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Django Reinhardt

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Also known as Jean B. Reinhardt, Jiango Renard, Django Reinhart, Jean Reinhardt, Jean Baptiste Reinhardt

Romani-Belgian /French jazz musician (1910–1953)

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Jean "Django" Reinhardt was a French jazz musician, guitarist, composer, and banjoist. Born in Pont-à-Celles, he began his work period in 1928. He was a member of the Quintette du Hot Club de France and performed genres including jazz, Gypsy jazz, bebop, and Romani music. He played the guitar, violin, and banjo.

Reinhardt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Samois-sur-Seine on May 16, 1953, following natural causes. He was born on January 23, 1910. His family included his sibling Joseph Reinhardt and his child Babik Reinhardt. He spoke French and was male.

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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
  • ZDF-Fernsehgarten — Self1986
  • Django Reinhardt — Self (archive footage)1957
  • Stage Door Canteen — Django Reinhardt (uncredited)1943
  • Jazz Hot — Self1939
  • Moonlight — Self (uncredited)1932

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1910-01-23
Active to
1953-05-16
belgiancontinental jazzguitargypsy jazzjazzroma

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Listeners
797,224
Total plays
17,224,452

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jazzswinggypsy jazzguitarjazz guitar

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. Reinhardt's nickname purportedly means "I Awake" in the Romani language; however, it may also have been a diminutive or a local Walloon version of "Jean." He severely injured two of the digits on his left hand as a youth and changed his guitar playing style to adapt to his handicap. <a

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jean
Family name
Reinhardt
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Pont-à-Celles
Place of death
Samois-sur-Seine
Child
Babik Reinhardt
Sibling
Joseph Reinhardt
Languages spoken
French
Hair colour
black hair
Genre
Romani music
Instrument
banjo
Official website
www.djangostation.com
Image
DjangoReinhardt-1939-Harcourt.png
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Commons category
Django Reinhardt
date of birth
1910-01-23
date of death
1953-05-16
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
cerebral hemorrhage
start of work period
1928-00-00
pseudonym
Django
name in native language
Django Reinhardt
social media followers
55300
member of
Quintette du Hot Club de France
copyright representative
SACEM
birth name
Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt
end of work period
1953-00-00
ethnic group
Manush
relative
Schnuckenack Reinhardt
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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-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.

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