Ludovic Beier - Django Brasil (2009)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 322.95 Mb + 42.46 Mb (Scans) | 51:52
Gypsy, Swing, Jazz Manouche, Accordion | Country: France | Label: Le Chant Du Monde - 274 1733
Now here's an interesting experiment: take classic melodies by Django Reinhardt, the king of Gypsy jazz ("Nuages," "Minor Swing," "Manoir de Mes Rêves," etc.) and recast them as sambas and bossa novas with an accordion taking the lead. It's certainly not a terrible idea, but a project like this faces a very serious hurdle: the rather defensive liner notes notwithstanding, Reinhardt's music was in fact built on a driving, foursquare rhythmic architecture that could hardly be further removed from the lightly dancing rhythmic patterns of Brazilian jazz.