Gypsy jazz had its roots firmly in france, where it is known as jazz manouche, and its origins can be traced directly to guitarist django reinhardt and violinist stephane grappelli, who teamed up at the hotel claridge in paris, during the summer of 1934, to form le quintette du hot club de france. Other important jazz manouche gypsy jazz musicians included violinist michel warlop, accordionists gus viseur and tony muréna, guitarists joseph reinhardt, baro, matelot, sarane ferret the latter trio, of les freres ferret, and oscar aleman, all of whom are also featured heavily herein. The 54 tracks compiled on this 2 cd set were all recorded between 1934 47, which was very much the golden age for the genre. Tracklist le quintette du hot club de france lady be good le quintette du hot club de france tiger rag django reinhardt and stéphane grappelli limehouse blues django reinhardt and stéphane grappelli djangology django reinhardt and stéphane grappelli swing guitars michel warlop et son orchestre cloud castles michel warlop et son orchestre crazy strings le quintette du hot club de france speevy django reinhardt and stéphane grappelli minor swing le quintette du hot club de france augmented bolero le quintette du hot club de france augmented mabel gus viseur winds and strings gus viseur automne django reinhardt and stéphane grappelli sweet georgia brown django reinhardt and stéphane grappelli daphne django reinhardt and stéphane grappelli china boy le quintette du hot club de france black and white le quintette du hot club de france stomping at decca albert ferreri et le trio ferret andalousie le trio ferret la valse des niglots le trio ferret ti pi tin oscar aleman trio jeepers creepers oscar aleman nobody's sweetheart gus viseur cur vagabond svenska hotkvintetten hallelujah svenska hotkvintetten opus 5 le quintette du hot club de france swing '39 le quintette du hot club de france i'll see you in my dreams gus viseur et son orchestre undecided gus viseur swing valse django reinhardt and stéphane grappelli nuages le quintette du hot club de france oiseaux des iles tony muréna et son ensemble swing nostalgia gitana tony muréna et son ensemble swing gitan swing sarane ferret et le swing quintette de paris septembre sarane ferret et le swing quintette de paris swing star sarane ferret et le swing quintette de paris cocktail swing quintette du hot club de belgique rose de miel sarane ferret et le quintette de paris with georges effrose hungaria sarane ferret et le quintette with georges effrosse sex appeal sarane ferret et le quintette de paris with georges effrose studio 28 orchestre swing jo reinhardt zaozou zazou django reinhardt blues en mineur gus viseur et son orchestre swing '42 viseur deloof sextet manche de fouet frank ottersen og hans sekstett ding, dong, dang frank ottersen og hans sekstett promenade jean ferret et son sixtette la vipere du trottoir joseph reinhardt et son ensemble un peu de reve joseph reinhardt et son ensemble l'oeil noir oscar aleman y su quinteto de swing darktown strutters ball oscar aleman y su quinteto de swing diga diga doo django reinhardt and stéphane grappelli how high the moon django reinhardt and stéphane grappelli danse nuptiale