Minor Swing
Context
First recorded by the Quintette du Hot Club de France in November 1937, this tune became one of Django Reinhardt's signature compositions and a swing jazz standard. Its repetitive chord progression gives soloists room to improvise and show their virtuosity, and guitarists often quote the phrases Reinhardt recorded. Wynton Marsalis considers it essential.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Hot Club de France, Gypsy jazz. Among the origins and influences of Hot Club de France, Gypsy jazz: Swing, big bands, Jazz in France (interwar years).