Gypsy jazz (also known as gypsy swing or hot club jazz) is a style of jazz music often said to have been started by guitarist Jean “Django” Reinhardt in the 1930s. Because its origins are largely in France it is often called by the French name, “jazz manouche”. Django was foremost among a group of Romani guitarists working in and around Paris in the 1930s through the 1950s, a group which also included the brothers Baro, Sarane, and Matelo Ferret and Reinhardt’s brother Joseph “Nin-Nin” Reinhardt. Reinhardt was noted for combining a dark, chromatic Gypsy flavor with the swing articulation of the period. His most famous group, the Quintette du Hot Club de France, also brought fame to jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli. Club Django Toronto has been active on the Canadian jazz scene for over 25 years and is Toronto’s longest-running gypsy swing band. They were nominated for Best Acoustic Group of the Year 2003 by the National Jazz Awards, and have won The Canadian Collectors Congress award for “Album Of The Year”.