Appel Direct is a Gypsy Jazz tune written by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli. It is performed by Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli with The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France. The tune comes from the Hot Club of France era in the 1930s and is included on The Ultimate Collection, a 2-CD compilation released in 2008 by Not Now Music. On Disc 1 it is track 16 and runs about 2 minutes 57 seconds. The collection showcases Jazz in the Gypsy Jazz style and highlights the distinctive guitar and violin dialogue that defined the Reinhardt-Grappelli partnership.
