Following once more in Manouche tradition, Reinhardt married Florine Mayer, usually known as 'Bella', a girl from the same gypsy settlement. Jeff Rush Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:48:33 -0700 Michael Schurter wrote: > > Speaking of protecting the logo, my wife contacted the PSF a couple > weeks ago about using the logo on a small run of laptop sleeves she's > crafting. Keeping these crucial questions in mind, let's revisit the life of the famous Jazz guitarist, Django Reinhardt. Add to all this Django's staggering harmonic and melodic concept, huge sound, pulsating swing, sense of humour and sheer speed of execution, and it is little wonder that guitar players were knocked sideways upon their first encounter with this full-blown genius.[34]. Django Reinhardt. [18], Reinhardt's brother Joseph and Roger Chaput also played on guitar, and Louis Vola was on bass. Django Reinhardt. SonicHits. 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. Reinhardt re-formed the quintet, with Hubert Rostaing on clarinet replacing Grappelli. 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. His wife had . 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: 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. 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. 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. [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. Differing accounts surround his death. [11]:93 A few weeks later the quintet played at the London Palladium. 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. Some claim it means I awake in Romani, while others state it was just a different version of Jean. 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. 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. Therefore, he returned to France. 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. His name was now drawing international attention, such as from British bandleader Jack Hylton, who came to France just to hear him play. 37-42. Garcia was quoted in June 1985 in Frets Magazine: His technique is awesome! Reinhardt was married by the time he was 17, and while living in a wagon with his wife, their home on wheels caught fire and Reinhardt's hands were badly burned . Jazz Manouche and Gypsy Jazz Despite Reinhardt's great pride in touring with Ellington, he was never properly integrated into the band, playing only a few tunes at the end of each show with no special arrangements written especially for him. 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. DR: All the gypsies in the entire world have made use of foreign masses for many centuries. Born in Liberchies, Pont--Celles, Belgium, Django's name was taken from the Romany word meaning, "I awake." Django returned to Paris at once, leaving behind his wife and band members, and quickly reformed the quintet with Hubert Rostaing on clarinet in place of Grappelli's violin. 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. he must have been playing all the time to be that good."[65]. [10] Reinhardt spent most of his youth in Romani encampments close to Paris, where he started playing the violin, banjo and guitar. Playing completely by ear (he could neither read nor write music), he roamed freely across the full range of the fretboard giving full flight to his musical imagination and could play with ease in any key. Django also worked on composing a Mass for use by the gypsies, which was not completed although an 8-minute extract exists, played by the organist Lo Chauliac for Reinhardt's benefit, via a 1944 radio broadcast; this can be found on the CD release "Gipsy Jazz School" and also on volume 12 of the "Intgrale Django Reinhardt" CD compilation.[c]. Django was around his family all the time; when he was not hiding out with them, they would go to where he was. desanyja, La Bella Laurence egy mnus-szinti komikusokbl s zenszekbl ll vndor trsulatnak volt a tagja. Beginning in 1933, all German Romani were barred from living in cities, herded into settlement camps, and routinely sterilized. 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). [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. 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. Such a feat would only be possible if Django could form a completely new method of playing developed around the permanently paralyzed third and fourth fingers of his left hand. He developed his own unique and unconventional musical technique, which eventually made him a legend in the history of music. As a French-speaking Belgian gypsy, he's the first European musical virtuoso to influence American jazz guitarists. 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]. But it might come to pass, perhaps one day. Even more, I studied his gentleness. [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. 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. Reinhardt expanded his musical horizons during this period. [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. 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. "[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. [11]:6466. He would also periodically vanish for greater lengths, disappearing for a week or two to play at his beloved gypsy campfires. Django: the Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend . He had full use of only the index and middle. [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. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one. Born in Belgium, his French father, Jean Eugene Weiss, chose to use his wife's maiden name of Reinhart instead of Weiss. (Organ begins to play) The thinking man's pop!". Additional problems occurred around the dilemma of Django never having learned to tune his own guitar (he had always relied upon his brother Joseph). After the war, Reinhardt rejoined Grappelli in the UK and went on to tour the United States in 1946 with Duke Ellington's orchestra as a special guest soloist. [2]:251, In 1951, Reinhardt retired to Samois-sur-Seine, near Fontainebleau, where he lived until his death. This marriage also produced one son. The Django web framework, a Python web framework, was named after Reinhardt. Tears by Django Reinhardt | Practicing guitar improvisation for the minor part. 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. 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. [24] During the war, Romani were systematically killed in concentration camps. When he was 14, the young artist began his professional career accompanying the popular accordionist, Guerino, in underworld Parisian dance halls. Nevertheless, Reinhardt kept playing. 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. Babik Reinhardt After "going electric," the results were not as well received by fans. 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. These posthumous compilations include Django Reinhardt et Ses Rythmes, Le Jazz Hot, Djangos Guitar, The Immortal Django Reinhardt Guitar and Routes to Django Reinhardt. An injury in a fire could have ended Django Reinhardt's career. His father was Jean Eugene Weiss and his mother was Laurence Reinhardt. Reinhardt is regarded as one of the greatest guitar players of all time, and the first important European jazz musician to make a major contribution with jazz guitar. After the tour, Reinhardt secured an engagement at Caf Society Uptown, where he played four solos a day, backed by the resident band. Archtop Magazine, March 1988; reproduced in Cruickshank, 1994, p. 47. "___ pronounce you husband and wife": 2 wds. His final years were difficult. In 2005, a documentary film named Djangomania was released. "Django Reinhardt a reassessment". The festival was organized by George Wein. Jazz Manouche and Gypsy Jazz. Reinhardt's most popular compositions have become standards within gypsy jazz, including "Minor Swing",[5] "Daphne", "Belleville", "Djangology", "Swing '42", and "Nuages". [22], In 1938, Reinhardt's quintet played to thousands at an all-star show held in London's Kilburn State auditorium. The origin of the nickname Django is highly debated. On a few occasions he refused to get out of bed. Jean Django Reinhardt was born on 23rd January 1910 in Liberchies, Pont-a-Celles, Belgium. [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. By legend, the trip was a disaster: he arrived without his Selmer, never found a guitar he liked, was booed by audiences, and. Managed by: Private User. The song "Muskrat Love" by America (band) makes a comment about Django, though spelled "Jango" in the lyrics. It was released on 2 June 2015, by Legacy Recordings. 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. The concept of "lead guitar" (Django) and backing "rhythm guitar" (Joseph Reinhardt/Roger Chaput or Pierre Ferret) was born with this band. His infallible technique, his daring, 'on the edge' improvisations coupled with his vastly advanced harmonic sense, took him to musical heights that Christian and many other Bop musicians never came near. 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. "[8], Feeling unappreciated by critics and not accepted by French authorities as the legal heir of Django, Lousson retired from playing in 1980. Jeff Beck described Reinhardt as "by far the most astonishing guitar player ever" and "quite superhuman".[61]. Burned while saving his pregnant wife, Django Reinhardt spent more than a year in and out of hospitals. He played a few tunes at the end of the show, backed by Ellington, with no special arrangements written for him. [8] The birth certificate refers to "Jean Reinhart, son of Jean Baptiste Reinhart, artist, and Laurence Reinhart, housewife, domiciled in Paris".[9]. Soon thereafter, the couple split up. 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. 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. He skipped sold-out concerts to "walk to the beach" or "smell the dew. Reinhardt was attracted to music at an early age, first playing the violin. The entire left side of his body was badly burned and to spend 18 months in hospital. This also led to him developing a unique technique, in which he could play with only his remaining fingers. "[11]:145 During this period he continued to attend the R-26 artistic salon in Montmartre, improvising with his devoted collaborator, Stphane Grappelli. [19]:93. 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. He only played when the spirit moved him, and perhaps behaved similarly in many other facets of his life, as well. Due to this nature, Django may have been a bit detached from the world of practicality, more often adrift in the realm of spirit from where his ardent affection for music stemmed from. Information med symbolet hentes fra Wikidata. 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. 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. (Organ continues to play), Dregni, Michael. 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. Seus pais, Jean-Eugne Weiss e Laurence Reinhardt, ciganos franceses, o criaram em meio ao seu acampamento. 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[1][2] (French: [do jnat] or [do ent]; 23 January 1910 - 16 May 1953) was a Belgium-born French guitarist and composer of Romani ethnicity. He united with Grappelli, and used his acoustic Selmer-Maccaferri. 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 can make me cry when I hear him. On May 16th 1953 Django suffered a massive brain hemorrhage and died, leaving behind his wife Sophie and son Babik. The album contains the song "Django and Jimmie" which is a tribute to musicians Django Reinhardt and Jimmie Rodgers.[56]. [39][2]:cover[b], Jazz guitarists in the U.S., such as Charlie Byrd and Wes Montgomery, were influenced by his style. . in accordance with New World Encyclopedia standards. 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. "The Lost: The Secret History of Lousson Baumgartner and the "Other" Family." Moreover, he had general difficulties living amidst the present-day culture. The son eventually took the surname of his mother's new husband. However, Reinhardt later had second thoughts about what role he could play alongside Goodman, who was the "King of Swing", and remained in France. 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. King; the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia; Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi; Jimi Hendrix; Shawn Lane; Stevie Ray Vaughan; Mark Knopfler; Les Paul; Joe Pass; Peter Frampton; Denny Laine;Jeff Beck; Steve Howe; Charlie Christian; George Benson; Wes Montgomery; Martin Taylor; Tchavolo Schmitt; Stochelo Rosenberg; Birli Lagrne; John Jorgenson; Michael Angelo Batio; Richard Thompson; Robert Fripp; and Jeff Martin. After the war, Reinhardt rejoined Grappelli in the UK. Django Reinhardt married Florine Mayer in 1927 according to gypsy custom although their marriage was not registered, and therefore not recognised under French law. It is very difficult to achieve the same tone, articulation and clarity using all 5 left hand fingers. A French film based on his lifetitled Djangowas also released recently. Django Reinhardt nasceu em Liberchies, na Blgica, no distante da fronteira com a Frana, em 23 de janeiro de 1910. [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. Django Reinhardt, January 23, Gypsy Jazz great Django Reinhardt was born Jean Reinhardt on the 23 January 1910 in Belgium into a Roma family who traveled around France and Belgium, He came from a musical family as his father was a musician and his mother a dancer. Born in Belgium in 1910, Reinhardt grew up in Romani (Gypsy) camps near Paris, learning banjo, guitar, and violin. He would sometimes show up for concerts without a guitar or amp, or wander off to the park or beach when he was due to perform. [54], Numerous musicians have written and recorded tributes to Reinhardt. It has a little to do with the real Django Reinhardt, jazz guitarist . The young guitarist was at home with his common-law wife, Bella, in their gypsy caravan on the edge of Paris. He wed his second wife, Silvia Ward, and they went on to have a son together who they named Django. [11]:3135, Within a year of the fire, in 1929, Bella Mayer gave birth to their son, Henri "Lousson" Reinhardt. DR: It is an extract of my mass. Allegedly, one night Reinhardt was given, on stage, an untuned guitar to play with and the great musician fumbled for five whole minutes to tune it himself. Reinhardt's talents and reputation as a musician in the city rose steadily, until, at the age of 18, Django knocked over a candle on his way to bed after returning home late one night after a performance. Both his sons, Lousson and Babik, also followed in his footsteps and became jazz guitarists. Writing in 1945, Billy Neil and E. Gates stated that, Reinhardt set new standards by an almost incredible and hitherto unthought-of technique His ideas have a freshness and spontaneity that are at once fascinating and alluring [Nevertheless] The characteristics of Reinhardt's music are primarily emotional. Two of his fingers were badly burnt and he thought that he would never be able to play the guitar again. [2] In February 2017, the Berlin International Film Festival held the world premiere of the French film Django. Though only two fingers of his left hand were functional, he became one of the most famed and prominent jazz musicians in the 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. However, they parted shortly after the accident. It was a Saturday, and it took a full day for a doctor to arrive. Is that accurate? As well, Reinhardt was known by his band, fans, and managers to be extremely unpredictable. In his later style (c.1946 onwards) Reinhardt began to incorporate more bebop influences in his compositions and improvisations, also fitting a Stimer electric pickup to his acoustic guitar. Fortunately for him, a jazz-loving German, Luftwaffe officer Dietrich Schulz-Khn[de], allowed him to return to Paris. 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. 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. During World War II both Roma and jazz musicians were targeted by the Nazi regime. You don't hear it. DR: No, it's not I who notates the music. Discover Very Best of Django Reinhardt [Greatest Hits] by Django Reinhardt released in 2007. His modernist piece "Rythme Futur" was also intended to be acceptable to the Nazis. Django Reinhardt and Duke Ellington. 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]. ( Django Reinhardt 1910 123 - 1953 516 ) [1] [2] [3] [4] [ ] [ ] Born in Belgium and raised in a gypsy camp near Paris, he first learned to play the violin, but later switched to banjo-guitar. 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". [39][a] During his career he wrote nearly 100 songs, according to jazz guitarist Frank Vignola. He made his first recordings under the name of Jiango Reinhardt when he was in his late teens. 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 British guitarist Diz Disley plays in a style based on Reinhardt's technique and he collaborated on numerous projects with Stphane Grappelli; Reinhardt also had an influence on other styles and musical genres, including Western Swing, notably in the work of Bob Wills. Jimi Hendrix is said to have named one of his bands the Band of Gypsys because of Django's music. 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. stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Instead, he reinvented the jazz guitar and became a legend. [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. In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman. Healed, Reinhardt found he had lost his wife, his job, his caravan . 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. [11]:93, When World War II broke out, the original quintet was on tour in the United Kingdom. His work has influenced many such artistes like BB King and Carlos Santana. Clean with a rag: Ending for "bachelor" or "disk" He never had any formal schooling. His young wife, Florine "Bella" Mayer, made fake flowers from celluloid and paper and their caravan was filled with highly flammable materials. May 16, 1953, when, while returning from the Avon, Seine-et-Marne train station, he collapsed 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. Performers included Grappelli, Benny Carter, and Mike Peters with his group of seven musicians. Django's technique was not only phenomenal, but it was personal and unique to him due to his handicap. Despite all the troubles, he continued creating music whenever he could. In fact, Byrd, who lived from 1925 to 1999, said that Reinhardt was his primary influence. In 1965, he had his first short-lived marriage to Carla Evonne Stewart, which ended after only one year of wedlock. 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. Even the few times he does not quite make his ideas flow out flawlessly it is still so exciting that mistakes don't matter! 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. So Django Reinhardt was born in Belgium in 1910 but moved to France. 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. [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. [12], He received little formal education and acquired the rudiments of literacy only in adult life. By the mid-1930s, he had also started playing with the violinist Stphane Grappelli, and with her, he formed the Quintet of the Hot Club. Neill, Billy & Gates, E. 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