Django Reinhardt...

[N-OS X-tasy!]

...makes me happy.

[artie67]

Django Reinhardt recordings are a little hard to find these days. I have a few Naxos recording that I bought from England as the they were not licensed in the USA. The pound was more favorable then.
The video you would like is "Stephane Grappelli-A Life in the Jazz Century". It contains all the known footage of Reinhardt.
Now the bad news. It's out of print and Netflix says "long wait". A used copy on Amazon goes for over $62.00. It's two discs.
If you would like a list of the recording and dvd numbers, just PM me and I can pass them along and any other info.

[voodoopenguin]

A few years ago I helped someone try to collate all known audio recordings of Django after I mentioned that I had inherited quite a few LPs from my father. I was surprised that all the various albums I had listed dates, venues and personnel for all the tracks. Made my part of the job a lot easier.

Paul

[JoeM]

Jimmy Page at Les Paul's home playing Django Reinhardt's guitar:



Video close up of Django's Selmer 503:
http://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/1012/ta...-503/27370

[Lizabeth]

His music was used in the movie Chocolat - that's how I discovered him. Love his stuff; wish I could play like that...

[Uncle Wig]

Lizabeth wrote:
His music was used in the movie Chocolat - that's how I discovered him. Love his stuff; wish I could play like that...

Don't worry Lizabeth: nobody can play like that!

I've been a fan since college. Technically amazing but, as the OP says: his playing makes me happy.

I found "Stephane Grappelli-A Life in the Jazz Century" here: http://www.pideo.net/video/youku/80eb87dfaa8c58fe/

[Surfrider]

There's a million sites with free Django, if you're okay with the concept of record companies not getting paid on their long dead artists that they have re-issued for years and years, making there money back many times over.

Attila Zoller is also a great guitarist in the Django vein.

[robfilms]

i am a BIG fan of django's sound.

we are fortunate that his legacy is remembered and his recordings are available.

miley-music039:

ymmv

be well.

rob

[Lizabeth]

Surfrider wrote:
There's a million sites with free Django, if you're okay with the concept of record companies not getting paid on their long dead artists that they have re-issued for years and years, making there money back many times over.

Or do like I do - raid and rip music CDs checked out from the library. Granted, some of them aren't in great shape but you'd be surprised at what they have...but Attila Zoller isn't one of them.

[C(-)ris]

Surfrider wrote:
There's a million sites with free Django, if you're okay with the concept of record companies not getting paid on their long dead artists that they have re-issued for years and years, making there money back many times over.

Attila Zoller is also a great guitarist in the Django vein.

Honestly, why should it ever be free unless the artist releases it?