This excellent set brings Django into the studio in Paris in 1947 and 1953 with Hubert Rostaing as his musical foil on clarinet, instead of Stephane Grappelli on most, but not all songs. (During World War Two Grappelli had stayed in England.) On tracks eight and nine of Disc Two, Rex Stewart replaces Rostaing on clarinet. These recordings are known as the Blue Star Sessions. The booklet has extensive notes including dates and musicians names for each song. The group is still a quintet on all but Minor Blues where Django has backing from eleven musicians. Django's brother Joseph plays rhythm guitar on just the first nine tracks of Disc One and the first seven of Disc Two. By the time of the 1953 session, on the last eight songs, we hear Django with only Maurice Vander on piano, Pierre Michelot on bass, and Jean-Louis Viale on drums. He was using an electric guitar by this time, not the Selmer acoustic with a soundhole-mounted pickup seen in some photos. The difference is astounding. He has mastered the instrument and we hear the influence that Parker and Dizzy have had on him. Here Django is the only soloist. September Song is a personal favourite. It's heard played on the acoustic on Disc One and then played on the electric on the second disc. Wow! Rostaing and Michelot both contribute to the notes.