For Django

For Django is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass that contains cover versions of songs famously covered by, written about or written for Django Reinhardt.[1]

For Django
Studio album by Joe Pass
Released	October 1964 (1964-10)
Recorded	October 1964
Studio	Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:17
Label	Pacific
Producer	Richard Bock
Joe Pass chronology
Joy Spring (1964) For Django (1964) A Sign of the Times (1965)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

In his Allmusic review, critic Scott Yanow wrote that the album was long considered a classic and that "Although Pass was actually more strongly influenced by Charlie Christian than by Reinhardt and he had already formed his own style, he has no difficulty fitting into the music."[1]

Track listing

1. "Django" (John Lewis) – 3:22
2. "Rosetta" (Earl Hines, Henri Woode) – 3:07
3. "Nuages" (Django Reinhardt, Jacques Larue) – 2:35
4. "For Django" (Pass) – 2:55
5. "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) – 3:46
6. "Fleur d'Ennui" (Reinhardt) – 2:57
7. "Insensiblement" (Paul Misraki) – 3:14
8. "Cavalerie" (Reinhardt) – 4:26
9. "Django's Castle" (Reinhardt) – 3:49
10. "Limehouse Blues" (Douglas Furber, Philip Braham) – 2:14

Personnel

• Joe Pass – guitar
• John Pisano – guitar
• Jim Hughart – bass
• Colin Bailey – drums

References

1. Yanow, Scott. "For Django". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
2. Swenson, John, ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide (1 ed.). New York: Rolling Stone. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.