Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli - I Saw Stars (1934)

Django Reinhardt (guitar) and Stephane Grappelli (violin) were stars in the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, which performed in the 1930's in Paris.

The Quintet was extremely popular and played jazz and pop standards from the 1920's and 1930's. Django Reinhardt, on gypsy guitar, was considered a genius. He created a very original style of swing music and influenced jazz dancers and musicians over the past decades.

Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli - I Saw Stars (1934)

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Music

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• Django
• Reinhardt
• Stephane
• Grappelli
• 30's
• 40's

[sebsgonemissing]

Django and Grappelli together are amazing they are both equally talented musicians. one is not better than the other. they are like peanut butter and jelly.

[vestner]

Not that Django isn't an amazing guitarist and take away from his glory, but Grappelli's violin work is what makes this music so beautiful imho.

[OlymPigs2010]

...Stephan Grapelli often said he learned his style of jazz violin directly from Django's guitar playing!!!

[nefisstoss]

as the young people say in this times

eargasm

[KrakeNp2y]

@TheChoada that's django's brother lol

[jerrysoh619]

These guys are so French in evrey note that they play, it's hard to explain.

[cerelilqt]

Reminds me of tom and jerry =P

[ladofmad]

who is the singer?

[TheChoada]

Check out the uni-brow on the guy i the back. Yeikes!

[ovacak]

@vestner Come on, you must be kidding about Django :) He is the only European jazz guitarist who influenced the jazz musicians in the states and also don't forget that his left hand wasn't 100% healthy.

It is true that nowadays with his technique wouldn't be a virtuoso but those were the early 1900s.

And of course Grappelli is an absolute master of his violin and adds a high value to this music :)