Minor Swing
Quintette du Hot Club de France, 1937, from Single. Solo by Django Reinhardt.
The definitive gypsy-jazz anthem: Django's opening chorus spins arpeggiated minor lines with a percussive attack that every manouche player still studies. It is the blueprint for the whole genre's vocabulary.
Minor Swing by Quintette du Hot Club de France is #1 in our ranking of the best Django Reinhardt guitar solos. The solo is played by Django Reinhardt and the song was released in 1937.
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Who played the guitar solo on Minor Swing?
Django Reinhardt played the solo on Quintette du Hot Club de France's Minor Swing (1937).