Django Reinhardt
Guitar virtuoso Django Reinhardt, whose dazzling solos and fiery playing have awed listeners and inspired generations of musicians, was the first European innovator to have a significant influence on the development of jazz. The unique stylings of the Quintette du Hot Club de France, which he co-led with violinist Stéphane Grappelli in the thirties and forties, spawned an entire school of gypsy jazz whose practitioners have taken this quintessentially Parisian sound to all corners of the globe. Guitarist Barney Kessel called him "one of the real originals" and it was said that Charlie Christian, the first giant of the electric guitar, could play Reinhardt’s solo on a 1938 version of “Honeysuckle Rose” note for note.
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- City Of Origin:
- Liberchies, Belgium
- Genre:
- World, Jazz, Swing
- Birthdate:
- 01/23/1910
- Death date:
- 05/16/1953
