Nuages (Henri Crolla)
Context
Version cut in 1958 for a tribute album to Django Reinhardt (Véga LP 30805), with Hubert Rostaing on clarinet, Géo Daly on vibraphone and Maurice Vander on piano. Crolla, who had met Django around 1933-1934 and was part of his circle, here takes up his most famous theme.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Hot Club de France, Gypsy jazz, French jazz. Among the origins and influences of Hot Club de France, Gypsy jazz: Swing, big bands, Jazz in France (interwar years).