Guitar, Violin, Upright bass and rhythm guitar. YouTube - Ken Brown Trio - Bossa Dorado "Gypsy jazz" or Gypsy swing. This style of jazz is most often attributed to gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grapelli who founded the all strings jazz ensemble, The Quintet du Hot Club de France, in the 1930s in Paris, France. This style is at times also referred to as "Jazz Manouche", from the French term meaning "gypsy". The style's creation being attributed to a gypsy, the musical characteristics of the blending of gypsy musical elements with jazz and the fact that it has largely been fellow gypsies (until recently) who have carried and preserved the musical legacy of Django Reinhardt since his death in 1953.