For Django

For Django
Studio album by Joe Pass
Released 1964
Genre Bebop
Length 32:17
Label Pacific
Joe Pass chronology
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(1964)
For Django
(1964)
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(1965)

For Django is a 1964 album by American jazz guitarist Joe Pass, inspired by the work of the French jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. It was reissued on CD in 1999 by BGO Records.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [1]

In his Allmusic review, critic Scott Yanow wrote that the album was long considered a classic and that "Although Pass was actually more strongly influenced by Charlie Christian than by Reinhardt and he had already formed his own style, he has no difficulty fitting into the music."[1]

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Track listing

  1. "Django" (John Lewis) – 3:22
  2. "Rosetta" (Earl Hines, Henri Woode) – 3:07
  3. "Nuages" (Django Reinhardt, Jacques Larue) – 2:35
  4. "For Django" (Pass) – 2:55
  5. "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) – 3:46
  6. "Fleur d'Ennui" (Reinhardt) – 2:57
  7. "Insensiblement" (Paul Misraki) – 3:14
  8. "Cavalerie" (Reinhardt) – 4:26
  9. "Django's Castle" (Reinhardt) – 3:49
  10. "Limehouse Blues" (Douglas Furber, Philip Braham) – 2:14
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Personnel

Joe Pass Quartet:

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References

  1. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "For Django > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved November 5, 2011. 
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