New Quintette du Hot Club de France – review

(Frémeaux)The original Quintette, co-led by Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt, inaugurated a unique form of jazz which remains hugely popular today, especially in France. Django's son, the late Babik Reinhardt, formed this brilliant, updated version in 1998 with fellow guitarist Romane and violinist Florin Niculescu. Using electric guitars and incorporating slightly more complex harmonies than the original, this is by no means an exercise in nostalgia. One misses Grappelli's restrained p...

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