This is the forth in a new series released on the French label Fremaux.
This series under the direction of Daniel Nevers will become the definitive Django collection, incorporating many rare and previously unreleased tracks, including radio performances and out takes.

This Double CD also comes with a 40 page booklet in English and French containing many interesting photos. If your seriously interested in Django or are looking for a particular track, this is the series for you.

From the liner notes by Daniel Nevers In August 1935 the Hot Club's soloists, Stéphane the violinist and Django the guitarist, along with Louis Vola on the string bass and Arthur Briggs on the trumpet, first entered the Polydor studios in the 13th district of Paris. In fact, Briggs had already made several recordings at the same address a couple of years previously unlike the others who made their debut in the rather basic Ultraphone studios near Montparnasse in late 1934 (see volumes 2 and 3). Grappelli and Reinhardt often performed during this period at "Stage B" which was in the same vicinity, with Briggs, Mix Combelle and the drummer Georges Marion.

Despite the modest size of these studios, the sale of their records was impressive enough to attract the relatively new and dynamic British firm Decca Ultraphone (founded in 1929), who had distributed some of the Quintet's records before directly contacting the musicians via Polydor who represented them on the continent.
The story continues...............