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Django's Hand

A new double cd, The Essential Django Reinhardt, has just been released by Sony Legacy. On the cd cover is a famous photograph of the great gypsy musician, cigarette dangling from his mouth, framed by ...
Publishers Weekly

Django, Hand on Fire: The Great Django Reinhardt

Salva Rubio and Efa, trans. from the French by Matt Madden. NBM, $19.99 (88p) ISBN 978-1-68112-287-8 The brilliant jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt (1910–1953) is given a high-drama origin story in ...
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For artists like Stevie Wonder, Django Reinhardt, disability became a catalyst for musical innovation

This story was originally published Oct. 12, 2020. In 1928, jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt narrowly escaped death in a fire that left his left fretting hand badly burned, fusing his pinky to the ...
NPR

Django Reinhardt: 'The Classic Early Recordings'

MURRAY HORWITZ, American Film Institute: Well, at the moment that record was being made, the Nazis were ascendant in Germany. The spectre of war loomed over Europe and somehow they found that rhythm.
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Jazz manouche

Born one hundred years ago, manouche jazz legend Django Reinhardt is often considered the best jazz guitarist of all time. France is honoring the musician with concerts, special edition CDs and TV ...