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Gypsy Jazz is the contemporary name for a musical form that started in the 1930s when American swing moved to Europe. The gypsy guitarist, Django Reinhardt, and the violinist Stephane Grappelli, began playing American style swing together, borrowing from the guitar-violin work of Joe Venuit and Eddie Lang, doing standards from the era, but soon they invented a whole new hot style that swung really hard and was totally inventive, infectious, driving, and moving. This became known as the Hot Club sound. But the story of these musicians' lives are even more amazing--so check out the links to learn about Django (1910-1953) and Stephane (1908-1997) and the amazing era of Paris in the 30s.