# Belleville guitar solo

> Django Reinhardt's guitar solo on Belleville by Quintette du Hot Club de France (1942). From the album Single. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/song/quintette-du-hot-club-de-france-belleville/>

Quintette du Hot Club de France, 1942, from *Single*. Solo by *Django Reinhardt*.

A bright, swinging homage to the Paris district, driven by rhythmic chord punches and fleet single-note breaks. It captures the clarinet-era Quintette at its most buoyant.

Belleville by Quintette du Hot Club de France is #4 in our ranking of the best Django Reinhardt guitar solos. The solo is played by Django Reinhardt and the song was released in 1942.

## In our lists

- [The Best Django Reinhardt Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/django-reinhardt-guitar-solos/) — #4
- [The Best Guitar Solos of 1942](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1942/) — #2

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Belleville?

Django Reinhardt played the solo on Quintette du Hot Club de France's Belleville (1942).

---

GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)