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Django in Alan Furst's "Night Soldiers"

billyshakesbillyshakes NoVA✭✭✭ Park Avance - Dupont Nomade - Dupont DM-50E
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So I'm reading Alan Furst's 1988 spy novel, "Night Soldiers", set partly in 1930s Spain. I also happen to have just started learning Spanish.

Thus, I was excited when I got to a section that is a radio announcer announcing the start of his show:

"Hay veinte horas, y la hora para el jazz hot. La selección primera.....

Oh, cool, I thought...now I know the word for hot jazz, as I flipped the page on my kindle...

"..."In a Sentimental Mood," con Louis Vola tocando el violón, trum-trum-trum,..."

Hey, I know him! Cool...

"...Marcel Bianchi y Pierre Ferret en guitarras,"

Them too!

"Django Reinhardt en la guitarra sola, y, entonces, el grande Stephane Grappelli tocando el violín. Gusta bien, todo el mundo, gusta bien."


Quite a happy surprise!

BucoBillDaCostaWilliams
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