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Emil Lager portrayed Reinhardt playing guitar in a French cafe in the 2011 film Hugo. [ 76 ] The film Django, by the French filmmaker Étienne Comar, depicting Reinhardt's life during wartime was released in February 2017, with the French actor Reda Kateb performing the role of Reinhardt.
In the Martin Scorsese film Hugo (2011), a character named Reinhardt—played by Emil Lager—plays guitar in a combo in the station café. Django (1954) is a gypsy-flavoured piece written by the jazz pianist John Lewis, of the Modern Jazz Quartet, in honour of Reinhardt.
After the gruesome accident, Iommi, “extremely depressed,” tragically resigned himself to never play the guitar again — that is, until his factory manager visited him in the hospital and told him the story of Django Reinhardt, the Belgian-Romani swing guitarist who lost two fingers in a ter ...
Apr 16, 2024 · A promising touring opportunity had evaporated in his absence and his wife had left and gone back to her family. A dark time of the soul ensued, that perhaps many would not have found their way through. But what happened next would cast Django Reinhardt into the realms of musical folklore.
Mar 7, 2023 · Despite the fact that Django was one of jazz history’s true in-the-moment improvisors, Remi Harris states that Django’s playing is “memorable and melodic – many of his solos sound like compositions in their own right”.
- Denny Ilett
The first time I listened to Django Reinhardt (1910-1953, Jazz Musician) I didn't know of his disability. His playing was so fast and unique I was amazed anyone could play like he did. I thought my friend was lying when he said he could only play with 2 fingers.
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Django Reinhardt was born in a gypsy caravan on January 23, 1910, near Charleroi, Belgium, to Laurence Reinhardt and Jean Baptiste Weiss. His father having registered the birth certificate in his mother's name, Django became Reinhardt.
