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The Making of Django Reinhardt

Django Reinhardt was a legendary jazz musician and considered by some the greatest guitarist who ever lived, even more so when you find out he did it all with two fingers. He began as a nomadic busker before becoming a virtuoso and then a romanticised Parisian sepia memory, who still calls out in ro

A Romani nomad who would overcome great adversity in life to astound audiences with his genius and technique, he would influence all that would come after him with woven melodies that danced and sang from his fingertips. He would begin with the violin at age 8, switching to the banjo when he was 12; encamped outside the old walls of Paris, he was playing folk and Bal-musette, an early form of French instrumental music used for dances. Together they formed the Quintette du Hot Club de France, which included Django’s brother Joseph on guitar, and bassist Louis Vola.

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