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  Django Reinhardt: Nuages CD in a jewel case.
  
  Django Reinhardt: Guitar
  Stéphane Grappelli: Violin
  Coleman Hawkins: Tenor saxophone
  Benny Carter and His Orchestra
  The Quintet of the Hot Club of France
  The Quintet with Freddy Taylor
  Bennie Carter: Alto Saxophone and Trumpet
  Andre Ekyan: Alto Saxophone
  Alix Cambelle: Tenor Saxophone, clarinet
  Eugene d’Hellemmes: Bass
  Tommy Bedford: Drums
  Bill Coleman: Trumpets
  Dicky Wells: Trombone
  Dick Fulbright: Bass
  Bill Beason: Drums
  
  “5 stars.” – Jim Macnie, Down Beat
  
  French Gypsy Jazz guitar legend Django Reinhardt made more music with two fingers than most mortals could with twenty. This timeless Arkadia Records collection of classic compositions, entitled “Django Reinhardt: Nuages”, features the Hot Club of France with Stéphane Grappelli and the great Benny Carter Orchestra, as well as two newly discovered performances with legendary saxophonist Coleman Hawkins. The recording has been remastered to a stunning clarity that highlights the genius of this modern guitar innovator.Django and Grappelli
  
  “Out of the vaults: These historic cuts, recorded between 1936 and 1940 at the Hot Club of France, show Reinhardt at the apex of his career, after the fire that left him with two unusable fingers on his fret hand… Kudos to Arkadia for bringing this one back from the great beyond.” – Pete, Soundboard
  
  Born Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt, Django spent his early years traveling throughout Europe with his community of gypsies until his early teens, when they settled outside of Paris. Reinhardt severely burned his left hand in a fire, forcing him to relearn the guitar without the full use of his hand. What developed was a unique method of guitar playing that unquestionably influenced his individual sound and wowed musicians with the ability to play scales with only two working fingers.
  
  “As the fledgling Arkadia Jazz label’s first historical project, they have scored a musical bullseye, hitting Django Reinhardt’s most fabled period down the center. Arkadia has actually done a better job of remastering these tracks than a lot of the major labels’ attempts… the variable yet decent sound is usually bright and forward with little distortion. As a single-disc introduction to an ingratiating group of great musicians, this release is very competitive.” – Richard S. Ginell, All-Music Guide
  
  Django Reinhardt is arguably Europe’s most influential Jazz musician. With this remastered Arkadia Records recording, “Django Reinhardt: Nuages”, the virtuosic sound and fabled legacy of Django Reinhardt are captured for future generations to cherish. Django Reinhardt’s unique personality and unparalleled inventiveness made him one of the most important musicians and instantaneously recognizable sounds in Jazz.
  
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