Guitarist Bireli Lagrene has long built upon the tradition that began with the Gypsy swing of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France with virtuoso guitarist Django Reinhardt.
On this outing, Lagrene continues in the tradition while changing the instrumentation, incorporating drums, sax, and occasionally piano, but he also expands the repertoire to include modern songs written after Django's death.
"After You've Gone" and "I'll See You in My Dreams" all fit like a comfortable pair of well-worn shoes, while Lagrene adds a friendly vocal to "All of Me" and digs up an old Reinhardt original ("Feerie") that gives the leader a chance to show off his chops.
Lagrene also arranged several strong originals written by his musicians.
His swinging treatment of George Benson's "Before You Go" features tenorist Franck Wolf in a breezy arrangement, while Lagrene switches to electric guitar for a laid-back setting of "Flamingo." Even Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender" is successfully transformed into swing, though Lagrene's loungy "Tim and Zoe" features electric guitar and synthesizer in the style of George Benson's crossover recordings, a total misfit at the end of an otherwise flawless CD.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After You've GoneHenry Creamer, Turner Layton | Biréli Lagrène, Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 2 | Lune de MielHono Winterstein | Biréli Lagrène, Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project | Play | 03:52 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 3 | I'll See You in My DreamsIsham Jones, Gus Kahn | Biréli Lagrène, Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project | Play | 03:21 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 4 | All of MeGerald Marks | Biréli Lagrène, Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project | Play | 04:33 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 5 | FéerieDjango Reinhardt | Biréli Lagrène, Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project | Play | 02:55 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 6 | It's ImpossibleArmando Manzanero, Sid Wayne | Biréli Lagrène, Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project | Play | 05:30 | 12 MB | 29 MB |
| 7 | Cap'tain FerberFranck Wolf | Biréli Lagrène, Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project | Play | 03:23 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 8 | Guet-ApensDiego Imbert | Biréli Lagrène, Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 9 | FlamingoEdmund Anderson | Biréli Lagrène, Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project | Play | 03:57 | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| 10 | Before You Go | Biréli Lagrène, Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project | Play | 05:29 | 12 MB | 33 MB |
| 11 | LolitaHono Winterstein | Biréli Lagrène, Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project | Play | 05:10 | 11 MB | 29 MB |
| 12 | Love Me TenderVera Matson, Elvis Presley | Biréli Lagrène, Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project | Play | 04:59 | 11 MB | 29 MB |
| 13 | Tim and Zoé | Biréli Lagrène, Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project | Play | 07:16 | 16 MB | 41 MB |
| 14 | Juste the Way You Are | Bireli Lagrene | Play | 06:49 | 15 MB | 40 MB |
| 64 mins | 148 MB | |||||
| 64 mins | 385 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | René Ameline | Engineer, Mastering, Mixing |
| 2 | Edmund Anderson | Composer |
| 3 | Laurent Binder | Assistant |
| 4 | André Ceccarelli | Drums |
| 5 | Henry Creamer | Composer |
| 6 | Francis Dreyfus | Producer |
| 7 | Diego Imbert | Composer, Double Bass |
| 8 | Billy Joel | Composer |
| 9 | Isham Jones | Composer |
| 10 | Benjamin Joubert | Assistant, Mastering |
| 11 | Gus Kahn | Composer |
| 12 | Biréli Lagrène | Arranger, Guitar, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 13 | Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project | Primary Artist |
| 14 | Turner Layton | Composer |
| 15 | Armando Manzanero | Composer |
| 16 | Gerald Marks | Composer |
| 17 | Vera Matson | Composer |
| 18 | Christian Pégand | Producer |
| 19 | Elvis Presley | Composer |
| 20 | Django Reinhardt | Composer |
| 21 | Sid Wayne | Composer |
| 22 | Hono Winterstein | Composer |
| 23 | Franck Wolf | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |