Search - Django Reinhardt :: Two Is Company-Complete Studio Duets 1937-42

2006 release featuring Django's only recordings playing violin!! His collaborators on this disc include some of the regular members of his group like Stephane Grappelli, Louis Vola, Andr? Ekyan, Bill Coleman and Eddie South. Grappelli backs Django on many tracks, playing his second instrument after the violin: the piano. The most surprising moments of this collection occur on 'Vous et Moi' and 'Blues en Mineur', which were recorded in 1942. Here Django puts the guitar down for a while and picks up the violin to play two duets backed by a pianist! His solo on the blues displays what he could do with Grappelli's instrument. These two sides are the only existing examples of Django's violin playing.