Jazz Hot (1938) The Rare Short Film With Jazz Legend Django Reinhardt

Here’s a remarkable short film of the great gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, violinist Stéphane Grappelli and their band the “Quintette du Hot Club de France“ performing on a movie set in 1938. The film was hastily organized by the band’s British agent Lew Grade as a way to introduce the band’s unique style of guitar and violin-based jazz to the British public before their first UK tour. Original title: Jazz Hot (1938) This film is available with subtitles in many language options. Producer: Lew Grade Genres: Short, Music Actors: Django Reinhardt, Eugène d’Hellemmes, Pierre Ferret, Stéphane Grappelli @CultCinemaClassics