On “Dinah” he intermingles bouncy triplets and bluesy asides with forceful octaves, setting a standard for ease of execution and invention that would be amplified in later Quintette recordings such as “Djangology,” “Limehouse Blues,” “Chicago,” and “Minor Swing.” In time, the influence of Ravel, Debussy, and Gershwin would impart an impressionist tinge to Reinhardt’s jazz, revealed in his exploration of whole-tone scales and in the languorous beauty of his most famous composition, “Nuages.”
