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Django Reinhardt and
Stéphane Grappelli. The Quintet of the Hot Club of France (or
Quintette du Hot Club de France) consisted of Grappelli on violin and Reinhardt on guitar, along with Louis Vola (bass) and Roger Chaput and Joseph Reinhardt (guitars). There are several versions of how the band was formed. The most likely comes from bassist Louis Vola, who said in an interview that he found the Reinhardt brothers playing on a beach at Toulon. He invited them to jam with his own band, which included Grappelli and guitarist Roger Chaput. After a series of informal jam sessions…
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