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Quintette du Hot Club de France
The Quintette du Hot Club de France, often abbreviated "QdHCdF" or "QHCF", was a jazz group founded in France in 1934 by the guitarist Django Reinhardt and the violinist Stéphane Grappelli. It was active in one form or another until 1948. One of the earliest and most significant continental jazz groups in Europe, the Quintette was described by critic Thom Jurek as "one of the most original bands in the history of recorded jazz." In contrast with the "New Orleans Sound" of groups like Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five and Hot Seven, the group featured an "all strings" lineup with the lead parts taken by virtuoso acoustic guitar and violin, the bass part on double bass in place of tuba or sousaphone, and the rhythm and accompanying chords supplied by additional guitarists, with no drummer. Their most famous lineup featured Reinhardt, Grappelli, bassist Louis Vola, and rhythm guitarists Roger Chaput and Joseph Reinhardt although occupants of the latter roles varied from time to time. Later incarnations of the Quintette sometimes incorporated reeds players in place of Grappelli's violin, and also sometimes added a drummer in place of one of the rhythm guitars. From Wikipedia (

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Minor Swing
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Beyond The Sea (La Mer) (Remastered 2002) (feat. Stéphane Grappelli)
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The Sheik of Araby

Albums

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Quintette du Hot Club de France

2025
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Running Wild

2018
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Django Reinhardt Memorial, Vol.2

1957
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1947

2024
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Are You in the Mood?

2018
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Quintette du Hot Club de France

2021
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St. Louis Blues

2017
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The Quintet of the Hot Club of France, Vol. 2

2019
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Swing Guitars

2010

Singles & EPs

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Fleur d'Ennui (Remastered 2024)

Single2025
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Swing 42 (Remastered 2024)

Single2024

Videos

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Corinne Griffith/The Garden of Eden [1928] Tribute

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Lost Heaven Multiplayer: The Bandits of Rhythm

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Jazz au Tivoli David Hermlin Trio "Saint Louis Blues"

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Jazz Hot (1938) The Rare Short Film With Jazz Legend Django Reinhardt

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Echos of France

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Django Reinhardt - Nuages

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Django Reinhardt - Coquette - London, 31.01.1946

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Django Reinhardt - Djangology

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Django Reinhardt - Cavalerie (1943)

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Django Reinhardt - Tears, Paris 21 04 1937

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