Good Introduction To Guitar Genius
joe blimey | Washington DC, USA | 06/09/2000
(3 out of 5 stars)
"I just obtained a copy of Django Reinhardt's Gold Collection and found it to be a good introduction to Reinhardt's guitar wizardy. For the casual jazz listener (such as myself) the less than perfect sound quality should not be that much of an obstacle, that is until your taste becomes more refined and discerning and you have to move on to the higher quality Reinhardt outings. The music here swings with plenty of solos and break neck rhythm playing by Django that gives more than a glimpse of his flamboyant style of playing. As an added bonus Reinhardt is teamed up with jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli, whose soloing on the fiddle is as hot as Django's on guitar. Fans of The Mills Brothers and Fats Waller should dig this album. Not great but good, and cheap to boot!"