies and the adulation of guitarists, poets and writers from all over the globe have made the elusive gypsy one of the most memorable figures in jazz. Since his death in 1953, his fame and popularity has grown exponentially with every year that has passed since. His reputatio...

Initially inspired by the guitar-violin duets of Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti, Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli developed a distinctive group sound for the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, with lead and two rhythm guitars, violin, and bass. These recordings come from near the end of their musi...

* Eagerly-anticipated second ECM album from Swiss pianist-composer Nik Bärtsch and his committed young `Zen-funk' or `ritual groove" band Ronin, whose label debut Stoa received rave reviews all around the world. * Bärtsch's Ronin is recognized as one of the most exciting discoveries of recent year...

2004 Album from the Italian Jazz/Bossa DJ Whose Notoriety in the Jazz Community Extends as Far as the Acid Jazzers who have Wholeheartedly Embraced his Work. For this Outing, None of the Instruments Are Sampled, all Are Played and Conte Functions More as a Conductor. An Ambitious Move on his Part an...

Quintette du Hot Club de France: 25 Classics 1934-1940...

This is a beautiful duo album by two of Italy's greatest jazz musicians. The repertoire showcases marvelous linear playing by two master improvisers making freely lyrical jazz together - inspired by jazz history, South American music, the Italian song tradition, contemporary composition and more, al...