This is the seventh 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.

1937 was an important year for many reasons. Firstly, despite the Spanish Civil War, it was considered as being the last year of peace. The temperature steadily rose the following year, strongly indicating the inevitable and leaving perhaps only Chamberlain optimistic. In 1937, however, the French must have had an inkling of what was in store, but pretended that nothing was amiss and even organised the last of the veritable Universal Exhibitions. Musicians of every' kind streamed in from overseas--and the "Moulin Rouge" gave an authentic "Cotton Club" revue.
Thanks to Charles Delaunay and Hugues Panassié', the "Swing" label got off the ground, being the first to uniquely concentrate on all forms of jazz. And it really was the first, as in New York Milt Gabler launched "Commodore", with roughly the same ideals, nearly a year later.
In 1937 Charles Delaunay, unknown to the sophisticated Americans, managed to record some sophisticated Americans in his own heathen land, namely Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Eddie South, Teddy Weatherford, Bill Coleman and Dicky Wells. But perhaps these poor souls, under the influence of the berried and cycling Frogs, actually exchanged their instruments for accordions maybe even accompanied by the expert in waltzes Django Reinhardt. It is probably due to these set ideas that our American friends tend to stubbornly tip their hats to "Commodore" for being the first of its kind rather than to ''Swing''.