DJANGO REINHARDT
Name: Django Reinhardt
Born: 23 January 1910 Liberchies, Pont-à-Celles, Belgium
Died: 16 May 1953 Fontainebleau, France
Jean Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt (January 23, 1910 – May 16, 1953) was a Belgian
Sinto Gypsy jazz guitarist. He was one of the first prominent jazz musicians to
be born in Europe, and one of the most renowned jazz guitarists of all time. His
most renowned works include "My Sweet", "Minor Swing", "Tears", "Belleville", "Djangology"
and "Nuages" (French, meaning "Clouds"). His name is pronounced .
Born in Liberchies, Pont-à-Celles, Belgium, Reinhardt spent most of his youth in
gypsy encampments close to Paris, playing banjo, guitar and violin from an early
age professionally at Bal-musette halls in Paris. He started first on the violin
and eventually moved on to a banjo-guitar that had been given to him and his
first known recordings (in 1928) were of him playing the banjo (a banjo guitar
has six strings tuned in standard guitar tuning).
Name: Django Reinhardt
Born: 23 January 1910 Liberchies, Pont-à-Celles, Belgium
Died: 16 May 1953 Fontainebleau, France
Jean Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt (January 23, 1910 – May 16, 1953) was a Belgian
Sinto Gypsy jazz guitarist. He was one of the first prominent jazz musicians to
be born in Europe, and one of the most renowned jazz guitarists of all time. His
most renowned works include "My Sweet", "Minor Swing", "Tears", "Belleville", "Djangology"
and "Nuages" (French, meaning "Clouds"). His name is pronounced .
Born in Liberchies, Pont-à-Celles, Belgium, Reinhardt spent most of his youth in
gypsy encampments close to Paris, playing banjo, guitar and violin from an early
age professionally at Bal-musette halls in Paris. He started first on the violin
and eventually moved on to a banjo-guitar that had been given to him and his
first known recordings (in 1928) were of him playing the banjo (a banjo guitar
has six strings tuned in standard guitar tuning).