''Cavalerie'' is a 1937 composition by jazz guitarist

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. Reinhardt attempted to record it with the Quintet of the Hot Club of France but aborted the attempt and the original version of the piece is now lost. It was later re-recorded and released as a single by him in 1943 with " Douce Ambiance". He recorded it on the 17 February 1943 in

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Joe Pass Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist. Pass is well known for his work stemming from numerous collaborations with pianist Oscar Peterson and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, an ...

recorded the piece for his 1964 album '' For Django''. The Pass version is a bebop-inspired swinging altered blues composition in the key of

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, featuring a thumping bass at the beginning and D 9th and D-flat 9th alternations. Much of the track is blues over D-flat 7th and G-flat 7th.

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1937 songs Swing music {{1930s-jazz-composition-stub