In November 1957, Miles Davis returned to Paris to play the Club Saint-Germain. Since visiting seven years earlier, Davis had barely finished recording eight songs on tape, accredited to the ‘Miles Davis Nonet’; The nine-piece outfit proved unusual yet effectual in foreshadowing modern sounds in Jazz. With the exhilarating but
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Django Reinhardt Unchained
Years before amplification, Django Reinhardt needed only his fingers to electrify the guitar. With high-dollar Shellac recordings for sale online, Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt has become a popular obscurity in the past few years. From the time of his upbringing as a child in Paris, Django lived a nomadic