For Django

1964 studio album by Joe Pass

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)

For Django is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass that contains renditions of compositions famously interpreted by, written about or written for Django Reinhardt.^[1]

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

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

Personnel

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

Charts

Chart performance for *For Django*
Chart (2022)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[3]	38

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Yanow, Scott. "For Django". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
^ Swenson, John, ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide (1 ed.). New York: Rolling Stone. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Joe Pass – For Django" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved February 25, 2022.