1934

• 1934    Django plays the "Claridge" with Louis Vola orchestra with Grapelli, Chaput. Spautz p.73
• 1934    The Quintet of the Hot Club de France is born. Spautz p.75-76

Paris, January 16

Le jour où je te vis
Un sou dans la poche (2 takes unissued)
Prenez garde au méchant loup (2 takes)
Pas sur la bouche

Germaine Sablon (vocal)
with Michel Warlop et son Orchestre
Noel Chiboust (trumpet)
Marcel Dumont (trombone)
Isidore Bassard (trombone)
André Ekyan (clarinet, alto sax)
Amédée Charles (alto sax, tenor sax)
Alix Combelle (tenor sax)
Charles Lisee (clarinet, alto sax)
Stéphane Grappelli (piano)
Django Reinhardt (guitar)
Roger " Toto " Grasset (bass)
…Mc Gregor (drum)
Michel Warlop (arrangment and leader)

Paris, February 6

Un jour sur la mer (I Cover the Water Front)
Ici l'on pêche

February 26

Toboggan (2 takes)
Ici l'on peche
Celle qui est perdue

Paris, March 16

Presentation stomp (2 takes)

La chanson du large (2 takes)
Je ne suis pas un ange (I'm no angel) (2 takes)

The following recording recordings are available on this magnificent CD Frémaux & Associés

Intégrale Django Reinhardt Vol 2,  I Saw Stars, 1934 -1935

Jean Sablon (vocal)
André Ekyan (clarinet)
Alec Siniavine (piano)
Django Reinhardt (guitar)

London, March 16

Je sais que vous êtes jolie
Par correspondance

Paris, May 12

Tendresse waltz
J'ai besoin de toi

Paris, May 12

Blue interlude (2 takes)

Paris, August

Tiger rag

Paris, August

Tiger rag
After you've gone
Confessin'
 

Description of the recording session available at this site...

Paris, September

I saw stars
Confessin'
 
• comments : Historical recording session for the Quintet (first ever).

Eliane De Creus (vocal) et ses Boys
Michel Emer (piano), Michel Warlop (violon), Roger Grasset (basse) ?
Django Reinhardt (guitar) - it seems that Django wasn't at this session - error found on many discophaphies accroding to Vernon's

Paris, October 1

Moi j'en ai deux
Mon coeur a rencontré ton coeur
La rumba da boum
La fille de la Madelon
 

November : Louis Armstrong at la salle Pleyel

Paris, November 13

Cocktails pour deux

Deux cigarettes dans l'ombre (2 takes)

L'amour en fleur

Je voudrais vivre
 

December 2nd : First concert of the Quintette du Hot Club de France (covered in "12 Années de Jazz", p 141), "C'est un des rares orchestres que j'ai entendue jouer aussi bien sur scène qu'au dancing. Cela tient certainement au tempérament des deux vedettes, Django et Grappelli. Le premier est un créateur si impétueux qu'il lui suffit de prendre sa guitare - serait-ce dans les circonstances les plus défavorables - pour improviser de façon grandiose." "Django me plaisait, lui aussi, mais je ne le comprenais pas encore tout à fait." Poster pictured in Jazz Hot 419.

Paris, December 12

From now on
Black panther stomp
I saw stars
Okay toots
When my ship comes in
My carolina hide-a-way

Paris, December

Dinah
Tiger rag
Lady be good
I saw stars
 
• this recording session is covered in Hugues Panassié's "12 Années de Jazz", p. 142 -143Panassié : "...Django heurta sa guitare contre un chaise, ce qui produisit un bruit mat."
• It seems that Panassié did insist on keeping the recording as is, no need to redo it again (talking about the bong at the end of Dinah).
• One of the sound engineer asked why they kept changing songs between takes... The Ultraphone director decided to lower the volume of the remaining songs (after Dinah), he was worried about defective recordings (too much dynamic...), that was a bad move according to Panassié since the volume of the remaining 3 songs is quite low compared to Dinah. According to Panassié, Dinah was the best recorded piece of the day
• First concert of the Quintet at the "Ecole Normale de Musique". Spautz p.76
• Django, Naguine and their monkey move to a Montmartre apartment. Spautz p.86
• Django and the Quintet play the "Stage B". Spautz p.86