Oxford;: Oxford University Press, 2004. He is remembered for many compositions, such as Minor Swing, Belleville, Swing 42, and Nuages. As a French-speaking Belgian gypsy, he's the first European musical virtuoso to influence American jazz guitarists. Jazz and swing music was not yet on the young Django's radar yet, however, but his musical repertoire as a young man included being adept at playing the guitar, violin and banjo. He was later married to Sophie Ziegler from 1943 till his death in 1953. It was then, in 1932 or 1933, that a friend of his invited him up to his apartment to listen to some records. 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. 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. 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). [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. Therefore, he returned to France. 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. Jazz Manouche and Gypsy Jazz Decca Records in the United States released three records of Quintette tunes with Reinhardt on guitar, and one other, credited to "Stephane Grappelli & His Hot 4 with Django Reinhardt", in 1935. 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. 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. . DR: I prefer to write in the evening very late or in the morning in my bed. Django remains a cultural hero to maverick guitarists world-round who play his music as homage to the legendary architect of the "gypsy jazz" sound. This article abides by terms of the Creative Commons CC-by-sa 3.0 License (CC-by-sa), which may be used and disseminated with proper attribution. Jean Reinhardt, known by his Romani nickname Django, was a Romani-Belgian jazz guitarist and composer. 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. Born in Belgium, his French father, Jean Eugene Weiss, chose to use his wife's maiden name of Reinhart instead of Weiss. . Hugues Panassi, in his 1942 book The Real Jazz, wrote: First of all, his instrumental technique is vastly superior to that of all other jazz guitarists. 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. Additional problems occurred around the dilemma of Django never having learned to tune his own guitar (he had always relied upon his brother Joseph). 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. After the war, Reinhardt rejoined Grappelli in the UK. To cite this article click here for a list of acceptable citing formats.The history of earlier contributions by wikipedians is accessible to researchers here: The history of this article since it was imported to New World Encyclopedia: Note: Some restrictions may apply to use of individual images which are separately licensed. Announcer: Could you tell me Mr Reinhardt, what has compelled you to write this mass? Who Is Django Reinhardt's Wife? sit nyskabende og karakteristiske spil. Joseph's son Markus Reinhardt is a violinist in the Romani style. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one of its most significant exponents.[2][3]. [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. But in jazz, Louis Armstrong was a genius, Duke Ellington was another one, and Reinhardt was also. Jean Django Reinhardt was born on 23rd January 1910 in Liberchies, Pont-a-Celles, Belgium. You don't hear it. "Stephane Grappelli is Europe's gift to jazz". He knocked over a candle, which ignited the extremely flammable celluloid that his wife used to make artificial flowers. In the fifties, bebop superseded swing in jazz, rock and roll took off, and electric instruments became dominant in popular music. On the night of 2 November 1928, Reinhardt was going to bed in the wagon that he and his wife shared in the caravan. On the night of 2 November 1928, Reinhardt was going to bed in the wagon that he and his wife shared in the caravan. New World Encyclopedia writers and editors rewrote and completed the Wikipedia article He had full use of only the index and middle. Instead, he reinvented the jazz guitar and became a legend. [2]:157 In addition to the increased interest, many American musicians based in Paris during the thirties had returned to the US at the beginning of the war, leaving more work for French musicians. The instant I heard Django, I flipped. He lived there for two years until May 16, 1953, when, while returning from the Avon, Seine-et-Marne train station, he collapsed outside his house from a brain hemorrhage. I am very loved by them, and I thank them by offering to them this mass. 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. Another difficulty was that Django, used to playing the Selmer Maccaferri, the guitar that he made famous, was required to play a new amplified model for the American tour. He grew up near Paris and played the violin, banjo, and guitar from an early age. [11]:141, After his return, Reinhardt re-immersed himself in Romani life, finding it difficult to adjust to the postwar world. [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. [24] During the war, Romani were systematically killed in concentration camps. Beginning with Django Reinhardt, whose dazzling Gypsy Jazz became the toast of 1930s Paris in the heady days of Josephine Baker, Picasso, and Hemingway, Dregni follows the music as it courses. He was just 17 years old but already had made a name for himself playing the banjo-guitar and was invited by the famed British band leader Jack Hylton to join his band. His second wife was Naguine, and they had a son Babik. 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. I particularly don't know the ending. [2] In February 2017, the Berlin International Film Festival held the world premiere of the French film Django. 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. He was later married to Sophie Ziegler from 1943 till his death in 1953. I chose his style because it spoke to me. Django Reinhardt first married a girl named Florine Mayer when he was seventeen. Reinhardt re-formed the quintet, with Hubert Rostaing on clarinet replacing Grappelli. [2]:28 Reinhardt was able to make a living playing music by the time he was 15, busking in cafs, often with his brother Joseph. Due to the massive popularity which he earned over the course of his career, every year Django festivals are held across the US and Europe. He was just 43 years old. 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." 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. Django Reinhardt Jean Baptiste Reinhardt Guitarrista de jazz y compositor belga Naci el 23 de enero de 1910 en Liverchies, Blgica, en medio de una gira artstica familiar y en el seno de una familia gitana. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and was met with mixed reviews. Reinhardt died suddenly of a stroke on 16 May 1953. [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. Two of his fingers were badly burnt and he thought that he would never be able to play the guitar again. He passed away suddenly on 16th May 1953 due to a massive stroke. Many guitar players and other musicians have expressed admiration for Reinhardt or have cited him as a major influence. Born in Liberchies, Pont--Celles, Belgium, Django's name was taken from the Romany word meaning, "I awake." Seus pais, Jean-Eugne Weiss e Laurence Reinhardt, ciganos franceses, o criaram em meio ao seu acampamento. Author William Kotzwinkle's 1989 collection, The Hot Jazz Trio stars Reinhardt in a surrealistic fantasy also featuring. After . The wagon was quickly engulfed in flames. He only played when the spirit moved him, and perhaps behaved similarly in many other facets of his life, as well. Did Django Reinhardt have any children? [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. Jean "Django" Reinhardt was a promising young musician when a crippling injury seemed to end his chance of having a music career. Django Reinhardt nasceu em Liberchies, na Blgica, no distante da fronteira com a Frana, em 23 de janeiro de 1910. 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 returned to Paris at once,[11]:9899 leaving his wife in the UK. 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. It was released on 2 June 2015, by Legacy Recordings. "___ pronounce you husband and wife": 2 wds. Check out Django Reinhardt's incomparable technique in this 1938 video from Paris Hot Club. His young wife, Florine "Bella" Mayer, made fake flowers from celluloid and paper and their caravan was filled with highly flammable materials. 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" . He was once captured but a jazz loving German officer helped him escape. In August 1934, he made other recordings with more than one guitar (Joseph Reinhardt, Roger Chaput, and Reinhardt), including the first recording by the Quintette. "[8], Feeling unappreciated by critics and not accepted by French authorities as the legal heir of Django, Lousson retired from playing in 1980. 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. "The Lost: The Secret History of Lousson Baumgartner and the "Other" Family." 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. 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. "Django Reinhardt a reassessment". 2008. Private recordings exist from a 1966 performance in Paris. 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]. [39], For about a decade after Reinhardt's death, interest in his musical style was minimal. He made his first recordings under the name of Jiango Reinhardt when he was in his late teens. 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. (He often used a Selmer fitted with an electric pickup, despite his initial hesitation about the instrument.) [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. I have a favorite historical musician: Django Reinhardt. A: And did you notate the music? in accordance with New World Encyclopedia standards. The entire left side of his body was badly burned and to spend 18 months in hospital. January 23, 1910 in Liberchies, Pont--Celles, Reinhardt is the idol of the fictional 1930s guitarist Emmet Ray (played by Sean Penn), who passes out upon meeting Django in the Woody Allen film, Reinhardt is portrayed in the opening sequence of the 2003 animated film, He is portrayed by guitarist John Jorgenson in the movie, The song Johnny Depp plays in the river party scene in Lasse Hallstrm's, Reinhardt's music has been used in the soundtrack of many films, including the oracle scene in, Reinhardt is the idol of the character Arvid in the movie, An extended discussion of Reinhardt takes place among several characters in the novel From Here to Eternity by, Sealab 2021 paid tribute to Django in the episode "Bebop Cola." [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. [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. The son of a musician, Reinhardt toured the US from an early age with Duke Ellingtons orchestra. Django gives us a wonderful lead; the first 15 seconds are a 101-level crash course on how to play gypsy jazz. Babik Reinhardt Over the years, Django Reinhardts recordings have been released on several cassettes, EPs, and albums. In 1928, Grappelli had been a member of the orchestra at the Ambassador Hotel while bandleader Paul Whiteman and Joe Venuti were performing there. Reinhardt's first son, Lousson (a.k.a. One song in particular, Louis Armstrong's "Indian Cradle Song," stirred Django to the point that he turned to his friend and muttered in awe, "Achmon, my brother, my brother" This was Django's first encounter with jazz music, and his impression of it was that it represented incredible freedom. Reinhardt's first attempt at escape from Occupied France led to capture. . Django Reinhardt 5/1953. No one thought he would play again. Reinhardt was born on 23 January 1910 in Liberchies, Pont--Celles, Belgium,[7] into a Belgian family[3] of Manouche Romani descent. This included live sessions and recordings with many American Jazz legends such as Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Rex Stewart, and a jam-session with jazz legend Louis Armstrong. . The recording was issued for the first time in the late 1950s. 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. Even today, he is still regarded as one of the most prominent jazz performers to have ever lived. His final years were difficult. Even more miraculous was that Django, with a new guitar given to him by his brother Joseph Reinhardtan accomplished guitarist, as wellfought through painful rehabilitation and non-stop practice to relearn his craft despite his disability. Once the war ended, he spent some time touring the US. [19]:4549 The Quintette was one of the few well-known jazz ensembles composed only of stringed instruments. In 1951, he retired to Samois sur Seine, France, near Fontainebleau. 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. Many musicians have expressed admiration for Reinhardt, including guitarist Jimmy McCulloch, classical guitarist Julian Bream; country artist Chet Atkins, who placed Reinhardt #1 on a list of the ten greatest guitarists of the twentieth century; Latin rocker Carlos Santana; blues legend B.B. 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. 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. Reinhardt kehitti uuden jazzkitaran soittotyylin, joka teki suuren vaikutuksen hnt seuranneisiin kitaristeihin. Django Reinhardt. During this time, Django produced numerous recordings with the quintet in addition to forming other side projects with more conventional instrumentations. This technique permits him to play with an inconceivable velocity and makes his instrument completely versatile. The live cuts from Club St. Germain in February 1951 are a revelation. Django Reinhardt's income source is mostly from being a successful Soundtrack. 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. He also recorded with many other American jazz musicians such as Adelaide Hall, Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter. 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. The Modern Jazz Quartet titled one of their albums Django in honor of him. Django Reinhardt nat le 23 janvier 1910 en Belgique, dans une famille sinti . On the night of 2 November 1928, Reinhardt was going to bed in the wagon that he and his wife shared in the caravan. 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. By the early 1940s, Django Reinhardt was considered by many to be Paris' greatest star. But one evening, he inadvertently dropped a candle in their caravan, and only just escaped the fire that claimed their home. [73] A few fragments of film performance (without original sound) also survive, as does one complete performance with sound, of the tune "J'Attendrai" performed with the Quintet in 1938 for the short film Le Jazz Hot. This page was last edited on 19 February 2023, at 08:58. [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. In 2005, Django Reinhardt ended on the sixty-sixth place in the election of The Greatest Belgian (De Grootste Belg) in Flanders and on the seventy-sixth place in the Walloon version of the same competition Le plus grand belge. Tears by Django Reinhardt | Practicing guitar improvisation for the minor part. His modernist piece "Rythme Futur" was also intended to be acceptable to the Nazis. 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. He was sent back to Paris, where he tried developing other forms of music since the Nazis completely disapproved of jazz. He is also credited for having deeply influenced American jazz music. He wed his second wife, Silvia Ward, and they went on to have a son together who they named Django. The story of Django Reinhardt, famous guitarist and composer, and his flight from German-occupied Paris in 1943. "Woody Allen movie resurrects music of jazz great Reinhardt", "Django Reinhardt Jattendrai Swing 1939 live", "The Hot Jazz: Le Hot Club de France, Vols. "[42] David Grisman adds, "As far as I'm concerned, no one since has come anywhere close to Django Reinhardt as an improviser or technician. I dictate it to him. Over a million Roma were exterminated for presumed racial inferiority and jazz was believed to combine the worst of Blacks and Jews (i.e., "musical race defilement"). [13]:11 Accompanying him on his travels was his new girlfriend, Sophie Ziegler. [12], He received little formal education and acquired the rudiments of literacy only in adult life. For you certainly cannot do it after a jazz concert? 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. Nuotteja lukematon Reinhardt . I really haven't heard it anywhere but with Django. The thinking man's pop!". [11]:160 It was written and directed by Jamie Kastner. [11]:3135, Within a year of the fire, in 1929, Bella Mayer gave birth to their son, Henri "Lousson" Reinhardt. 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. May 16, 1953 - Jean Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt was born on January 23, 1910 in Liberchies, Pont--Celles, Belgium, into a French family of Manouche Romani descent. 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. While he never regained the use of those two fingers, Reinhardt regained his musical mastery by focusing on his left index and middle fingers, using the two injured fingers only for chord work. The names of two of Lousson's children, Chti and Gagoug, were commemorated musically when Django's widow, Naguine, conferred them on two previously unpublished compositions of Django as subsequently recorded by Matelo Ferret in 1960.[11]. 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. It was late on the night of November 2, 1928. I believe he should be rated much more highly as a be-bop guitarist. 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