Django Reinhardt: el nacimiento de un genio | Docvmental (2005)

La vida y obra de uno de los más grandes guitarristas de toda la historia del Jazz, Django Reinhardt, con una documentación extensísima de su obra y los lugares donde vivió, sobre todo París. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eIWh4oMDdg Los Reinhardt pertenecian al clán de los manouche, gitanos que procedían del este de Europa y, como tantos otros, se… Continue lendo Django Reinhardt: el nacimiento de un genio | Docvmental (2005)

The history of Gypsy Jazz | The Fiddle Channel

Where did gypsy jazz come from? What were its predecessors? This brief documentary traces the origins of Gypsy Jazz in early 20th Century Paris, with its roots in the tzigane music of the Cabarets Russe, the Manouche musicians working in Bals Musette, and the Jazz Clubs of the 1920's and 30's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFBkBC5WfOc Figures such as… Continue lendo The history of Gypsy Jazz | The Fiddle Channel

How Django Reinhardt survived the Nazi occupation of Paris

Interesting documentary, some great snippets of Django on film and some good context for understanding how he survived occupied Paris. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH40n5lchQo However the issue of Django's possible collaboration is poorly dealt with. There is no primary evidence (witnesses or documents) nor secondary evidence (rumours or second hand tales) presented to support the contention, just the… Continue lendo How Django Reinhardt survived the Nazi occupation of Paris

Artists Who Changed Music: Django Reinhardt | Produce Like A Pro

Django Reinhard has been called “the greatest guitarist who ever lived.” During his heyday, the 1930s and 40s, Reinhardt came up with solo and harmonic innovations on the guitar that had a big impact on modern jazz, blues, country, and rock guitar styles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6KqE_KS6p8 Together with violinist Stephane Grappelli, Reinhardt came up with a new,… Continue lendo Artists Who Changed Music: Django Reinhardt | Produce Like A Pro

HOT CLUB OF BALTIMORE – Vintage Django Reinhardt

Vintage Django Reinhardt style swing featuring guitarist Duved Dunayevsky & violinist Daniel Garlitsky. Named after the legendary Hot Club de France, Hot Club of Baltimore’s Michael Joseph Harris, Connor Holdridge and Shawn Simon perform at An Die Musik in Baltimore Maryland. Jean Reinhardt, known by his Romani nickname Django, was a Romani-Belgian jazz guitarist and… Continue lendo HOT CLUB OF BALTIMORE – Vintage Django Reinhardt

DJANGO REINHARDT – The Best of Jazz Guitar (The Greatest Jazz Masterpieces)

Jean "Django" Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953) was a Belgian-born French guitarist and composer of Romani ethnicity. 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. After his third… Continue lendo DJANGO REINHARDT – The Best of Jazz Guitar (The Greatest Jazz Masterpieces)

PATRICK SAUSSOIS – Le Jazz Gitano Parisien

Guitarist Patrick Saussois was born in Paris as the son of a Breton/Basque father and a mother with gypsy origins. As a child he became fascinated by the guitar thanks to his father and he mastered the instrument over the years as a true autodidact. It should be noted that he, a left-hander, learned to… Continue lendo PATRICK SAUSSOIS – Le Jazz Gitano Parisien

DJANGO LEGACY – Minor Swing (live @ Django Reinhardt Festival Fontainebleau 2022)

The Festival Django Reinhardt is a Gypsy jazz music festival held during late June or early July at Samois-sur-Seine, France, and, since 2017, in the grounds of the nearby Château de Fontainebleau. Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFYNq5zdD0U The festival combines a musical program with creative, leisure and artistic activities about jazz, guitars and Gypsies.

Hommage à Django Reinhardt (1960)

RTF, Jazz Memories n°16: "Hommage à Django Reinhardt"Présentation: Simon Copans, Maurice Culaz, Charles Delaunay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs1OksZnBqs Nuage 00:05Biographie de Django (par S. Copans) 00:48Valse en La (ou "Montagne Ste Geneviève", ou "Valse à Django" ) 01:59Matelo & Maurice Ferret, (guitare), Jean-Baptiste "Mac Kac" Reilles (batterie), Emmanuel Soudieux (basse)Biographie de Django (suite) 03:28Tears 04:19Matelo Ferré, Maurice Ferret… Continue lendo Hommage à Django Reinhardt (1960)

Les Yeux Noirs – DJANGO REINHARDT / TCHAVOLO SCHMITT

“Dark Eyes” is a well-known Russian romance folk song. The lyrics were written by the Ukrainian poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka. The first publication of the poem was in Hrebinka’s own Russian translation in Literaturnaya Gazeta in 1843. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua-MWLJvGvM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF275_DXP1o