On the night of November 2, 1928, Reinhardt was in his caravan home with his wife when paper flowers she had been making caught on fire, quickly engulfing the small space in flames. Reinhardt, confident in the knowledge that the Nazis loved jazz music, despite Hitler's ban of the genre, would surely spare his talent. Though his virtuosity is stupefying, it is no less so than his creative invention. According to jazz guitarist Frank Vignola, almost every one of the worlds major guitarists have been influenced by Reinhardt. In 1943 the tide of war turned against the Germans, with a considerable darkening of the situation in Paris. In 1953, he collaborated with the famed jazz musician Dizzie Gillespie and created a few records. Neill, Billy & Gates, E. (compilers) (c. 1945). [13]:10, More crucial to his music, the fourth finger (ring finger) and fifth finger (little) of Reinhardt's left hand were badly burned. This loose, intermittently compelling biopic of jazz great Django Reinhardt offers a much-deserved spotlight role for French actor Reda Kateb. To cite this article click here for a list of acceptable citing formats.The history of earlier contributions by wikipedians is accessible to researchers here: The history of this article since it was imported to New World Encyclopedia: Note: Some restrictions may apply to use of individual images which are separately licensed. The young guitarist was at home with his common-law wife, Bella, in their gypsy caravan on the edge of Paris. In 1934, Louis Vola, a local bassist, discovered Joseph and Django Reinhart playing guitars together on a beach at Toulon. Jean 'Django' Reinhardt (23 January 1910 - 16 May 1953) was a Belgian guitarist and composer credited with popularizing Gypsy jazz, as well as conceptualizing the style together with several other Gypsy musicians. Django Jazz When Reinhardt first heard American jazz musicians like guitarist Eddie Lang, violinist Joe Venuti, and trumpeter Louis Armstrong, his improvisatory languageand, by extension, jazz guitar as we know itwas transformed.In 1931, Reinhardt met violinist Stphane Grappelli, and encounter that would lead to the formation of Quintette du Hot . Often regarded as the first important European jazz musician who made major contributions to the development of the idiom, he is also revered by guitarists worldwide as among the foremost exponents of the instrument. [11]:3135, Within a year of the fire, in 1929, Bella Mayer gave birth to their son, Henri "Lousson" Reinhardt. He was later married to Sophie Ziegler from 1943 till his death in 1953. His name was now drawing international attention, such as from British bandleader Jack Hylton, who came to France just to hear him play. Songs written in Reinhardt's honor include "Django," composed by John Lewis, which has become a jazz standard performed by musicians such as Miles Davis. The Prix Django Reinhardt is an award that was named after Reinhardt. Impressed, Hylton offered Reinhardt a job with his band on the spot, which the latter gladly accepted. A new generation of French jazz enthusiasts, the Zazous, had arisen and swollen the ranks of the Hot Club. When their set ended, Cantor rose to his feet, then went up on stage and kissed Reinhardt's hand, paying no concern to the audience. Django Reinhardt first married a girl named Florine Mayer when he was seventeen. You don't hear it. In Woody Allen's . He is remembered for many compositions, such as Minor Swing, Belleville, Swing 42, and Nuages. He never had any formal schooling. A: And did you notate the music? Babik Reinhardt [8] His mother, Laurence Reinhardt, was a dancer. [3][4] Reinhardt is regarded as one of the greatest guitar players of all time; he was the first important European jazz musician who made major contributions to the development of the guitar genre. He would also periodically vanish for greater lengths, disappearing for a week or two to play at his beloved gypsy campfires. His devotees included classical guitarist Julian Bream and country guitarist Chet Atkins, who considered him one of the ten greatest guitarists of the twentieth century. It was this new method centered around his deformed hand that in part contributed to Django's unique style full of the wildly choreographed arpeggios that he is famous for now. They had one son. Author William Kotzwinkle's 1989 collection, The Hot Jazz Trio stars Reinhardt in a surrealistic fantasy also featuring. Django Reinhardt. Reinhardt, who was of Roma (Gypsy) parentage, traveled through France and Belgium as a boy and young man learning to play the violin, guitar, and banjo. "Woody Allen movie resurrects music of jazz great Reinhardt", "Django Reinhardt Jattendrai Swing 1939 live", "The Hot Jazz: Le Hot Club de France, Vols. On the night of 2 November 1928, Reinhardt was going to bed in the wagon that he and his wife shared in the caravan. Jean "Django" Reinhardt (23. tammikuuta 1910 Liberchies, Belgia - 16. toukokuuta 1953 Fontainebleau, Ranska) oli belgialainen jazzkitaristi.Hn oli aikansa suurin jazzkitaristi ja merkittvin eurooppalainen muusikko jazzin historiassa. "[8], Feeling unappreciated by critics and not accepted by French authorities as the legal heir of Django, Lousson retired from playing in 1980. I have written this mass to be interpreted by choir and organ. He also pushes himself to the edge nearly all the time, and rides a wave of inspiration that sometimes gets dangerous. But it might come to pass, perhaps one day. Jeff Beck described Reinhardt as "by far the most astonishing guitar player ever" and "quite superhuman".[61]. [53] Reinhardt is celebrated annually in the village of Liberchies, his birthplace. Chapter 13 in, Some relevant aspects concerning Lousson Reinhardt and Dallas Baumgartner are discussed on the "Djangobooks" forum, Lousson Reinhardt recordings and other information available via, This page was last edited on 22 August 2022, at 07:51. Hijo de Laurence Ngros Reinhardt, bailarina y cantante, y de Jean-Baptiste Eugne Weiss, violinista y guitarrista. Oxford;: Oxford University Press, 2004. Django Reinhardt. This article abides by terms of the Creative Commons CC-by-sa 3.0 License (CC-by-sa), which may be used and disseminated with proper attribution. Furthermore, what makes his style of playing so special? Since the Nazis were against jazz music, Reinhardt felt the need to escape from France. While he never regained the use of those two fingers, Reinhardt regained his musical mastery by focusing on his left index and middle fingers, using the two injured fingers only for chord work. Disappointed, Reinhardt returned to France that same year with his dreams of becoming a great American star broken, though this did not keep him from delving deeper into his career and music. SonicHits. Private recordings exist from a 1966 performance in Paris. From that day, Reinhardt would play jazz music for the rest of his life. I love the human sound he gave his acoustic guitar. Indeed, Reinhardt was a family man, having been raised amongst the gypsy people who are famous for the alliance of their extended tribe. sit nyskabende og karakteristiske spil. [13]:9 The following year he recorded for the first time. Django Reinhardt nasceu em Liberchies, na Blgica, no distante da fronteira com a Frana, em 23 de janeiro de 1910. By his early teens, he had started playing in clubs across Paris. Born in Belgium and raised in a gypsy camp near Paris, he first learned to play the violin, but later switched to banjo-guitar. As Lousson Baumgartner, the son himself became an accomplished musician who went on to record with his biological father. King; the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia; Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi; Jimi Hendrix; Shawn Lane; Stevie Ray Vaughan; Mark Knopfler; Les Paul; Joe Pass; Peter Frampton; Denny Laine;Jeff Beck; Steve Howe; Charlie Christian; George Benson; Wes Montgomery; Martin Taylor; Tchavolo Schmitt; Stochelo Rosenberg; Birli Lagrne; John Jorgenson; Michael Angelo Batio; Richard Thompson; Robert Fripp; and Jeff Martin. His legacy was in part, created when he was caught in a large fire at a young age. He was the first jazz talent to emerge from Europe and remains the most significant. The group, which became the first major European band, gained popularity for their recordings of covers of American songs such as Dinah and Lady Be Good. He was also a painter, fly fisher and billiard player. [19]:93 During a concert at the Salle Pleyel, the popularity of the tune was such that the crowd made him replay it three times in a row. He is also credited for having deeply influenced American jazz music. After the war, Reinhardt rejoined Grappelli in the UK and went on to tour the United States in 1946 with Duke Ellington's orchestra as a special guest soloist. Sua casa era pequena, de madeira e tinha rodas. [11]:160 Born into and raised along the caravan trail traveled by a tribe of French gypsies, or Manouches, Reinhardt developed a taste for music early on under the influence of a nomadic culture that was a rich melee of world music tastes. They had one son. It is granted to the best French jazz musician of the year. Jazz guitarist Frank Vignola says that nearly every major popular-music guitarist in the world has been influenced by Reinhardt. Django's father was a talented musician and it was from him that he learned his first instrument, the violin, as a young child around camp fires. DR: I prefer to write in the evening very late or in the morning in my bed. [10] Reinhardt spent most of his youth in Romani encampments close to Paris, where he started playing the violin, banjo and guitar. He was sent back to Paris, where he tried developing other forms of music since the Nazis completely disapproved of jazz. [7][4] Francis-Alfred Moerman, who accompanied Sarane Ferret for many years, played with Lousson for several years in the 1960s and said, "Playing with Lousson was an extraordinary experience; he really had his father's genius in his fingers he really was unluckyhis talent was awesome, but he played in the 1960s, which were the worst years for jazz players, so he was never successful and left no [official] recordings. Henri Baumgartner), played jazz in a mostly bebop style in the 1950s and 1960s. Django was around his family all the time; when he was not hiding out with them, they would go to where he was. [2]:154. Jean "Django" Reinhardt, born in Liberchies, Belgium on January 23, 1910, became such a legend even during his lifetime that his public admirers always wanted to know his latest moves, even when the man himself wanted solitude. The son eventually took the surname of his mother's new husband. [14] During his 18-month hospitalization, doctors recommended amputation of his badly damaged right leg. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. His modernist piece "Rythme Futur" was also intended to be acceptable to the Nazis. Genre for Django Reinhardt JAMIE FOXX "Django Unchained" co-star MERLE HAGGARD: Country singer who collaborated with Willie Nelson on the 2015 album "Django and Jimmie" . He united with Grappelli, and used his acoustic Selmer-Maccaferri. These performances drew large audiences. Django's compositions were sometimes jaunty, sometimes sad. Probably the thing about this music that makes it always challenging and exciting to play is that Django raised the bar so high, that it is like chasing genius to get close to his level of playing.[37]. He used to draw large crowds to his performances. Jimi Hendrix is said to have named one of his bands the Band of Gypsys because of Django's music. [11]:4344 [13]:10[15] Reinhardt applied himself intensely to relearning his craft, however, making use of a new guitar bought for him by his brother, Joseph Reinhardt, who was also an accomplished guitarist. stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. During this time, Django produced numerous recordings with the quintet in addition to forming other side projects with more conventional instrumentations. Django Reinhardt and Duke Ellington. I believe he should be rated much more highly as a be-bop guitarist. The actor had three different marriages throughout his life. The song "Muskrat Love" by America (band) makes a comment about Django, though spelled "Jango" in the lyrics. Severe rationing was in place, and members of Django's circle were being captured by the Nazis or joining the resistance. Moreover, he had general difficulties living amidst the present-day culture. Born as Jean in Belgium, Reinhardt was of Manouche Romani descent. He also recorded with many other American jazz musicians such as Adelaide Hall, Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter. Tired of waiting, Reinhardt returned to France in February 1947. (Organ begins to play) Select from premium (Attr.) At the end of the tour, Reinhardt played two nights at Carnegie Hall in New York City; he received a great ovation and took six curtain calls on the first night. I particularly don't know the ending. In this ["Nuages"] graceful and eloquent melody, Django evoked the woes of the war that weighed on people's soulsand then transcended it all. It has a little to do with the real Django Reinhardt, jazz guitarist . On a few occasions he refused to get out of bed. The jazz standard "Django" (1954) was composed by John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet in honour of Reinhardt. Healed, Reinhardt found he had lost his wife, his job, his caravan . [10] He struggled financially and frequently lacked a guitar after giving it to a doctor as payment for treating one of his children. As good as players are, they haven't gotten to where he is. His father was Jean Eugene Weiss and his mother was Laurence Reinhardt. He was a Belgian-born Romani jazz guitarist, who was known for professionally collaborating with Stephane Grappelli, a jazz violinist. [2]:157 Official policy towards jazz was much less strict in occupied France, according to author Andy Fry, with jazz music frequently played on both Radio France, the official station of Vichy France, and Radio Paris, which was controlled by the Germans. I chose his style because it spoke to me. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one of its most significant exponents.[2][3]. [39] American country music artists Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard named their sixth and final collaborative studio album "Django and Jimmie". After living the nomadic life of his people, Lousson died in 1992 and was buried at Samois near Django Reinhardt and Joseph Reinhardt. When he was 18, the wooden wagon he shared with his wife caught fire. DR: No, it's not I who notates the music. They had a son, Babik Reinhardt, who became a respected guitarist.[23]. [39][a] During his career he wrote nearly 100 songs, according to jazz guitarist Frank Vignola. [11]:93 A few weeks later the quintet played at the London Palladium. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. Reinhardt's second son, Babik, became a guitarist in a more contemporary jazz style, and recorded a number of albums before his death in 2001. The entire left side of his body was badly burned and to spend 18 months in hospital. Later in his career, Reinhardt played with Dizzy Gillespie in France. I have a favorite historical musician: Django Reinhardt. This included live sessions and recordings with many American Jazz legends such as Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Rex Stewart, and a jam-session with jazz legend Louis Armstrong. His wife had . This was in part due to the help of a Luftwaffe official named Dietrich Schulz-Khn, also known as "Doktor Jazz," who deeply admired Reinhardt's music. On the 16th of May, 1953, Django Reinhardt suffered a fatal stroke while walking home from a performance at a Paris club. Well, it could be because he follows his musical taste and not his fingers. In his final recordings, made with his Nouvelle Quintette in the last few months of his life, he had begun moving in a new musical direction, in which he assimilated the vocabulary of bebop and fused it with his own melodic style.[33]. Paris, 1945. This is one of the fundamental techniques . In his apartment, he would sometimes leave water running to mimic the sound of a stream, and he hated electric lights preferring instead lanterns. Django Reinhardt is jazz guitar's most dazzling soloist, improviser, and most important, innovator. [13]:11, In the years after the fire, Reinhardt was rehabilitating and experimenting on the guitar that his brother had given him. Reinhardt was born on 23 January 1910 in Liberchies, Pont--Celles, Belgium,[7] into a Belgian family[3] of Manouche Romani descent. It's the first time I have heard the composition on the organ. [19]:93 The single sold over 100,000 copies. Information med symbolet hentes fra Wikidata. He became adept at stealing chickens. [8] The birth certificate refers to "Jean Reinhart, son of Jean Baptiste Reinhart, artist, and Laurence Reinhart, housewife, domiciled in Paris".[9]. Django also worked on composing a Mass for use by the gypsies, which was not completed although an 8-minute extract exists, played by the organist Lo Chauliac for Reinhardt's benefit, via a 1944 radio broadcast; this can be found on the CD release "Gipsy Jazz School" and also on volume 12 of the "Intgrale Django Reinhardt" CD compilation.[c]. He wed his second wife, Silvia Ward, and they went on to have a son together who they named Django. Born in Belgium in 1910, Reinhardt grew up in Romani (Gypsy) camps near Paris, learning banjo, guitar, and violin. He only played when the spirit moved him, and perhaps behaved similarly in many other facets of his life, as well. Despite his pride in touring with Ellington (one of two letters to Grappelli relates his excitement), he was not fully integrated into the band. His infallible technique, his daring, 'on the edge' improvisations coupled with his vastly advanced harmonic sense, took him to musical heights that Christian and many other Bop musicians never came near. In Paris on 14 March 1933, Reinhardt recorded two takes each of "Parce que je vous aime" and "Si, j'aime Suzy", vocal numbers with lots of guitar fills and guitar support. [13]:9 On these recordings, made in 1928, Reinhardt plays the "banjo" (actually the banjo-guitar) accompanying the accordionists Maurice Alexander, Jean Vaissade and Victor Marceau, and the singer Maurice Chaumel. Reinhardt returned to Paris at once,[11]:9899 leaving his wife in the UK. [63], Willie Nelson has been a lifelong Reinhardt fan, stating in his memoir, "This was a man who changed my musical life by giving me a whole new perspective on the guitar and, on an even more profound level, on my relationship with soundDuring my formative years, as I listened to Django's records, especially songs like 'Nuages' that I would play for the rest of my life, I studied his technique. Is that accurate? These posthumous compilations include Django Reinhardt et Ses Rythmes, Le Jazz Hot, Djangos Guitar, The Immortal Django Reinhardt Guitar and Routes to Django Reinhardt. Despite Reinhardt's great pride in touring with Ellington, he was never properly integrated into the band, playing only a few tunes at the end of each show with no special arrangements written especially for him. [6], Using a Selmer guitar in the mid-1930s, his style took on new volume and expressiveness. [ 6] [11]:13, At the age of 17, Reinhardt married Florine "Bella" Mayer, a girl from the same Romani settlement, according to Romani custom (although not an official marriage under French law). [46][47], Woody Allen's film Sweet and Lowdown (1999), the story of a Django Reinhardt-like character, mentions Reinhardt and includes actual recordings in the film. Not one to talk much, he was compared to Harpo Marx when on stage, more inclined to speak through his guitar than out his mouth. Since he did not read music, Reinhardt worked with an assistant to notate what he was improvising. [39][2]:cover[b], Jazz guitarists in the U.S., such as Charlie Byrd and Wes Montgomery, were influenced by his style. Interview: However, he was once again stopped by the Swiss guards at the border. According to author Michael Dregni, Lousson spent a number of years travelling in Italy, then returned to France in the early 1990s. Show all results: Due to this nature, Django may have been a bit detached from the world of practicality, more often adrift in the realm of spirit from where his ardent affection for music stemmed from. He participated in a jam session and radio performance with Louis Armstrong. Their son Henri, nicknamed "Lousson" from the French "l'ourson" meaning "bear cub", was born in 1929, however shortly after this the couple separated and Florine remarried; his birth certificate thus bears the last name Baumgartner from Mayer's second husband. . There, he had the chance to perform at many of the country's prime venues including Carnegie Hall, performing alongside notable musicians and composers such as Maury Deutsch. In 1943, Django married Sophie Ziegler in Salbris, with whom he had a son, Babik Reinhardt, who went on to become a respected guitarist in his own right. Counted amongst the greatest musicians of the twentieth century, he was one of the most influential jazz artists to have emerged from Europe. [11]:92 While playing, he noticed American film actor Eddie Cantor in the front row. Joseph's son Markus Reinhardt is a violinist in the Romani style. To scrape together a little money, Bella had been making artificial flowers out of paper and highly flammable celluloid. Thu 16 Jun 2011 19.45 EDT I n 1928, at 18, Belgian gypsy musician Django Reinhardt lost the use of the third and fourth fingers of his left hand in a caravan fire, forcing him to abandon both. Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 - 16 May 1953) stage name Django Reinhardt was a Belgian-born Romani-French jazz guitarist, musician and composer, regarded as one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century.He was the first jazz talent to emerge from Europe and remains the most significant. Additional problems occurred around the dilemma of Django never having learned to tune his own guitar (he had always relied upon his brother Joseph). One song in particular, Louis Armstrong's "Indian Cradle Song," stirred Django to the point that he turned to his friend and muttered in awe, "Achmon, my brother, my brother" This was Django's first encounter with jazz music, and his impression of it was that it represented incredible freedom. Reinhardt was a Roma jazz musician. In 2005, Django Reinhardt ended on the sixty-sixth place in the election of The Greatest Belgian (De Grootste Belg) in Flanders and on the seventy-sixth place in the Walloon version of the same competition Le plus grand belge. The recording was issued for the first time in the late 1950s. [11]:93, When World War II broke out, the original quintet was on tour in the United Kingdom. The festival was organized by George Wein. When he was 14, the young artist began his professional career accompanying the popular accordionist, Guerino, in underworld Parisian dance halls. By legend, the trip was a disaster: he arrived without his Selmer, never found a guitar he liked, was booed by audiences, and. However, they parted shortly after the accident. [11]:138139 Having failed to bring his usual Selmer Modle Jazz, he played on a borrowed electric guitar, which he felt hampered the delicacy of his style. The caravan which Reinhardt shared with his wife caught fire one night . [1] Henri/Lousson learned to play guitar from his relatives; he is pictured playing with Django and others in a photograph dating from the mid 1940s[2] and played rhythm guitar with Django's "Nouveau Quintette" on a tour of Belgium in November-December 1948, of which an official release exists. It took a full day for a doctor to arrive and Django was declared dead on arrival at the hospital in Fontainebleau. of the highest quality. Burned while saving his pregnant wife, Django Reinhardt spent more than a year in and out of hospitals. His wife is Sophie Ziegler (21 June 1943 - 16 May 1953) ( his death) ( 1 child) Django Reinhardt Net Worth His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. Beginning with Django Reinhardt, whose dazzling Gypsy Jazz became the toast of 1930s Paris in the heady days of Josephine Baker, Picasso, and Hemingway, Dregni follows the music as it courses. The Django web framework, a Python web framework, was named after Reinhardt. Beginning in 1933, all German Romani were barred from living in cities, herded into settlement camps, and routinely sterilized. He would sometimes show up for concerts without a guitar or amp, or wander off to the park or beach when he was due to perform. Due to the massive popularity which he earned over the course of his career, every year Django festivals are held across the US and Europe. With violinist Stphane Grappelli,[1] Reinhardt formed the Paris-based Quintette du Hot Club de France in 1934. Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt was the first famous European jazz musician. Musician. Reinhardt's first attempt at escape from Occupied France led to capture. Jean "Django" Reinhardt was born in 1910 in a caravan outside the Belgian town of Liberchies to a family of itinerant Romaniknown colloquially as GypsiesReinhardt was serenading cabaret patrons on guitar and banjo by age 12. Vola invited them to jam with his jazz ensemble, consisting of violinist Stephane Grappelli and guitarist Roger Chaput who was sometimes replaced with Pierre Ferret. On the night of 2 November 1928, Reinhardt was going to bed in the wagon that he and his wife shared in the caravan. . Jazz Manouche and Gypsy Jazz. The movie covers Django's escape from Nazi-occupied Paris in 1943 and the fact that even under "constant danger, flight and the atrocities committed against his family", he continued composing and performing. When Reinhardt was 18 years old he was badly burned in a fire. [2]:251, In 1951, Reinhardt retired to Samois-sur-Seine, near Fontainebleau, where he lived until his death. He played with many musicians and composers, such as Maury Deutsch. Both his sons, Lousson and Babik, also followed in his footsteps and became jazz guitarists. In the climax of the movies, his hands are smashed by his enemies and he is forced to fire a gun with his wounded hands. New World Encyclopedia writers and editors rewrote and completed the Wikipedia article However, Reinhardt later had second thoughts about what role he could play alongside Goodman, who was the "King of Swing", and remained in France. Show all results: Reinhardt kehitti uuden jazzkitaran soittotyylin, joka teki suuren vaikutuksen hnt seuranneisiin kitaristeihin. In coincidence with the 110th anniversary in 2020 of Django's birth, a graphic novel depicting his youth years was published under the title Django Main de Feu, by writer Salva Rubio and artist Efa through Belgian publisher Dupuis. After the war, in 1946, Django made the long-awaited trip to America. Jeff Rush Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:48:33 -0700 Michael Schurter wrote: > > Speaking of protecting the logo, my wife contacted the PSF a couple > weeks ago about using the logo on a small run of laptop sleeves she's > crafting. Tears by Django Reinhardt | Practicing guitar improvisation for the minor part. At least eight compilations have also been released. Following his accident in 1928 in which his left hand was severely burned and he lost most of the use of all except his first two fingers, he developed a completely new left hand technique and started performing on guitar accompanying popular singers of the day, before discovering jazz and presenting his new hybrid style of gypsy approach plus jazz to the outside world via the Quintette du Hot Club de France. [11]:66, From 1934 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939, Reinhardt and Grappelli worked together as the principal soloists of their newly formed quintet, the Quintette du Hot Club de France, in Paris. Django's technique was not only phenomenal, but it was personal and unique to him due to his handicap. Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 16 May 1953), known by his Romani nickname Django (French:[do jnat] or [do ent]), was a Romani-Belgian jazz guitarist and composer. In 2005, a documentary film named Djangomania was released. Because of his damaged left hand (his ring and pinky fingers helped little in his playing) Reinhardt had to modify both his chordal and melodic approach extensively. [12], He received little formal education and acquired the rudiments of literacy only in adult life. Musicians have paid tribute to Reinhardt in many other ways, such as by invoking his name in their own work or personal life. (Photo by LAPI/Roger Viollet/Getty Images), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lousson_Reinhardt&oldid=1105893685, Dregni, Michael. Check out Django Reinhardt's incomparable technique in this 1938 video from Paris Hot Club. He followed the Romani lifestyle and was relatively little recorded. Reinhardt refused the surgery and was eventually able to walk with the aid of a cane. [55] The Allman Brothers Band song "Jessica" was written by Dickey Betts in tribute to Reinhardt. It is said that British bandleader Jack Hylton came to France just in order to hear his performance. 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