Django Reinhardt: Manoir de ses Rêves | CD review

(Le Chant du Monde)In the 1930s and 40s, the Belgian Gypsy Django Reinhardt not only raised the bar to an all-but unreachable standard for guitarists, but gave jazz-making in Europe a confidence it had never known before. This is where that story began, represented in an elegantly appointed, instructive boxed set of 26 CDs. It covers the self-taught genius's work from 1934 to 1953 - two months before his death, and in dialogue with the French pianist Martial Solal. The four-square chug-chug of t...

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