On You Tube. Beautiful. From Wikipedia we learned that Louis Vola played the bass and he was instrumental in bringing all the musicians together. Thank you Louis.
"Minor Swing" is a popular Gypsy jazz tune by Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli. It was first recorded by The Quintet of the Hot Club of France in 1937. It was recorded four other times throughout Reinhardt's career and is considered to be one of his most covered compositions, as well as Gypsy jazz standard.
On the first recording on 25 November 1937, the Quintette du Hot Club de France consisted of:[2]
- Django Reinhardt – guitar
- Stéphane Grappelli – violin
- Joseph Reinhardt – guitar
- Eugene Vees – guitar
- Louis Vola – bass
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