Django Reinhardt Archives - Paul – and some of that Jazz

From the Record Shelves #159 – Tornerai – I brought back this box with five LPs from Paris sometime in the early 1970s. The interest in Django Reinhardt’s music has grown a lot since then. Even here in Malmö, Sweden, there is a little yearly festival (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #64 – Crazy Rhythm. It’s a good example of how jazz music travels and inspires. After the visit of Django Reinhardt and his “Quintette du Hot Club de France” in Stockholm in 1939 some Swedish musicians decided to form a Swedish version (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #50 – Cette chanson est pour vous. I like Jean Sablon. There is intimacy in his voice. He had been in New York and Hollywood and had heard Bing Crosby who influenced him deeply, and he has a similar quality as Bing that he gets close to you (…) read more and listenread more and listen