Quintet of the Hot Club of France
Geoffrey Smith celebrates the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, the legendary jazz ensemble co-led by guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli.
In honour of Bastille Day, Geoffrey Smith celebrates a legendary jazz ensemble, the Quintet of the Hot Club of France. Spearheaded by the gypsy genius of the guitar, Django Reinhardt, and the stylish violin of Stephane Grappelli, the Hot Club Quintet proved you didn't have to be American to play great jazz.
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Dinah
Django Reinhardt
Young/ Akst/ Lewis
JSP JSPCD 341
Stephane Grappelly, vn; Django Reinhardt, sg; Joseph Reinhardt, g; Roger Chaput, g; Louis Vola, b.
Tiger Rag
Django Reinhardt
La Rocca / De Costa
JSP JSPCD 341
Stephane Grappelly, vn; Django Reinhardt, sg; Joseph Reinhardt, g; Roger Chaput, g; Louis Vola, b.
I’ve Had My Moments
Django Reinhardt
Donaldson / Kahn
JSP JSPCD 341
Stephane Grappelly, vn; Django Reinhardt, sg; Joseph Reinhardt, g; Pierre Feret, g; Louis Vola, b.
Miss Annabelle Lee
Django Reinhardt
Clare / Pollack
JSP JSPCD 349
Stephane Grappelly, vn; Django Reinhardt, sg; Pierre Feret, g; Marcel Bianchi, g; Louis Vola, b.
Mystery Pacific
Django Reinhardt
Grapelly / Reinhardt
JSP JSPCD 349
Stephane Grappelly, vn; Django Reinhardt, sg; Pierre Feret, g; Marcel Bianchi, g; Louis Vola, b.
Minor Swing
Django Reinhardt
Reinhardt / Grapelli
Dreyfus Jazz FDM 36648-2
Stephane Grappelli, vn; Django Reinhardt, sg; Joseph Reinhardt, g; Eugene Vees, g; Louis Vola, b.
My Sweet
Django Reinhardt
Grapelly / Reinhardt
JSP JSPCD 342
Stephane Grappelly, vn; Django Reinhardt, sg; Roger Chaput, g; Eugene Vees, g; Louis Vola, b.
Souvenirs
Django Reinhardt
Reinhardt / Grappelly
JSP JSPCD 342
Stephane Grappelly, vn; Django Reinhardt, sg; Roger Chaput, g; Eugene Vees, g; Louis Vola, b.
Black and White
Django Reinhardt
Reinhardt / Grappelly
JSP JSPCD 342
Stephane Grappelly, vn; Django Reinhardt, sg; Roger Chaput, g; Eugene Vees, g; Louis Vola, b.
If I Had You
Django Reinhardt
Campbell / Connelly / Shapiro
JSP JSPCD 342
Django Reinhardt, g; Stephane Grappelly, p.
The Lambeth Walk
Django Reinhardt
Guy / Furber / Rose
JSP JSPCD 342
Stephane Grappelly, vn; Django Reinhardt, sg; Roger Chaput, g; Eugene Vees, g; Roger Grasset, b.
Them There Eyes
Django Reinhardt
Pinkard / Tracey / Tauber
JSP JSPCD 343
Django Reinhardt, sg; Stephane Grappelly, vn; Joseph Reinhardt, g; Eugene Vees, g; Roger Grasset, b.
Japanese Sandman
Django Reinhardt
Egan / Whiting
JSP JSPCD 343
Django Reinhardt, sg; Stephane Grappelly, vn; Joseph Reinhardt, g; Pierre Ferret, g; Emmanuel Sondieux, b.
I Wonder Where My Baby is Tonight
Django Reinhardt
Kahn / Donaldson
JSP JSPCD 343
Django Reinhardt, sg; Stephane Grappelly, vn; Joseph Reinhardt, g; Pierre Ferret, g; Emmanuel Sondieux, b.
Twelfth Year
Django Reinhardt
Reinhardt
JSP JSPCD 343
Django Reinhardt, sg; Stephane Grappelly, vn; Joseph Reinhardt, g; Pierre Ferret, g; Emmanuel Sondieux, b.
HCQ Strut
Django Reinhardt
Reinhardt / Grappelly
JSP JSPCD 342
Echoes of France
Django Reinhardt
De Lisle
Dreyfus Jazz FDM 36648-2
Stephane Grappelli, vn; Django Reinhardt, sg; Jack Llewelyn, g; Allan Hodgkiss, g; Coleridge Goode, d.
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- Sun 15 Jul 201800:00BBC Radio 3
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