| Ultrafox |
Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France, avec Stéphane Grappelli |
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Stéphane Grappelli (v); Django Reinhardt (g solo); Roger Chaput (g); Joseph Reinhardt (g); Louis Vola (b)
Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt met in 1931, but did not play together until 1933, at which time the idea for a string quintet began to form (although Django would have preferred a drummer to a
third guitar ?).
The Quintette du Hot Club de France recorded from 1934 until 1939, when World War II led to its breakup.
While Django received much of the acclaim, Stephane shared the solo space and
more than held his own.
On the medium-tempo "Ultrafox" (the title a takeoff on the Ultraphone record company which released the side), Grappelli engagingly plays the jaunty theme that sounds a bit like
"Four or Five Times." Django solos first with delicate, precise lines, then a contrasting chordal section, and finally back to glittering extended runs.
Grappelli enters swinging hard, displaying a full, glowing
tone and ripping off flawlessly executed lines comparable in impact to Django's, ending with a neat stop-and-start coda punctuated by the guitarist's strummed counterpoint.
1935 April - Ultraphone, Paris |
| Un Amour Come Le Notre |
Germaine and Jean Sablon (vo) - André Ekyan (cl); Alec Siniavine (p); Django Reinhardt (g); Louis Vola (b or acc) |
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1935 May 17 - Gramophone, Paris |
| Un Baiser |
Jean Sablon (vo) - acc. by Garland Wilson (p); Django Reinhardt (g) - Paris, January 11 1935 - Columbia |
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| Un Instant D’Infini |
Nina Rette et son Hot Trio - Nina Rette (vo); Stéphane Grappelli (v); Emil Stern (p); Django Reinhardt (g) |
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1935 September 6 - Paris |
| Un Rien Me Fait Changer - ? |
Charles Trent (vo) - acc. by Django Reinhardt and the Quintette du Hot Club de France: |
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Léo Chauliac (p); Django Reinhardt (g solo); Joseph Reinhardt (g); Tony Rovira (b); Pierre Fouad (dm)
1941 February 12 - Columbia, Paris |
| Un Sou Dans La Poche |
Jean Sablon (vo) - acc. by André Ekyan et son Orchestre: |
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André Ekyan (as) ; Eugène d’Hellemmes (tb); Stéphane Grappelli (v); Michel Emer (p); Django Reinhardt (g); Max Elloy (dm) & some unknown musicians
- 1934 January 15 - Columbia, Paris - (unissued) |
| Un Sourire En Chantant |
Ray Ventura et ses Collegiens |
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André Cornille, Gus Deloof, Philippe Brun (tp);
André Cauzard, Josse Breyère, Guy Paquinet (tb);
Max Blanc (cl,fl,as);
André Lluis (cl,as);
John Arslanian (cl,bcl,ts,bars,vcl);
Adrien Mares (ts);
Jean-Louis Jeanson, Roger Du Hautbourg, Jean Pirenet (vln);
Bob Vaz (p);
Django Reinhardt (g);
Louis Vola (b);
André Taylor (dm)
André Dassary (vcl)
1938 March 4 - Paris |
| Undecided |
Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France, avec Stéphane Grappelli |
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Stéphane Grappelli (v); Django Reinhardt (g solo); Joseph Reinhardt, Eugène Vées, Pierre “Baro” Ferret (g); Emmanuel Soudieux (b); Beryl Davis (vo)
1939 August 25 - London |
| Undecided |
Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli |
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Stéphane Grappelli (vln); Django Reinhardt (g); Gianni Safred (p); Carlo Pecori (b); Aurelio de Carolis (dm)
1949 January-February - RAI Studios, Rome |
| Une Jour...Sur La Mer |
Germaine Sablon (vo) - acc. by Michel Warlop et son Orchestre: |
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Nöel Chiboust (tp); Marcel Dumont (tb); Isidore Bassard (tb); Charles Lisee (cl, as); André Ekyan (cl, as); Amédée Charles (as, ts); Alix Combelle (ts); Stéphane Grappelli (p); Django Reinhardt (g); Roger “Toto” Grasset (b); McGregor (dm); Michel Warlop (arrangment & leader)
1934 February 6 - Paris |
| Uptown Blues |
Django Reinhardt and the Air Transport Command Band (A.T.C.) directed by Sergent Jack Platt |
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Herb Bass, Jerry Stephan, Robin Gould (tp); Lonnie Wilfong (tp & arr.); Bill Decker, Don Gardner, Shelton Heath, John Kirkpatrick (tb); Jim Hayes (cl & as); Joe Moser (as); Bernie Cavaliere, Bill Zickefoose (ts); Ken Lowther (bs); Larry Mann (p); Bob Decker (b); Bill Bethel (dm); Django Reinhardt (g solo)
1945 October 26 - A.F.N. Radio Program, Paris |
| Uptown Blues |
Django Reinhardt and the Air Transport Command Band (A.T.C.) directed by Sergent Jack Platt |
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Herb Bass, Jerry Stephan, Robin Gould (tp); Lonnie Wilfong (tp & arr.); Bill Decker, Don Gardner, Shelton Heath, John Kirkpatrick (tb); Jim Hayes (cl & as); Joe Moser (as); Bernie Cavaliere, Bill Zickefoose (ts); Ken Lowther (bs); Larry Mann (p); Bob Decker (b); Bill Bethel (dm); Django Reinhardt (g solo)
1945 December 16 - NBC radio program A.F.N. Studios Parisiens, Paris |
| Unknown title - ? |
Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France |
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Stéphane Grappelli (v); Django Reinhart (g solo) & others musicians
- 1948 March - unknown |
