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Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani nickname Django (French: [dʒãŋɡo ʁɛjnaʁt] or [dʒɑ̃ɡo ʁenɑʁt]), was a Belgian Manouche or Sinti jazz guitarist and composer.
DJANGO REINHARDT - OFFICIAL PLAYLIST. Django Reinhardt has astounded and thrilled numerous generations of guitar players and jazz lovers with his amazing command of the guitar. Hear all of...
6 days ago · Django Reinhardt (born January 23, 1910, Liberchies, Belgium—died May 16, 1953, Fontainebleau, France) was a guitarist who is generally considered one of the few European jazz musicians of true originality.
Jan 18, 2024 · With his pencil moustache, Romani-French guitarist Django Reinhardt was the first major European jazz musician, and remains one of the most significant and famous jazz guitar players of all time.
The first European musical virtuoso to influence American jazz was Django Reinhardt, a French-speaking Belgian gypsy who had only two working fingers on his left hand.
Jan 22, 2010 · But if it applies to anyone, it's Django Reinhardt. With no formal training, the Roma guitarist created a new style of music in the 1930s and '40s that came to be dubbed "gypsy jazz."
Jul 3, 2024 · Django Reinhardt: The Best Of – 24 Classic Jazz Performances. CD reissue of a 1959 LP set focuses on the guitarist's outstanding 1937 work, but thus doesn't have anything of bebop or the electric guitar. By. Hugh Rainey. - 03 July 2024. 1.
Oct 12, 2020 · Jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt was badly injured in a 1928 fire that left 2 of the fingers on his fretting hand fused together and curled inward. The injury gave his playing an identifiable...
Mar 29, 2010 · Originating in Paris in the early 1930s, it was first popularized by guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stéphane Grappelli. Hear five songs from the genre's founders and modern jazz...
Aug 1, 2001 · Django Reinhardt was burned in a fire when he was 18 and lost the use of two fingers. Yet he managed to rise to the top of the jazz world.
