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Django Reinhardt
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(1910 – 1953)
Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt, Liberchies, Belgium, January 23, 1910 - Fontainebleau, France, May, 16, 1953) was a Gypsy jazz guitarist.
He was the first hugely influential jazz figure to emerge from Europe and he remains the most influential European to this day, with possible competition from Joe Zawinul, George Shearing, John McLaughlin, his old cohort Stéphane Grappelli and a bare handful of others.
Reinhardt’s Gypsy nickname “Django” was Romani for “I awake.” He spent most of his youth in gypsy encampments close to Paris, playing banjo, guitar and violin from an early age, and professionally at Bal-musette halls in Paris. He started first on the violin and eventually moved on to a banjo-guitar that had been given to him and his first known recordings (in 1928) were of him playing the banjo.
At the age of 18, Reinhardt was injured in a fire that ravaged the caravan he shared with Florine “Bella” Mayer, his first wife.They were very poor, and to supplement their income Bella made imitation flowers out of celluloid and paper. Consequently, their home was full of this highly flammable material. Returning from a performance late one night, Django apparently knocked over a candle on his way to bed. While his family and neighbors were quick to pull him to safety, he received first- and second-degree burns over half his body. His right leg was paralyzed and the third and fourth fingers of his left hand were badly burnt. Doctors believed that he would never play guitar again and intended to amputate one of his legs.
He was the first hugely influential jazz figure to emerge from Europe and he remains the most influential European to this day, with possible competition from Joe Zawinul, George Shearing, John McLaughlin, his old cohort Stéphane Grappelli and a bare handful of others.
Reinhardt’s Gypsy nickname “Django” was Romani for “I awake.” He spent most of his youth in gypsy encampments close to Paris, playing banjo, guitar and violin from an early age, and professionally at Bal-musette halls in Paris. He started first on the violin and eventually moved on to a banjo-guitar that had been given to him and his first known recordings (in 1928) were of him playing the banjo.
At the age of 18, Reinhardt was injured in a fire that ravaged the caravan he shared with Florine “Bella” Mayer, his first wife.They were very poor, and to supplement their income Bella made imitation flowers out of celluloid and paper. Consequently, their home was full of this highly flammable material. Returning from a performance late one night, Django apparently knocked over a candle on his way to bed. While his family and neighbors were quick to pull him to safety, he received first- and second-degree burns over half his body. His right leg was paralyzed and the third and fourth fingers of his left hand were badly burnt. Doctors believed that he would never play guitar again and intended to amputate one of his legs.
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I'll See You In My Dreams
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Django's Tiger
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My Serenade
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Djangology
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vein666 wrote:
doing these things with two fingers... awesome
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chizzybang wrote:
cool positive themes
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shadesdrawn wrote:
Great music.
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ionbulgar wrote:
eternal sounds... :)
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JazzyUh_ wrote:
Django and Grappelli are the Best.
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chinneths wrote:
the sweet low down swing
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bazzo-182 wrote:
The bastard doesn't give any concerts anymore...
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Me_vs_Hero wrote:
obviously manowar
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paronZoDa wrote:
manowar!!!!!!!
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Volvo760GLE wrote:
really good, learned of him thrgouh hte game Mafia where he proveds a good part of the soindtrakc!
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Strangkittlaren wrote:
I Got Rythm is one of the best! Stéphane Grappelli is amazing as well.
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WuMember wrote:
amazing!
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Albi3000 wrote:
He was such a badass. I love him.
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GreenSheep wrote:
<----
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AtomHeart42 wrote:
Django Reinhardt: Gypsy Jazz King
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Veagas wrote:
Limehouse Blues Rocks!
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Dunk_a_roos wrote:
django es lo mejor!!
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bbttss wrote:
Mafa...best game best music
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sergeeo wrote:
He creado un grupo en español para jazzeros, que no encontré nada cuando busqué... ¡Echadle un ojo y apuntaros si os apetece! "http://www.lastfm.es/group/Jazz+[español]"
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milo_keke wrote:
Django rules :)
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