"[42], The popularity of gypsy jazz has generated an increasing number of festivals, such as the Festival Django Reinhardt held every last weekend of June since 1983 in Samois-sur-Seine (France),[43][44] the various DjangoFests held throughout Europe[45] and the US, and Django in June, an annual camp for Gypsy jazz musicians and aficionados. Django Reinhardt 1910- 1953 Jazz Guitarist. It was late on the night of November 2, 1928. Grappelli remained in the United Kingdom for the duration of the war. [16], After parting from his wife and son, Reinhardt traveled throughout France, getting occasional jobs playing music at small clubs. He knocked over a candle, which ignited the extremely flammable celluloid that his wife used to make artificial flowers. His devotees included classical guitarist Julian Bream and country guitarist Chet Atkins, who considered him one of the ten greatest guitarists of the twentieth century. Jeff Beck described Reinhardt as "by far the most astonishing guitar player ever" and "quite superhuman".[61]. Le jeune Jean Reinhardt, dit Django , dcouvre la musique par la pratique du violon puis du banjo ; il est sollicit dans l'orchestre paternel. Django: the Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend . 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's first attempt at escape from Occupied France led to capture. His work has influenced many such artistes like BB King and Carlos Santana. ISBN links support NWE through referral fees. Reinhardt survived World War II unscathed, unlike many other Gypsies who perished in concentration camps. [39], For about a decade after Reinhardt's death, interest in his musical style was minimal. 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. Those who knew Django during his lifetime admit that he was an eccentric musician at best and a temperamental nightmare to work with at his worst . Django gives us a wonderful lead; the first 15 seconds are a 101-level crash course on how to play gypsy jazz. His hugely innovative technique included, on a grand scale, such unheard of devices as melodies played in octaves, tremolo chords with shifting notes that sounded like whole horn sections, a complete array of natural and artificial harmonics, highly charged dissonances, super-fast chromatic runs from the open bass strings to the highest notes on the 1st string, an unbelievably flexible and driving right-hand, two and three octave arpeggios, advanced and unconventional chords and a use of the flattened fifth that predated be-bop by a decade. 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. Is that accurate? In 1934, Louis Vola, a local bassist, discovered Joseph and Django Reinhart playing guitars together on a beach at Toulon. For chords he developed a novel system based largely around 3-note chords, each of which could serve as the equivalent of several conventional chords in different inversions; for the treble notes he could employ his ring and little fingers to fret the relevant high strings even though he could not articulate these fingers independently, while in some chords he also employed his left hand thumb on the lowest string. Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt, cigny nevn Django, 1910. janur 23 -n szletett egy lakkocsiban Liberchies vrosban, Belgiumban. "Woody Allen movie resurrects music of jazz great Reinhardt", "Django Reinhardt Jattendrai Swing 1939 live", "The Hot Jazz: Le Hot Club de France, Vols. 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. Reinhardt expanded his musical horizons during this period. He was later married to Sophie Ziegler from 1943 till his death in 1953. According to author Michael Dregni, Lousson spent a number of years travelling in Italy, then returned to France in the early 1990s. [11]:3135, Within a year of the fire, in 1929, Bella Mayer gave birth to their son, Henri "Lousson" Reinhardt. This technique permits him to play with an inconceivable velocity and makes his instrument completely versatile. Andrew Latimer, of the band Camel, has stated that he was influenced by Reinhardt. He used three guitarists along with an accordion lead, violin, and bass. 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. [a] Dallas was raised by his great-aunt Kali, Lousson's half-sister, referred to as "Madame Rose" in Dregni's 2008 account, and retains private recordings of Lousson, a number of which have been published by him via YouTube. His music earned him a lot of popularity and even gained the young man worldwide attention. 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. Reinhardt was attracted to music at an early age, first playing the violin. [ 6] 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. After Reinhardt died, his younger brother Joseph at first swore to abandon music, but he was persuaded to perform and record again. 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. 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. In Woody Allen's . 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). 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. I have a favorite historical musician: Django Reinhardt. Django later picked up several more instruments, the banjo, guitar, and a hybrid of the two, called a guitjo, and profited from his rising talent at county fairs and on the streets of nearby towns. 1951 Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club Quintet, 1954 The Great Artistry of Django Reinhardt, 1980 Routes to Django Reinhardt - Bireli Lagrene, 2002 Djangology (remastered) (recorded in 1948, discovered, remastered and released by Bluebird Records), 2003 Jazz in Paris: Nuits de Saint-Germain des-Prs. It was a politically tumultuous time in the history of Europe and the Nazis had taken control of France. [6] At Samois in 1978 he is pictured using a Gibson ES-175 hollow bodied jazz guitar belonging to Django's brother Joseph. He wed his second wife, Silvia Ward, and they went on to have a son together who they named Django. This aspect of the artist's work also motivated Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, who was inspired by Reinhardt to keep playing guitar after a factory accident that cost him two fingertips. Although Django was twenty years older than the rest of the band, he was completely in command of the modern style. "___ pronounce you husband and wife": 2 wds. His wife had . He was declared dead on arrival at the hospital in Fontainebleau. [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. Today, there is no other jazz musician who has a whole genre developed in his wake. Members of the quintet were hesitant to return to France where the Nazis were at work rounding up gypsies. [23], While he tried to continue with his music, war with the Nazis presented Reinhardt with a potentially catastrophic obstacle, as he was a Romani jazz musician. Both in his personal nature and in the nature of his music, Django displayed the character of a dreamer. 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]. 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" . 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. This was in part due to the help of a Luftwaffe official named Dietrich Schulz-Khn, also known as "Doktor Jazz," who deeply admired Reinhardt's music. In the classic Italian western, "Django," the titular hero is presumably named after Reinhardt. 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. This page was last edited on 19 February 2023, at 08:58. 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. 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 . 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. He quickly learned to play, mimicking the fingerings of musicians he watched, who would have included local virtuoso players of the day such as Jean "Poulette" Castro and Auguste "Gusti" Malha, as well as from his uncle Guiligou, who played violin, banjo and guitar. But in jazz, Louis Armstrong was a genius, Duke Ellington was another one, and Reinhardt was also. Since he did not read music, Reinhardt worked with an assistant to notate what he was improvising. [11]:4344 [13]:10[15] Reinhardt applied himself intensely to relearning his craft, however, making use of a new guitar bought for him by his brother, Joseph Reinhardt, who was also an accomplished guitarist. On a few occasions he even refused to get out of bed. Django Reinhardt 5/1953. Musicians have paid tribute to Reinhardt in many other ways, such as by invoking his name in their own work or personal life. The couple escaped, but Reinhardt suffered extensive burns over half his body. Jazz guitarist Frank Vignola says that nearly every major popular-music guitarist in the world has been influenced by Reinhardt. Jean Django Reinhardt was born on 23rd January 1910 in Liberchies, Pont-a-Celles, Belgium. [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. On the 16th of May, 1953, Django Reinhardt suffered a fatal stroke while walking home from a performance at a Paris club. was released in 2005. Introduction: 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. Whilst his solos became less chordal and his lines more Christian-like, he retained his originality. [24] During the war, Romani were systematically killed in concentration camps. 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. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. sit nyskabende og karakteristiske spil. Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 16 May 1953), known by his Romani nickname Django (French:[do jnat] or [do ent]), was a Romani-Belgian jazz guitarist and composer. 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]. Django's Departure on the 16th May 1953 Django made his last commercial recording on April 8, 1953, with a progressive group consisting of Vibes ("Fats" Lallemand), Piano (Martial Solal), Bass (Pierre Michelot), and Drums (Pierre Lemarchand). The origin of the nickname Django is highly debated. Death: Immediate Family: Wife of Django Reinhardt. New World Encyclopedia writers and editors rewrote and completed the Wikipedia article He would often skip sold-out concerts to simply walk to the beach or "smell the dew." Additional problems occurred around the dilemma of Django never having learned to tune his own guitar (he had always relied upon his brother Joseph). This also led to him developing a unique technique, in which he could play with only his remaining fingers. He knocked over a candle, which ignited the extremely flammable celluloid that his wife used to make artificial flowers. "[8], Feeling unappreciated by critics and not accepted by French authorities as the legal heir of Django, Lousson retired from playing in 1980. [13]:9 The following year he recorded for the first time. 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. With Reda Kateb, Ccile de France, Bea Palya, Bimbam Merstein. [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 was the first jazz talent to emerge from Europe and remains the most significant. Gypsies, frequently on the road and often with much time available to fill with the pursuit of art, were perfect conduits for the world music spirit. 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. The wagon was quickly engulfed in flames. [74][75][76], Since his death, Reinhardt's music has been released on many compilations. 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. Also in the neighborhood was the artistic salon R-26, at which Reinhardt and Grappelli performed regularly as they developed their unique musical style. Django Reinhardt first married a girl named Florine Mayer when he was seventeen. Burned while saving his pregnant wife, Django Reinhardt spent more than a year in and out of hospitals. desanyja, La Bella Laurence egy mnus-szinti komikusokbl s zenszekbl ll vndor trsulatnak volt a tagja. Reinhardt's nickname purportedly means 'I Awake' in the Romani language, however it may. Despite his left hand handicap, Reinhardt was able to recapture (in modified form) and then surpass his previous level of proficiency on the guitar (by now his main instrument), not only as a lead instrumental voice but also as a driving and harmonically interesting rhythm player; his virtuosity, incorporating many gypsy-derived influences, was also matched with a superb sense of melodic invention as well as general musicality in terms of choice of notes, timing, dynamics, and utilizing the maximum tonal range from an instrument previously thought of by many critics as potentially limited in expression. By legend, the trip was a disaster: he arrived without his Selmer, never found a guitar he liked, was booed by audiences, and. However, he was once again stopped by the Swiss guards at the border. [17] In early 1934 both Reinhardt and Grappelli were members of Louis Vola's band. Nuotteja lukematon Reinhardt . The concept of "lead guitar" (Django) and backing "rhythm guitar" (Joseph Reinhardt/Roger Chaput or Pierre Ferret) was born with this band. children: Babik Reinhardt, Henri Baumgartner, See the events in life of Django Reinhardt in Chronological Order. After the war, Reinhardt rejoined Grappelli in the UK. [13]:10 Hylton offered him a job on the spot, and Reinhardt accepted. He is seen at the start and end of the 1959 French film Les Pittuiti's performing "Les Deux Guitares" with Eugne Ves,[5] and also appears briefly in a 1978 Sten Bramsen documentary Django made for Danish television. He was later married to Sophie Ziegler from 1943 till his death in 1953. Nevertheless, Reinhardt kept playing. He was also a painter, fly fisher and billiard player. Who Is Django Reinhardt's Wife? 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. In 1943 the tide of war turned against the Germans, with a considerable darkening of the situation in Paris. 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. Despite all the troubles, he continued creating music whenever he could. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/django-reinhardt-8101.php. He was sent back to Paris, where he tried developing other forms of music since the Nazis completely disapproved of jazz. SonicHits. [11]:160 A: And is today the first recital of your mass? Even today, nobody has really come to the state that he was playing at. "Stephane Grappelli is Europe's gift to jazz". Moreover, he had general difficulties living amidst the present-day culture. In Paris on 14 March 1933, Reinhardt recorded two takes each of "Parce que je vous aime" and "Si, j'aime Suzy", vocal numbers with lots of guitar fills and guitar support. 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. Re: [portland] django coders? By the early 1940s, Django Reinhardt was considered by many to be Paris' greatest star. DR: All the gypsies in the entire world have made use of foreign masses for many centuries. At the age of 12, Django Reinhardt played good enough to play professionally. Director-screenwriter Etienne Comar works from a 2013 novel of historical fiction, "Folles de Django" by Alexis Salatko. 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. In 1953, he collaborated with the famed jazz musician Dizzie Gillespie and created a few records. 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. He passed away suddenly on 16th May 1953 due to a massive stroke. To accomplish this, Django would use his index and middle fingers to manage the fretboard, while his other two fingers, frozen in the form of a claw, could only occassionaly be used for some chords. Django is still one of my main influences, I think, for lyricism. Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt was the first famous European jazz musician. [39][a] During his career he wrote nearly 100 songs, according to jazz guitarist Frank Vignola. He had full use of only the index and middle. He played mainly with a plectrum for maximum volume and attack (particularly in the 1920s-early 30s when amplification in venues was minimal or non-existent), although he could also play fingerstyle on occasion, as evidenced by some recorded introductions and solos. Django Reinhardt (23 January 1910 - 16 May 1953) was a pioneering virtuoso Belgian jazz guitarist and composer. Using an early amplification system, he was able to work in more of a big-band format, in large ensembles with horn sections. 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