When Apple Inc. announced the iPad last month, CEO Steve Jobs demonstrated the device with a surprising choice of music. The first notes publicly heard on the new device were not a snippet of cutting-edge contemporary pop—not Radiohead or Norah Jones—but a jazz classic recorded in Paris 73 years ago. It was “Swing Guitars” by guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stéphane Grappelli, with the Quintette of the Hot Club of France.
