[13]:10, Before he had a chance to start with the band, however, Reinhardt nearly died. "Django Reinhardt a reassessment". Later in his career, Reinhardt played with Dizzy Gillespie in France. Jimi Hendrix is said to have named one of his bands the Band of Gypsys because of Django's music. He never had any formal schooling. SonicHits. 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. He only played when the spirit moved him, and perhaps behaved similarly in many other facets of his life, as well. Jean Reinhardt, popularly known as Django Reinhardt, was a Belgian-born Romani French jazz guitarist and composer. "___ pronounce you husband and wife": 2 wds. His young wife, Florine "Bella" Mayer, made fake flowers from celluloid and paper and their caravan was filled with highly flammable materials. Joseph's son Markus Reinhardt is a violinist in the Romani style. . Jazz Manouche and Gypsy Jazz Django Reinhardt, original name Jean Reinhardt, (born January 23, 1910, Liberchies, Belgiumdied May 16, 1953, Fontainebleau, France), guitarist who is generally considered one of the few European jazz musicians of true originality. Jean Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt ( 23. januar 1910 - 16. maj 1953) var en fransk / belgisk jazzguitarist, der var en af de frste fremtrdende europiske jazzmusikere, som blev bermt pga. "[64], Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin: "Django Reinhardt was fantastic. A: Certainly you know, Mr Reinhardt, that in the world and particularly in France, it is said that you are the king of the gypsies. They came to light via recordings by Matelo Ferret in 1960 (the waltzes "Montagne Sainte-Genevieve", "Gagoug", "Chez Jacquet" and "Choti"; Disques Vogue (F)EPL7740) and 1961 ("Djalamichto" and "En Verdine"; Disques Vogue (F)EPL7829). The caravan which Reinhardt shared with his wife caught fire one night . It was late on the night of November 2, 1928. During this time, Django produced numerous recordings with the quintet in addition to forming other side projects with more conventional instrumentations. [30][31], In Rome in 1949, Reinhardt recruited three Italian jazz players (on bass, piano, and snare drum) and recorded over 60 tunes in an Italian studio. He used three guitarists along with an accordion lead, violin, and bass. Reinhardt's most popular compositions have become standards within gypsy jazz, including "Minor Swing",[5] "Daphne", "Belleville", "Djangology", "Swing '42", and "Nuages". 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. . [11]:66, From 1934 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939, Reinhardt and Grappelli worked together as the principal soloists of their newly formed quintet, the Quintette du Hot Club de France, in Paris. Reinhardt's nickname purportedly means 'I Awake' in the Romani language, however it may. [13]:11 Accompanying him on his travels was his new girlfriend, Sophie Ziegler. Reinhardt recorded over 900 sides in his recording career, from 1928 to 1953, the majority as sides of the then-prevalent 78-RPM records, with the remainder as acetates, transcription discs, private and off-air recordings (of radio broadcasts), and part of a film soundtrack. Django Reinhardt nat le 23 janvier 1910 en Belgique, dans une famille sinti . During World War II both Roma and jazz musicians were targeted by the Nazi regime. Despite his exceptional natural talent, during his early career, Reinhardt, unexplicably, could neither read nor write music and was barely literate at all. . It is said that British bandleader Jack Hylton came to France just in order to hear his performance. His mother, also, was a talent in her own right, often performing in song and dance on the tailgate of the caravan. I love the human sound he gave his acoustic guitar. 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. In 2005, a documentary film named Djangomania was released. DR: No, it's not I who notates the music. Hearing their music triggered in Reinhardt a vision and goal of becoming a jazz professional. Reinhardt spent most of his youth in gypsy encampments close to Paris, spending carefree days immersed in music. Credit is due under the terms of this license that can reference both the New World Encyclopedia contributors and the selfless volunteer contributors of the Wikimedia Foundation. It was then, in 1932 or 1933, that a friend of his invited him up to his apartment to listen to some records. But one evening, he inadvertently dropped a candle in their caravan, and only just escaped the fire that claimed their home. His music earned him a lot of popularity and even gained the young man worldwide attention. Did Django Reinhardt have any children? In it, Captain Murphy comments on a drink dispensed from the Bebop Cola machine: "Ahh, Mango Reinhardt! [2]:5[11]:14 His father reportedly played music in a family band comprising himself and seven brothers; a surviving photograph shows this band including his father on piano. Chapter 13 in, Some relevant aspects concerning Lousson Reinhardt and Dallas Baumgartner are discussed on the "Djangobooks" forum, Lousson Reinhardt recordings and other information available via, This page was last edited on 22 August 2022, at 07:51. Reinhardt refused the surgery and was eventually able to walk with the aid of a cane. [ 6] [13]:12, While developing his interest in jazz, Reinhardt met Stphane Grappelli, a young violinist with similar musical interests. On a few occasions he refused to get out of bed. Django Reinhardt and Duke Ellington. ( Django Reinhardt 1910 123 - 1953 516 ) [1] [2] [3] [4] [ ] [ ] Burned while saving his pregnant wife, Django Reinhardt spent more than a year in and out of hospitals. Django Reinhardt. However, he did continue to compose and entertain audiences, although irregularly, and in 1948 recruited a few Italian jazz players (on bass, piano, and snare drum) along with compatriot Grappelli on violin to record one of his most acclaimed contributions to the jazz world, "Djangology." The jazz standard "Django" (1954) was composed by John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet in honour of Reinhardt. 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. He would often skip sold-out concerts to simply walk to the beach or "smell the dew." By his early teens, he had started playing in clubs across Paris. The instant I heard Django, I flipped. [2]:169 In France, they were used as slave labour on farms and in factories. [12], He received little formal education and acquired the rudiments of literacy only in adult life. With the addition of amplification, his playing became more linear and "horn like", with the greater facility of the amplified instrument for longer sustain and to be heard in quiet passages, and in general less reliance on his gypsy "bag of tricks" as developed for his acoustic guitar style (also, in some of his late recordings, with a very different supporting group context from his "classic", pre-war Quintette sound). On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. A number of musicians named their sons Django in reference to Reinhardt, including David Crosby, former Slade singer Noddy Holder, Jerry Jeff Walker, Richard Durrant, and actors Nana Visitor and Raphael Sbarge. I really haven't heard it anywhere but with Django. In the classic Italian western, "Django," the titular hero is presumably named after Reinhardt. [11]:138 He had been promised jobs in California, but they failed to develop. Thu 16 Jun 2011 19.45 EDT I n 1928, at 18, Belgian gypsy musician Django Reinhardt lost the use of the third and fourth fingers of his left hand in a caravan fire, forcing him to abandon both. [19]:93 The single sold over 100,000 copies. It became the most accomplished and innovative European jazz group of the period. 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. For you certainly cannot do it after a jazz concert? Born in Belgium and raised in a gypsy camp near Paris, he first learned to play the violin, but later switched to banjo-guitar. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2017. http://brokeandbeautiful.com/2014/django-reinhardt-djangofest-northwest/, http://elcorreoweb.es/aladar/django-reinhardt-el-genio-gitano-del-jazz-i-BH1119366, http://alldylan.com/today-the-who-released-live-at-leeds-in-1970/. "Woody Allen movie resurrects music of jazz great Reinhardt", "Django Reinhardt Jattendrai Swing 1939 live", "The Hot Jazz: Le Hot Club de France, Vols. He knocked over a candle, which ignited the extremely flammable celluloid that his wife used to make artificial flowers. He knocked over a candle, which ignited the extremely flammable celluloid that his wife used to make artificial flowers. [11]:161 Reinhardt was declared dead on arrival at the hospital in Fontainebleau, at the age of 43. Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 - 16 May 1953), known by his stage name Django Reinhardt ( French: [do jnat] or [do ent] ), was a Belgian-born Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer. [39] Because of his physical disability, he played mainly using his index and middle fingers, and invented a distinctive style of jazz guitar. With violinist Stphane Grappelli,[1] Reinhardt formed the Paris-based Quintette du Hot Club de France in 1934. [7] His father, Jean Eugene Weiss, domiciled in Paris with his wife, went by Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt, his wife's surname, to avoid French military conscription. [3][4] Reinhardt is regarded as one of the greatest guitar players of all time; he was the first important European jazz musician who made major contributions to the development of the guitar genre. Using an early amplification system, he was able to work in more of a big-band format, in large ensembles with horn sections. From left to right: Baro Ferret, Lousson Baumgartner (son of Django Reinhardt), Reinhardt and Sarane Ferret. Nevertheless, Reinhardt kept playing. [10] He struggled financially and frequently lacked a guitar after giving it to a doctor as payment for treating one of his children. 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. Archtop Magazine, March 1988; reproduced in Cruickshank, 1994, p. 47. He was once captured but a jazz loving German officer helped him escape. Vola invited them to jam with his jazz ensemble, consisting of violinist Stephane Grappelli and guitarist Roger Chaput who was sometimes replaced with Pierre Ferret. There's a lot of guys that play fast and a lot of guys that play clean, and the guitar has come a long way as far as speed and clarity go, but nobody plays with the whole fullness of expression that Django has. He was a Sinti Gypsy. Romani men were required to wear a brown Gypsy ID triangle sewn on their chest,[2]:168 similar to the pink triangle that homosexuals wore, and much like the yellow Star of David that Jews had to subsequently wear. [39][a] During his career he wrote nearly 100 songs, according to jazz guitarist Frank Vignola. A small number of waltzes composed by Reinhardt in his youth were never recorded by the composer, but were retained in the repertoire of his associates and several are still played today. Who Is Django Reinhardt's Wife? The names "Gagoug" and "Choti" were reportedly conferred by Django's widow Naguine on request from Matelo, who had learned the tunes without names. The Romani people were a large group of gipsies who suffered a lifetime of persecution. [8] The birth certificate refers to "Jean Reinhart, son of Jean Baptiste Reinhart, artist, and Laurence Reinhart, housewife, domiciled in Paris".[9]. He is also credited for having deeply influenced American jazz music. Even today, he is still regarded as one of the most prominent jazz performers to have ever lived. 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. I particularly don't know the ending. [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. Reinhardt developed a reputation among his band, fans, and managers as extremely unreliable. Reinhardt, confident in the knowledge that the Nazis loved jazz music, despite Hitler's ban of the genre, would surely spare his talent. It was a politically tumultuous time in the history of Europe and the Nazis had taken control of France. On the night of 2 November 1928, Reinhardt was going to bed in the wagon that he and his wife shared in the caravan. VO: In the Chapel of the National Institute for Blind Children, Django Reinhardt will, for the first time, hear his mass played on the organ, which he has written especially for the gypsies. After the war, in 1946, Django made the long-awaited trip to America. Private recordings exist from a 1966 performance in Paris. His music is a reflection of his serene nature, or at least his nature which compels him to seek serenity, which was most often in the comfort of his past. A full chronological listing of his lifetime recorded output is available from the source cited here,[72] and an index of individual tunes is available from the source cited here. Introduction: Two of his fingers were badly burnt and he thought that he would never be able to play the guitar again. He played a few tunes at the end of the show, backed by Ellington, with no special arrangements written for him. He also experimented with classical composition, writing a Mass for the Gypsies and a symphony. He knocked over a candle, which ignited the extremely flammable celluloid that his wife used to make artificial flowers. Genre for Django Reinhardt JAMIE FOXX "Django Unchained" co-star MERLE HAGGARD: Country singer who collaborated with Willie Nelson on the 2015 album "Django and Jimmie" . It has a little to do with the real Django Reinhardt, jazz guitarist . [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. . 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. Django Reinhardt's income source is mostly from being a successful Soundtrack. Ramelton, Co. Donegal, Ireland, each year hosts a festival in tribute to Django called "Django sur Lennon" or "Django on the Lennon" the Lennon being the name of the local river that runs through the village. Django is still one of my main influences, I think, for lyricism. His final years were difficult. Doctors believed that he would never play guitar again. Born: 23 January 1910, Liberchies, Belgium. Django Reinhardt married Florine Mayer in 1927 according to gypsy custom although their marriage was not registered, and therefore not recognised under French law. At least eight compilations have also been released. [11]:92 While playing, he noticed American film actor Eddie Cantor in the front row. Furthermore, what makes his style of playing so special? He died of cerebral haemorrhage. He skipped sold-out concerts to "walk to the beach" or "smell the dew. [63], Willie Nelson has been a lifelong Reinhardt fan, stating in his memoir, "This was a man who changed my musical life by giving me a whole new perspective on the guitar and, on an even more profound level, on my relationship with soundDuring my formative years, as I listened to Django's records, especially songs like 'Nuages' that I would play for the rest of my life, I studied his technique. [2]:154[25] Nonetheless, Goebbels stopped short of a complete ban on jazz, which now had many fans in Germany and elsewhere. This page was last edited on 18 August 2020, at 17:10. He made his first recordings under the name of Jiango Reinhardt when he was in his late teens. Django would later incorporate his unique musical upbringing into the already thriving jazz scene, introducing to the world an interpretation of the genre which still holds present sway. [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. The son of a musician, Reinhardt toured the US from an early age with Duke Ellingtons orchestra. As well, Reinhardt was known by his band, fans, and managers to be extremely unpredictable. Reinhardt's second son, Babik, became a guitarist in a more contemporary jazz style, and recorded a number of albums before his death in 2001. Beginning in 1933, all German Romani were barred from living in cities, herded into settlement camps, and routinely sterilized. Paris, 1945. He was also a painter, fly fisher and billiard player. Instead, he reinvented the jazz guitar and became a legend. Django's compositions were sometimes jaunty, sometimes sad. [11]:3135, Within a year of the fire, in 1929, Bella Mayer gave birth to their son, Henri "Lousson" Reinhardt. His work has influenced many such artistes like BB King and Carlos Santana. desanyja, La Bella Laurence egy mnus-szinti komikusokbl s zenszekbl ll vndor trsulatnak volt a tagja. Hitler and Joseph Goebbels viewed jazz as un-German counterculture. Soon thereafter, the couple split up. On this recording, Reinhardt switched back to his old roots, as had been his style prior to the American tour, once again playing the Acoustic Selmer-Maccafferi. [2]:251, In 1951, Reinhardt retired to Samois-sur-Seine, near Fontainebleau, where he lived until his death. 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". The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Bachelor Sister Wives 90 Day Fiance Wife Swap The Amazing Race Australia Married at First Sight The Real Housewives of Dallas My 600-lb Life Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. 2008. It took a full day for a doctor to arrive and Django was declared dead on arrival at the hospital in Fontainebleau. [13]:10, More crucial to his music, the fourth finger (ring finger) and fifth finger (little) of Reinhardt's left hand were badly burned. Django Jazz When Reinhardt first heard American jazz musicians like guitarist Eddie Lang, violinist Joe Venuti, and trumpeter Louis Armstrong, his improvisatory languageand, by extension, jazz guitar as we know itwas transformed.In 1931, Reinhardt met violinist Stphane Grappelli, and encounter that would lead to the formation of Quintette du Hot . Film Review: 'Django'. They had a son, Babik Reinhardt, who became a respected guitarist.[23]. He also recorded with many other American jazz musicians such as Adelaide Hall, Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter. [19]:93 During a concert at the Salle Pleyel, the popularity of the tune was such that the crowd made him replay it three times in a row. Today, there is no other jazz musician who has a whole genre developed in his wake. [53] Reinhardt is celebrated annually in the village of Liberchies, his birthplace. Django Reinhardt is jazz guitar's most dazzling soloist, improviser, and most important, innovator. Although Django was twenty years older than the rest of the band, he was completely in command of the modern style. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/django-reinhardt-8101.php. On the night of 2 November 1928, Reinhardt was going to bed in the wagon that he and his wife shared in the caravan. Django Reinhardt 5/1953. Denny Laine and Jimmy McCulloch, members of Paul McCartney's band Wings, have mentioned him as an inspiration. Born in Belgium, his French father, Jean Eugene Weiss, chose to use his wife's maiden name of Reinhart instead of Weiss. Dallas Baumgartner, a great-grandson by Lousson, is a guitarist who travels with the Romani and keeps a low public profile. 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