Gitane (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Gitane

| type = studio

| artist = Charlie Haden and Christian Escoudé

| cover = Gitane (album).jpg

| alt =

| released = 1979

| recorded = September 22, 1978

| venue =

| studio = Studio Des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France

| genre = Jazz

| length = {{Duration|m=40|s=37}}

| label = All Life

| producer = Alain Boucanus, Eymeric Adam

| chronology = Charlie Haden

| prev_title = As Long as There's Music

| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = Magico

| next_year = 1980

}}

Gitane is an album by American jazz bassist Charlie Haden and French gypsy jazz guitarist Christian Escoudé, released in 1979. Most of the album's compositions were written by guitarist Django Reinhardt.

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz

| rev2Score = {{rating|2.5|4}}{{cite book | last1=Cook |first1=Richard |last2=Morton |first2=Brian | title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | publisher=Penguin Books | year=2006 | pages=568 }}

}}

The Globe and Mail wrote that Haden "is in fact slow a-finger; by emphasis and omission he makes each note count... Once, and finally, he gets the music moving—the tune is Django's 'Dinette'—Escoude comes to life, and Reinhardt with him."{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Mark |title=Gitane Charlie Haden & Christian Escoude |work=The Globe and Mail |date=2 Oct 1982 |page=F6}}

The AllMusic review by Brian Olewnick stated: "A warm, unhurried session, one that Haden fans will enjoy for both his prominence and creativity as well as for Escoude's carefully considered contributions".Olewnick, B. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/gitane-r139996 AllMusic Review] accessed December 8, 2011