"In a Sentimental Mood" is a jazz composition by Duke Ellington which is also performed as a song. Ellington composed the piece in 1931 and recorded it with his orchestra the same year. Lyrics were later written for the tune by Manny Kurtz; as was the custom of the day, Ellington manager Irving Mills — who never wrote a note of music or a word of lyrics in his life — cut himself in for a percentage of the publishing, the song credited to all three. According to Ellington, the song was born in Durham, North Carolina. "We had played a big dance in a tobacco warehouse, and afterwards a friend of mine, an executive in the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company, threw a party for Amy. I was playing piano when another one of our friends had some trouble with two chicks. To pacify them, I composed this there and then, with one chick standing on each side of the piano." The original recording featured solos by Otto Hardwicke, Harry Carney, Lawrence Brown, and Rex Stewart. "In a Sentimental Mood" makes use of a musical technique called contrapuntal or chromatic embellishment of static harmony. This is also sometimes referred to as a line cliché. Ellington recorded his best-known version together with John Coltrane, which is featured on Duke Ellington and John Coltrane and Coltrane for Lovers. The Ellington and Coltrane version was performed in the key of D flat major, mainly from B flat minor 7th to E flat minor 7th, and then A flat 13th to D flat major 7th, with an interesting interlude in A major. The song has been performed by many other artists including Phyllis Hyman, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Django Reinhardt, Lucky Thompson, Jay McShann, Benny Goodman, Pedro Rossi, Billy Joel, Nancy Wilson, Dr. John, Sonny Rollins, Michael Brecker (Steps Ahead), Daniel Barenboim, Edvard Sađil, Larry Coryell (from his 2001 album Inner Urge), Rob Mullins, Archie Shepp, and Alex Bugnon.
Django recorded "In A Sentimental mood in Paris in April 1937 Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France Stéphane Grappelli Django Reinhardt, Pierre Baro Ferret, Marcel Bianchi, Louis Vola.Django Reinhardt -Miss Annabelle Lee-Django Reinhardt2013-10-04 | Django Reinhardt Gypsy Guitar Genius
Django Reinhardt recorded "Miss Annabelle Lee" in Paris April 26th 1937
Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France Stéphane Grappelli Django Reinhardt, Pierre Baro Ferret, Marcel Bianchi, Louis Vola.Django Reinhardt -Liebestraum No 3-Django Reinhardt2013-10-04 | Django Reinhardt Gypsy Guitar Genius
Liebesträume (German for Dreams of Love) is a set of three solo piano works (S/G541) by Franz Liszt, published in 1850. Liszt called each of the three pieces Liebesträume;[citation needed] but, often they are referred to incorrectly in the singular as Liebestraum (especially No. 3, the most famous of the three). Originally the three Liebesträume (Notturni) were conceived as songs after poems by Ludwig Uhland and Ferdinand Freiligrath. In 1850, two versions appeared simultaneously as a set of songs for high voice and piano, and as transcriptions for piano two-hands.
The two poems by Uhland and the one by Freiligrath depict three different forms of love. Uhland's Hohe Liebe (Exalted Love) is saintly, or religious, love: the "martyr" renounces worldly love and "heaven has opened its gates". The second song Seliger Tod (Holy Death) is often known by its first line ("Gestorben war ich", "I was dead"), and evokes erotic love; "dead" could be a metaphor here referring to what is known as "la petite mort" in French ("I was dead from love's bliss; I lay buried in her arms; I was wakened by her kisses; I saw heaven in her eyes"). Freiligrath's poem for the famous third Notturno is about unconditional mature love ("Love as long as you can!", "O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst").
Django Reinhardt recorded "Liebestraum No.3" in Paris April 26th 1937.
Quintet Hot Club France Hubert Rostaing, Alix Combelle, Django Reinhardt, Joseph Reinhardt, Tony Rovira, Pierre Fouad.
A famous tune, Blue Drag was recorded back in 1935. April 1935 -Paris- Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, Roger Chaput, Joseph Reinhardt, Louis Vola.
Django first recorded "Ultrafox" in April 1935 Ultrafox, April 1935 -Paris- Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, Roger Chaput, Joseph Reinhardt, Louis Vola.
1934 August - Private, Paris Django Reinhardt, Joseph Reinhardt, Juan Fernandez Confessin' Django Reinhardt et le Quintette Du Hot Club de France, avec Stéphane Grappelli
1935 March - Ultraphone, Paris Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, Roger Chaput, Joseph Reinhardt, Louis Vola, Jerry Mengo.
Henri Crolla (born Enrico Crolla; 26 February 1920 -- 17 October 1960) was an Italian jazz guitarist and film composer.
Born in Naples, Campania, Italy, to a family of itinerant Neapolitan musicians, he moved with his family to Porte de Choisy in France in 1922 following the rise of fascism in Italy. One of his neighbours was a young Django Reinhardt, with whose family he became close. Notre Ami Django (1958).
15/10/36 - Paris - Django Reinhardt, Louis Vola replaces Simoens.Django Reinhardt -Runnin Wild-Django Reinhardt2013-09-25 | Django Reinhardt Gypsy Guitar Genius
Django recorded Runnin' Wild only once, in 1937 in Paris with Stephane Grappelli, Pierre Ferret, Marcel Bianchi, Louis Vola.
Django recorded "Oriental Shuffle" in may 1936 Paris: Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, Joseph Reinhardt, Pierre Ferret, Lucien Simoens, Freddy Taylor.
Django Reinhardt first recorded "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" in November 1947 Paris Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, Joseph Reinhardt, Pierre Ferret, Lucien Simoens, Freddy Taylor.
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"Ain't Misbehavin'" is a 1929 song written by Fats Waller, Harry Brooks (music) and Andy Razaf (lyrics).[1] Waller recorded the original version that year for Victor Records and also later performed the song in the 1943 film Stormy Weather. In a 1941 interview with Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Fats claimed the song was written while "lodging" in alimony prison, and that is why he was not "misbehaving".
There were six other recordings of the song released in 1929, including versions by Louis Armstrong, Ruth Etting, Gene Austin, and Leo Reisman and His Orchestra. It was also used in the off-Broadway musical Connie's Hot Chocolates.[citation needed]
It has been recorded by many other performers over the years, including Anita O'Day, Sarah Vaughan (for "Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi"; 1950), Billie Holiday, Eartha Kitt, Ella Fitzgerald, Django Reinhardt, Miles Davis, Kay Starr, Frankie Laine, Art Tatum, Floyd Pepper, Sonny Stitt, Sam Cooke, Johnnie Ray, Sidney Bechet, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Elkie Brooks, Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Willie Nelson, Kermit Ruffins, Leon Redbone, Dave Brubeck, and Bill Haley & His Comets (who recorded a rock and roll version in 1957). Johnnie Ray's version reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1956.[2] In 1960, Tommy Bruce and the Bruisers had a number 3 hit in the UK Singles Chart with their cover version of the song.[3] Leon Redbone performed the song on Saturday Night Live in 1976. It served as the title song of the successful 1978 musical Ain't Misbehavin'.
The original 1929 recording of "Ain't Misbehavin'" by Fats Waller received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1984, and it was one of fifty recordings selected for inclusion in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress in 2004.
In 2001, it was one of 365 Songs of the Century selected by the RIAA.
Sept.1935 - Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, Nane Cholet, Emil Stern, Jean Tranchant.
After You've Gone" is a 1918 popular song composed by Turner Layton, with lyrics written by Henry Creamer. It was recorded by Marion Harris on July 22, 1918 and released on Victor 18509. It is the basis for many other jazz songs, as it can easily be improvised over. It is also the theme song for the BBC sitcom After You've Gone (performed by Jamie Cullum),
It has been recorded by Django Reinhardt 3 times, in 1934, 1936 and 1949.
Paris: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, Joseph Reinhardt, Pierre Ferret, Lucien Simoens, Freddy Taylor.
Rome: Django Reinhardt (g), Stephane Grappelly (v),Gianni Safred (p), Carlo Pecori (b), Aurelio de Carolis.
Django Reinhardt recorded "Honeysuckle Rose" seven times. The first recording was in april 1937 Coleman Hawkins, Alix Combelle, Benny Carter, Andre Ekyan, Stephane Grappelli, Eugene d'Hellemmes, Tommy Benford.