Here’s a remarkable short film of the great gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, violinist Stéphane Grappelli and their band the "Quintette du Hot Club de France" performing on a movie set in 1938. The film was hastily organized by the band’s British agent Lew Grade as a way to introduce the band’s unique style of guitar and violinbased jazz to the British public before their first UK tour.

Original title: Jazz Hot (1938)

This film is available with subtitles in many language options.

Producer: Lew Grade
Genres: Short, Music
Actors: Django Reinhardt, Eugène d'Hellemmes, Pierre Ferret, Stéphane Grappelli


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