Here are 12 well-chosen titles from the Ultraphone sessions at which the Quintet made its recording debut in 1934-35. The recent death of Stephane Grappelli lends a sad but special significance to these “sides” which were something of a sensation in Europe at the time.
Django Reinhardt: Quintet of the Hot Club of France
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