"Improvisation du Premier Mouvement du Concerto en Ré Mineur de J.S. BACH" (1937)

by Eddie South (violin), Stephane Grappelli (violin) and Django Reinhardt (acoustic guitar) translated from Radio France website: Max Dozolme talks about Bach's "Concerto for Two Violins in D minor BWV 1043". A concerto that has been covered several times by three leading jazz musicians: the violinists Eddie South and Stéphane Grappelli and the founding father of gypsy jazz Django Reinhardt. Of all the classical musicians, Johann Sebastian Bach is perhaps the one who has been covered the most, transcribed and arranged in different ways. Among the first jazz revivals of his music are the two recordings in 1937 of his concerto for two violins by three very different musicians: a French violinist, Stéphane Grappelli, an American violinist Eddie South and a gypsy guitarist born in Belgium: Django Reinhardt. The critic and founder of the Swing label, Charles Delaunay, invited the three musicians to a somewhat original recording session. "I had asked the two violinists to improvise, simultaneously, as freely as possible, more faithful to the spirit than to the letter of the original score." PERSONNEL: Eddie South, Stephane Grappelli, (violins); Django Reinhardt (acoustic guitar) Recorded in Paris, Nov. 23, 1937 and released on shellac SWING Records 78 #18 (OLA 1986-1) Reissued 2001 on ASV Living Era various artists CD #AJA 5339, "JAZZING the CLASSICS Vintage Style"