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Django Reinhardt
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Django Reinhardt was born in Belgium into a family of travelling Manouche people and grew up in a caravan camp near Paris. In 1928 he was badly injured in a fire in his caravan; two fingers of his left hand remained paralysed. He developed a two-finger technique for his solos. When he heard records by Louis Armstrong, he knew he wanted to play jazz. With the violinist Stéphane Grappelli he founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France in 1934. He played fast, virtuoso lines with a great feeling for melody, as in his own Nuages. After the war he switched to electric guitar and also played bebop. He died in 1953 of a brain haemorrhage.
Listening
Nuages · Django Reinhardt, 1940
Dinah · Django Reinhardt, 1934
Djangology · Django Reinhardt, 1935
Discography
Studio albums
- 1953The Great Artistry of Django Reinhardt
- 1971Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelly
- 2019Django
Other work
- 1934–1939Quintette du Hot Club de France
- 1937Minor Swing
- 1940Nuages
- 1949Djangology · with Stéphane Grappelli
In School of Rock
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- Jazz MapNL Map
- After Hours: Session 1NL Reader
- After Hours: Session 2NL Reader
- After Hours: Session 4NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Gypsy jazz (jazz manouche) Genre
In 1934 the guitarist Django Reinhardt and the violinist Stéphane Grappelli founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France in Paris.