Quintette du Hot Club de France
The Quintette du Hot Club de France was the first exclusively occupied by string instrumentalists jazz ensemble. This line shape, which to this day has significance especially in Gypsy Jazz, is referred to by this group.
History
The guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stéphane Grappelli founded the Quintette in 1934 in Paris at the suggestion of Pierre Nourry and Charles Delaunay of Hot Club de France. In addition to Django Reinhardt and Grappelli first worked with Django's brother Joseph Reinhardt, Roger Chaput or Pierre as well as " Baro " Ferret as another guitarist and Louis Vola as a double bassist. It came here for the first time in the jazz division of labor of solo and rhythm guitar. The two rhythm guitarists (J. Reinhardt / Chaput or Ferret ) had also perceive a percussive function and replaced by la plompe playing the drums.
Its name from the group, because their first performances took place under the organizational umbrella of the Hot Club de France. 1934 appeared the first record, when Ultraphon ( after it had been previously rejected at Odeon as " too modern "); In this first session in Ultraphon studio in Montparnasse Quarter of Paris in the Avenue du Maine took Reinhardt and his musicians the standards Dinah. Tiger Rag, I Saw Stars and Lady Be Good on; there produced one " with skepticism and hoping that he can bring the expenses by selling 500 plates again. "
This quintet with its unusual tonal colors seemed successful and toured much of Europe. In March 1937 its version of " After You've Gone" made it to number 20 of the U.S. charts. Apart from minor reshuffles it remained until the outbreak of World War II made in 1939, the group experienced in the UK. Since Grappelli remained until the war ended in London, the quintet was (with the same name ) formed by Reinhardt: Hubert Rostaing came with his clarinet in place of the violin. Approximately 100 recordings, recorded between December 1934 and August 1939, keep alive the memory of this unique band.
With the change to clarinetist Rostaing the rhythm section was established in 1940 with an altered cast rhythm guitar relatively conventional ( typically Joseph Reinhardt ), bass and drums. The original cast violin, three guitars, bass was first taken over by Sarane Ferret, is still regarded as the typical Hot Club - cast and has found its successor in many countries.
Other participating musicians
Musicians who participated in recording sessions of the Quintette You Hot Club De France, Pierre Allier (trumpet ), Marcel Bianchi were also (guitar), Josse Breyre (trombone), Arthur Briggs (trumpet ), Philippe Brun (trumpet ), Maurice Cizeron (flute ), Alix Combelle (clarinet, tenor sax ), Andre Cornille (trumpet ), Alphonse Cox ( trumpet), Beryl Davis ( vocals), Josette Daydé (vocals), Gus Deloof (trumpet ), Eugene d' Hellemmes (trombone ), Pierre Fouad (drums), Roger Grasset (double bass), Andre Jourdan (drums), Francis Lucas ( bass), Guy Paquinet (trombone), Tony Rovira (double bass), Lucien Simoens (double bass), Emmanuel Soudieux (double bass), Freddy Taylor (vocals ), Eugène Vées (guitar), Michel Warlop (violin).