Best Collection of Django Reinhardt Duets?

[BeBop]

I've got a birthday list request I'm trying to fill: "Django Reinhardt Duets"

Help me choose. I'm not shopping for a completist; looking for "good value" or some such. (Legitimate labels/issues, please...not to reopen THAT discussion)

Thanks.

[J.A.W.]

This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but the Mosaic Reinhardt set has duets with Stéphane Grappelli (plus solo and quintet recordings) and it's legit.

[BeBop]

This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but the Mosaic Reinhardt set has duets with Stéphane Grappelli (plus solo and quintet recordings) and it's legit.

Interesting you should mention this (my favorite Mosaic). It was listening to the duets that "sold" my fried on the Django Duets idea. Then interests grew to include duets with Louis Vola, Andre Ekyan, Bill Coleman (!), Eddie South...

One possibility, "Two is Company", but it's a Definitive, so not a "first choice".

[Big Beat Steve]

This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but the Mosaic Reinhardt set has duets with Stéphane Grappelli (plus solo and quintet recordings) and it's legit.

Interesting you should mention this (my favorite Mosaic). It was listening to the duets that "sold" my fried on the Django Duets idea. Then interests grew to include duets with Louis Vola, Andre Ekyan, Bill Coleman (!), Eddie South...

One possibility, "Two is Company", but it's a Definitive, so not a "first choice".

But you do know how much out of the time span of 1937 to 1942 is even beyond the SEVENTY-year cutoff date that they seem to be so intent on in the U.S.?

Or to put it another way, with recordings from THIS period, this "legit or not" debate really is beside the point.

[BeBop]

But you do know how much out of the time span of 1937 to 1942 is even beyond the SEVENTY-year cutoff date that they seem to be so intent on in the U.S.?

Or to put it another way, with recordings from THIS period, this "legit or not" debate really is beside the point.

Thanks for the thought. I might quibble with your math (1942+70 ) but it wouldn't be more than a quibble. I suppose I have a knee-jerk reaction to Definitive and even indirect support for their other projects, but they may be a less objectionable alternative here. Again, thanks.

[Big Beat Steve]

As for my math, I think we both know what I meant. 1937 makes it 73 to 74 years in the past now, 1941 will be 70 years ago as we go along though this year, so this is why I said "HOW MUCH out of the 1937-42 time span".

My point being that, in this case, the 70-year cutoff date levels out any approach as to how you go about the royalty issue with ANY reissuer, so why be "holier than thou" even in cases like this?

Good luck with your buying decisions (and listening pleasures)