Paul (blushing over the telephone): Actually, it refers to the Hot Club de France, where Gypsy jazz got its start. The Hot Club was a group of Paris record collectors who got together to share and listen to music. Records were expensive in those days…and fragile. Not everyone could afford them. The Hot Club de France started having concerts, looking for acts that would appeal to visiting Americans. As soon as Django and Stйphane joined the group, they were an instant sensation.

And an oddity as well. French people playing jazz—at the time that was unthinkable.