The Be-Bop Sessions

The music of Django Reinhardt, breathtakingly dexterous and yet melodically swinging, was a style-defining influence for jazz and is still omnipresent as an influence today. Towards the end of his all too short life, the brilliant guitarist discovered be-bop and recorded sixteen magnificent tracks for the French Decca and Blue Star labels in Paris from January to April 1953, which are now compiled on the LP “The Last Be- Bob Sessions”. Newly remastered from the original tapes, as a 140g pressing in a single sleeve with new liner notes.

Tracklisting:

A1 CRAZY RHYTHM - 3’05
A2 ANOUMAN - 02’45
A3 FINE AND DANDY - 3’10
A4 D.R. BLUES - 3’08
A5 NUAGES - 3’13
A6 NIGHT AND DAY - 2’50
A7 INSENSIBLEMENT - 3’06
A8 BLUES FOR IKE - 3’21

B1 BRAZIL - 2’24
B2 SEPTEMBER SONG - 2’32
B3 CONFESSIN’ (THAT I LOVE YOU) - 3’37
B4 MANOIR DE MES RÊVES - 2’34
B5 LE SOIR - 2’56
B6 CHEZ MOI - 2’58
B7 I COVER THE WATERFRONT - 3’25
B8 DECCAPHONIE - 3’16

TRACKS 1A TO 4A RECORDED FOR DECCA IN PARIS, JANUARY 30TH, 1953
Roger Guérin, trumpet ∙ Hubert Fol, alto saxophone ∙ Maurice Vander, piano ∙ Django Reinhardt, guitar ∙ Pierre Michelot, double bass ∙ Pierre Lemarchand, drums

TRACKS 5A TO 8A, 1B TO 4B RECORDED FOR BLUE STAR IN PARIS, MARCH 10, 1953
Maurice Vander, piano ∙ Django Reinhardt, guitar ∙ Pierre Michelot, double bass ∙ Jean-Louis Viale, drums

TRACKS 5B TO 8B RECORDED FOR DECCA IN PARIS, APRIL 8, 1953
Fats ‘Sadi’ Lallemand, vibraphone ∙ Martial Solal, piano ∙ Django Reinhardt, guitar ∙ Pierre Michelot, double bass ∙ Pierre Lemarchand, drums