Jean Reinhardt, known by his Romani nickname Django, was a Romani-Belgian jazz guitarist and composer. children: Babik Reinhardt, Henri Baumgartner, See the events in life of Django Reinhardt in Chronological Order. Despite all the troubles, he continued creating music whenever he could. After Reinhardt died, his younger brother Joseph at first swore to abandon music, but he was persuaded to perform and record again. [13]:9 On these recordings, made in 1928, Reinhardt plays the "banjo" (actually the banjo-guitar) accompanying the accordionists Maurice Alexander, Jean Vaissade and Victor Marceau, and the singer Maurice Chaumel. His music earned him a lot of popularity and even gained the young man worldwide attention. When he was 18, the wooden wagon he shared with his wife caught fire. Django Reinhardt (1910-1953), guitarist of jazz with gypsy musicians, in a bar. The song "Muskrat Love" by America (band) makes a comment about Django, though spelled "Jango" in the lyrics. He knocked over a candle, which ignited the extremely flammable celluloid that his wife used to make artificial flowers. In 1943, Django married Sophie Ziegler in Salbris, with whom he had a son, Babik Reinhardt, who went on to become a respected guitarist in his own right. Severe rationing was in place, and members of Django's circle were being captured by the Nazis or joining the resistance. Tears by Django Reinhardt | Practicing guitar improvisation for the minor part. [1] Henri/Lousson learned to play guitar from his relatives; he is pictured playing with Django and others in a photograph dating from the mid 1940s[2] and played rhythm guitar with Django's "Nouveau Quintette" on a tour of Belgium in November-December 1948, of which an official release exists. [6] Over the last few decades, annual Django festivals have been held throughout Europe and the U.S., and a biography has been written about his life. Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer. As Lousson Baumgartner, the son himself became an accomplished musician who went on to record with his biological father. [ 6] [54], Numerous musicians have written and recorded tributes to Reinhardt. [49] Reinhardt's music was re-recorded for the film by the Dutch jazz band Rosenberg Trio with lead guitarist Stochelo Rosenberg. [4] 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. [6], Using a Selmer guitar in the mid-1930s, his style took on new volume and expressiveness. In both years the great majority of their recordings featured a wide variety of horns, often in multiples, piano, and other instruments,[20] but the all-string instrumentation is the one most often adopted by emulators of the Hot Club sound. "Django Reinhardt a reassessment". He knocked over a candle, which ignited the extremely flammable celluloid that his wife used to make artificial flowers. He only played when the spirit moved him, and perhaps behaved similarly in many other facets of his life, as well. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and was met with mixed reviews. The story of Django Reinhardt, famous guitarist and composer, and his flight from German-occupied Paris in 1943. Because of his damaged left hand (his ring and pinky fingers helped little in his playing) Reinhardt had to modify both his chordal and melodic approach extensively. Jean "Django" Reinhardt, fdd 23 januari 1910 i Liberchies nra Pont--Celles, Hainaut, Belgien, dd 16 maj 1953 i Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Frankrike, var en belgisk - fransk sjlvlrd [ 1] jazzgitarrist av romsk hrkomst. His relative association of experience, reinforced by a profound rational knowledge of his instrument; the guitar's possibilities and limitations; his love for music and the expression of itall are a necessary adjunct to the means of expressing these emotions.[36]. [16], After parting from his wife and son, Reinhardt traveled throughout France, getting occasional jobs playing music at small clubs. "Stephane Grappelli is Europe's gift to jazz". Django is on top form; full of new ideas that are executed with amazing fluidity, cutting angular lines that always retain that ferocious swing.[38]. On the 16th of May, 1953, Django Reinhardt suffered a fatal stroke while walking home from a performance at a Paris club. When their set ended, Cantor rose to his feet, then went up on stage and kissed Reinhardt's hand, paying no concern to the audience. Jean "Django" Reinhardt (23. tammikuuta 1910 Liberchies, Belgia - 16. toukokuuta 1953 Fontainebleau, Ranska) oli belgialainen jazzkitaristi.Hn oli aikansa suurin jazzkitaristi ja merkittvin eurooppalainen muusikko jazzin historiassa. It was written and directed by Jamie Kastner. Born: 23 January 1910, Liberchies, Belgium. As World War II was declared, the original quintet was on tour in the United Kingdom. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/django-reinhardt-8101.php. [19]:93 The single sold over 100,000 copies. One of his most famous pieces is the melancholic "Nuages," meaning "Clouds," which became the ersatz anthem for the French, invoking the sweeter feelings of the days before the war. [14] During his 18-month hospitalization, doctors recommended amputation of his badly damaged right leg. 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 simply have been a diminutive, or local Walloon version, of "Jean". Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt, cigny nevn Django, 1910. janur 23 -n szletett egy lakkocsiban Liberchies vrosban, Belgiumban. When he was 14, the young artist began his professional career accompanying the popular accordionist, Guerino, in underworld Parisian dance halls. This marriage also produced one son. As well, Reinhardt was known by his band, fans, and managers to be extremely unpredictable. On the night of November 2, 1928, Reinhardt was in his caravan home with his wife when paper flowers she had been making caught on fire, quickly engulfing the small space in flames. It was this new method centered around his deformed hand that in part contributed to Django's unique style full of the wildly choreographed arpeggios that he is famous for now. Tears by Django Reinhardt | Practicing guitar improvisation for the minor part. [46][47], Woody Allen's film Sweet and Lowdown (1999), the story of a Django Reinhardt-like character, mentions Reinhardt and includes actual recordings in the film. [19]:93. Django is still one of my main influences, I think, for lyricism. It is said that British bandleader Jack Hylton came to France just in order to hear his performance. At 18, Django married Bella, a girl from his gypsy camp. The fire burned the majority of his body, leaving his left hand deformed. Intgrale Django Reinhardt, volumes 120 (40 CDs), released by the French company Frmeaux from 2002 to 2005, tried to include every known track on which he played.[77]. He had full use of only the index and middle. He was something else. The live cuts from Club St. Germain in February 1951 are a revelation. In the fifties, bebop superseded swing in jazz, rock and roll took off, and electric instruments became dominant in popular music. Some claim it means I awake in Romani, while others state it was just a different version of Jean. [10] Reinhardt spent most of his youth in Romani encampments close to Paris, where he started playing the violin, banjo and guitar. He never had any formal schooling. Following his accident in 1928 in which his left hand was severely burned and he lost most of the use of all except his first two fingers, he developed a completely new left hand technique and started performing on guitar accompanying popular singers of the day, before discovering jazz and presenting his new hybrid style of gypsy approach plus jazz to the outside world via the Quintette du Hot Club de France. Author William Kotzwinkle's 1989 collection, The Hot Jazz Trio stars Reinhardt in a surrealistic fantasy also featuring. Many guitar players and other musicians have expressed admiration for Reinhardt or have cited him as a major influence. Even more, I studied his gentleness. Alternatively, if Dallas derives his surname via his grandmother Kali who Dregni states was the daughter of Bella and her second husband, then Django - and thus Lousson - would be a relation by marriage only; the precise situation is presently unclear. In 1951, he retired to Samois sur Seine, France, near Fontainebleau. After the war, Reinhardt rejoined Grappelli in the UK. [39][2]:cover[b], Jazz guitarists in the U.S., such as Charlie Byrd and Wes Montgomery, were influenced by his style. One night, Django came home and accidentally knocked over a candle on his way to bed. It took a full day for a doctor to arrive and Django was declared dead on arrival at the hospital in Fontainebleau. Healed, Reinhardt found he had lost his wife, his job, his caravan . The wagon was quickly engulfed in flames. He followed the Romani lifestyle and was relatively little recorded. Harlan Ellison's short story "Django" is a fantasia about a guitarist, with similarities to Reinhardt. The recording was issued for the first time in the late 1950s. Using an early amplification system, he was able to work in more of a big-band format, in large ensembles with horn sections. Romani-Belgian jazz musician (19101953), Professor of music and guitarist, Mark White, of, Here is Lauren Oliver's transcript of the interview from the radio broadcast: The Romani people were a large group of gipsies who suffered a lifetime of persecution. Not one to talk much, he was compared to Harpo Marx when on stage, more inclined to speak through his guitar than out his mouth. [2]:251, In 1951, Reinhardt retired to Samois-sur-Seine, near Fontainebleau, where he lived until his death. After the war, in 1946, Django made the long-awaited trip to America. In 1965, he had his first short-lived marriage to Carla Evonne Stewart, which ended after only one year of wedlock. Did Django Reinhardt have any children? With Woody Allen, Ben Duncan, Daniel Okrent, Dan Moran. I mean, the combination of incredible speed all the speed you could possibly want but also the thing of every note have a specific personality. By the early 1940s, Django Reinhardt was considered by many to be Paris' greatest star. Reinhardt, who was of Roma (Gypsy) parentage, traveled through France and Belgium as a boy and young man learning to play the violin, guitar, and banjo. Disappointed, Reinhardt returned to France that same year with his dreams of becoming a great American star broken, though this did not keep him from delving deeper into his career and music. [57], On 23 January 2010, Google Doodle celebrated Django Reinhards 100th Birthday.[58][59]. His music suffered as he became increasingly moody and unreliable. Oxford;: Oxford University Press, 2004. They had one son. [13]:12, While developing his interest in jazz, Reinhardt met Stphane Grappelli, a young violinist with similar musical interests. He also attended a reception for Goodman, who, after the war ended, had asked Reinhardt to join him in the U.S. Goodman repeated his invitation and, out of politeness, Reinhardt accepted. Five of his children were sons; Dregni states that one of them, Paul "Navire" Baumgartner, was the father of Dallas Baumgartner, a contemporary gypsy jazz guitarist. [39] Because of his physical disability, he played mainly using his index and middle fingers, and invented a distinctive style of jazz guitar. In this ["Nuages"] graceful and eloquent melody, Django evoked the woes of the war that weighed on people's soulsand then transcended it all. A French film based on his lifetitled Djangowas also released recently. SonicHits. But it might come to pass, perhaps one day. Since the mid-sixties, there has been a revival of interest in Reinhardt's music, a revival that has extended into the 21st century, with annual festivals and periodic tribute concerts. Hitler and Joseph Goebbels viewed jazz as un-German counterculture. The festival was organized by George Wein. However, he was once again stopped by the Swiss guards at the border. The hour-long film was directed and written by Jamie Kastner, who traveled throughout the world to show the influence of Django's music in various countries. His music remains as vital and exciting today as it was when he lived, a legacy of joy to all future generations that rediscover the genius of the Belgian gypsy Django Reinhardt. It is granted to the best French jazz musician of the year. [39] American country music artists Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard named their sixth and final collaborative studio album "Django and Jimmie". Once the war ended, he spent some time touring the US. It became the most accomplished and innovative European jazz group of the period. At this time, he had not started playing jazz, although he had probably heard and had been intrigued by the version of jazz played by American expatriate bands like Billy Arnold's. Reinhardt was born on 23 January 1910 in Liberchies, Pont--Celles, Belgium,[7] into a Belgian family[3] of Manouche Romani descent. Sua casa era pequena, de madeira e tinha rodas. Born into and raised along the caravan trail traveled by a tribe of French gypsies, or Manouches, Reinhardt developed a taste for music early on under the influence of a nomadic culture that was a rich melee of world music tastes. Django gives us a wonderful lead; the first 15 seconds are a 101-level crash course on how to play gypsy jazz. Jean Reinhardt, zis Django (n. 23 ianuarie 1910, Liberchies, Belgia; d. 16 mai 1953 Fontainebleau) a fost un chitarist francez de jazz, compozitor i ef de formaie de origine rom. These "electric period" Reinhardt recordings have in general received less popular re-release and critical analysis than his pre-war releases (the latter also extending to the period from 1940 to 1945 when Grappelli was absent, which included some of his most famous compositions such as "Nuages"), but are also a fascinating area of Reinhardt's work to study,[38] and have begun to be revived by players such as the Rosenberg Trio (with their 2010 release "Djangologists") and Birli Lagrne. This page was last edited on 19 February 2023, at 08:58. Reinhardt was attracted to music at an early age, first playing the violin. It is possible to get closer with only 2 fingers, but again is quite challenging. [2]:154. The movie covers Django's escape from Nazi-occupied Paris in 1943 and the fact that even under "constant danger, flight and the atrocities committed against his family", he continued composing and performing. Reinhardt was the most famous jazz musician in Europe at the time, working steadily during the early war years and earning a great deal of money, yet always under threat. Django's seemingly never-ending bag of licks, tricks and colors always keep the song interesting, and his intensity level is rarely met by any guitarist. He developed his own unique and unconventional musical technique, which eventually made him a legend in the history of music. Even the few times he does not quite make his ideas flow out flawlessly it is still so exciting that mistakes don't matter! Jean Django Reinhardt was born on 23rd January 1910 in Liberchies, Pont-a-Celles, Belgium. He played with many musicians and composers, such as Maury Deutsch. Their son Henri, nicknamed "Lousson" from the French "l'ourson" meaning "bear cub", was born in 1929, however shortly after this the couple separated and Florine remarried; his birth certificate thus bears the last name Baumgartner from Mayer's second husband. The Allman Brothers Band song Jessica was written by Dickey Betts in tribute to Reinhardt (he wanted to write a song that could be played using only two fingers). He knocked over a candle, which ignited the extremely flammable celluloid that his wife used to make artificial flowers. A number of authors have repeated the claim that Reinhardt's nickname, Django, is Romani for "I awake";[2]:45 however, it may also simply have been a diminutive, or local Walloon version, of "Jean". Django Reinhardt played by and from his heart, driven to excel in his craft out of his love for it more than his duty to it. He was a Sinti Gypsy. [13]:10, Before he had a chance to start with the band, however, Reinhardt nearly died. [22], In 1938, Reinhardt's quintet played to thousands at an all-star show held in London's Kilburn State auditorium. [11]:6466. [2]:169 During the Holocaust an estimated 600,000 to 1.5 million Romani throughout Europe were killed. The first four are now available on Matelo's CD Tziganskaa and Other Rare Recordings, released by Hot Club Records (subsequently reissued as Tziganskaa: The Django Reinhardt Waltzes); "Chez Jacquet" was also recorded by Baro Ferret in 1966. Reinhardt developed his initial musical approach via tutoring by relatives and exposure to other gypsy guitar players of the day, then playing the banjo-guitar alongside accordionists in the world of the Paris bal-musettes. Grappelli remained in the United Kingdom for the duration of the war. Reinhardt, confident in the knowledge that the Nazis loved jazz music, despite Hitler's ban of the genre, would surely spare his talent. Guitarists, particularly in Britain and the United States, could scarcely believe what they heard on the records that the Quintette was making; guitarist, gypsy jazz enthusiast and educator Ian Cruickshank writes: It wasn't until 1938, and the Quintet's first tour of England, that guitarists [in the U.K.] were able to witness Django's amazing abilities. Often regarded as the first important European jazz musician who made major contributions to the development of the idiom, he is also revered by guitarists worldwide as among the foremost exponents of the instrument. [13]:9 The following year he recorded for the first time. The Django web framework, a Python web framework, was named after Reinhardt. Clean with a rag: Ending for "bachelor" or "disk" Information med symbolet hentes fra Wikidata. He is also credited for having deeply influenced American jazz music. Only one session (eight tracks) from March 1953 was ever recorded specifically for album release by Norman Granz in the then-new LP format, but Reinhardt died before the album could be released. He continued to play in Paris jazz clubs and began playing electric 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. Over the next few years, through his sheer will, he taught himself to overcome his handicap by using only his thumb and the remaining two fingers to play the instruments. (He often used a Selmer fitted with an electric pickup, despite his initial hesitation about the instrument.) Who Is Django Reinhardt's Wife? About Django Reinhardt Born in Belgium in 1910 and raised in France, Romani guitarist Django Reinhardt was the first European jazz musician to carve out a unique stylejazz manouchewedding the virtuosic speed and rhythmic conception of Roma traditional music with jazz improvisation. Jean "Django" Reinhardt was born in 1910 in a caravan outside the Belgian town of Liberchies to a family of itinerant Romaniknown colloquially as GypsiesReinhardt was serenading cabaret patrons on guitar and banjo by age 12. In the classic Italian western, "Django," the titular hero is presumably named after Reinhardt. He was a Belgian-born Romani jazz guitarist, who was known for professionally collaborating with Stephane Grappelli, a jazz violinist. Django Reinhardt nasceu em Liberchies, na Blgica, no distante da fronteira com a Frana, em 23 de janeiro de 1910. Django Reinhardt was inducted into the Grammy Hall of fame as well as into the Jazz Hall of Fame. An injury in a fire could have ended Django Reinhardt's career. In the autumn of 1946, he made his first tour in the United States, debuting at Cleveland Music Hall[29] as a special guest soloist with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. Also in the neighborhood was the artistic salon R-26, at which Reinhardt and Grappelli performed regularly as they developed their unique musical style. Though they survived, he and his wife both suffered severe burns. Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia and Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, both of whom lost fingers in accidents, were inspired by Reinhardt's example of becoming an accomplished guitar player despite his injuries. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one. Even today, nobody has really come to the state that he was playing at. The concept of "lead guitar" (Django) and backing "rhythm guitar" (Joseph Reinhardt/Roger Chaput or Pierre Ferret) was born with this band. One noteworthy gain from the trip to America was that he had left France playing swing, but returned thinking of beebop and modern jazz which would be the new direction he ultimately took. After . 2008. "[8], Feeling unappreciated by critics and not accepted by French authorities as the legal heir of Django, Lousson retired from playing in 1980. A melodic debut segues into some melancholy half bends at 1:07, a common employment. I have a favorite historical musician: Django Reinhardt. A private and rather shy individual, Lousson performed in bars in Paris through the 1960s, most frequently accompanied by fellow guitarist Jean-Marie Pallen,[4] and appeared several times at the Django Reinhardt memorial festivals Samois-sur-Seine. of the highest quality. Performers included Grappelli, Benny Carter, and Mike Peters with his group of seven musicians. In his solos [] his melodic ideas are sparkling and ravishing, and their abundance scarcely gives the listener time to catch his breath. sit nyskabende og karakteristiske spil. As Django aged, he would spend the majority of his days re-immersing himself in gypsy life, having found it difficult to adjust to the modern world. Wayne Jefferies, in his article "Django's Forgotten Era", writes: Early in 1951, armed with his amplified Maccaferri which he used to the very end he put together a new band of the best young modern musicians in Paris; including Hubert Fol, an altoist in the Charlie Parker mould. . "___ pronounce you husband and wife": 2 wds. In fact, Byrd, who lived from 1925 to 1999, said that Reinhardt was his primary influence. [21], Reinhardt also played and recorded with many American jazz musicians, such as Adelaide Hall, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, and Rex Stewart (who later stayed in Paris). [26] Reinhardt made a second attempt a few days later, but was stopped in the middle of the night by Swiss border guards, who forced him to return to Paris again. [27], One of his tunes, 1940's "Nuages",[28] became an unofficial anthem in Paris to signify hope for liberation. [11]:138139 Having failed to bring his usual Selmer Modle Jazz, he played on a borrowed electric guitar, which he felt hampered the delicacy of his style. Additional problems occurred around the dilemma of Django never having learned to tune his own guitar (he had always relied upon his brother Joseph). [74][75][76], Since his death, Reinhardt's music has been released on many compilations. On November 2nd, 1928 a fire destroyed the caravan that Django Reinhardt shared with his wife together with all their belongings and severely burnt his left hand and his right leg. (Organ begins to play) Django Reinhardt. Probably the thing about this music that makes it always challenging and exciting to play is that Django raised the bar so high, that it is like chasing genius to get close to his level of playing.[37]. It was late on the night of November 2, 1928. I have written this mass to be interpreted by choir and organ. Django Reinhardt's income source is mostly from being a successful Soundtrack. The album contains the song "Django and Jimmie" which is a tribute to musicians Django Reinhardt and Jimmie Rodgers.[56]. Django's technique was not only phenomenal, but it was personal and unique to him due to his handicap. A third generation of direct descendants has developed as musicians: David Reinhardt, Reinhardt's grandson (by his son Babik), leads his own trio. [12], He received little formal education and acquired the rudiments of literacy only in adult life. In 1943, Reinhardt married his long-term partner Sophie "Naguine" Ziegler in Salbris. Songs written in Reinhardt's honor include "Django," composed by John Lewis, which has become a jazz standard performed by musicians such as Miles Davis. Django Reinhardt is jazz guitar's most dazzling soloist, improviser, and most important, innovator. He participated in a jam session and radio performance with Louis Armstrong. Impressed, Hylton offered Reinhardt a job with his band on the spot, which the latter gladly accepted. On 16 May 1953, while walking from the Gare de FontainebleauAvon Station after playing in a Paris club, he collapsed outside his house from a brain hemorrhage. Keeping these crucial questions in mind, let's revisit the life of the famous Jazz guitarist, Django Reinhardt. Django's father was a talented musician and it was from him that he learned his first instrument, the violin, as a young child around camp fires. His name was now drawing international attention, such as from British bandleader Jack Hylton, who came to France just to hear him play. 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