I found a fantastic two-disc album of Django Reinhardt covers by some of his greatest successors. It’s called Jazz Manouche, and it features such artists as Bireli Lagrene, John Jorgensen, The Rosenberg Trio, and many more. Bireli Lagrene happens to be one of my favourites, so here’s his cover of one of Django’s great songs.
Blues Clair
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