Django Reinhardt
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Django Reinhardt was a Romani-Belgian/French jazz musician who lived from 1910 to 1953 and became one of the most influential guitarists in jazz history. He pioneered a distinctive style of jazz guitar playing that had a lasting impact on the development of the genre.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1910
- Died
- 1953
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Best of Django Reinhardt
- Essential electric
- Django Reinhardt Anthology
- Django Reinhardt - A Treasury Of Songs
- Django Reinhardt - The Definitive Collection
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Acting · Liberchies, Wallonia, Belgium
Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known to all by his Romani nickname Django, was a Belgian-born Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one of its most significant exponents. With violinist Stéphane Grappelli, Reinhardt formed the Paris-based Quintette du Hot Club de France in 1934. The group…
Known for
- Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp — Self (Archive Footage)2025
- Django Reinhardt, trois doigts de génie — Self2010
- Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz — Self2010
- Legends — Self (archive footage)2006
- Familiengeschichten — Self2000
Article
Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani nickname Django ( French: [dʒãŋɡo ʁɛjnaʁt] or [dʒɑ̃ɡo ʁenɑʁt]), was a Belgian-born Romani jazz guitarist and composer who lived most of his life in France. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one of its most significant exponents.
With violinist Stéphane Grappelli, Reinhardt formed the Paris-based Quintette du Hot Club de France in 1934. The group was among the first to play jazz that featured the guitar as a lead instrument. Reinhardt recorded in France with many visiting American musicians, including Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter, and briefly toured the United States with Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1946. He died suddenly of a brain hemorrhage in 1953 at the age of 43.