Latest Release
- 6 APR 2024
- 35 Songs
- Djangologie, Vol. 9 / 1939 - 1940 · 1970
- Djangologie, Vol. 16 / 1947 - 1949 · 1970
- The Essential: Django Reinhardt · 1949
- Djangology · 1949
- The Very Best of Django Reinhardt and Perry O'Neal, Vol. 3 · 2007
- Djangologie, Vol. 19 / 1949 - 1950 · 1971
- Tea for Two (The Very Best Of) · 1988
- Quintette du hot club de France · 1989
- Live and Electric (Chicago, 1946) - EP · 1994
- Django Reinhardt in Paris · 2000
Essential Albums
Artist Playlists
- All hail the gypsy king of jazz guitar.
- Swinging at the movies, plus tributes from jazz greats.
- The guitarist investigates sounds far beyond France.
Singles & EPs
- 2017
Appears On
- Quintette du Hot Club du France
About Django Reinhardt
Born in Belgium in 1910 and raised in France, Romani guitarist Django Reinhardt was the first European jazz musician to carve out a unique style—jazz manouche—wedding the virtuosic speed and rhythmic conception of Roma traditional music with jazz improvisation. He led the transformation of the guitar from a rhythmic to a soloistic role, and wrote numerous compositions that became standards, including “Nuages” and “Minor Swing”. Although he taught himself to play numerous instruments as a child, Reinhardt didn’t connect with jazz until the late 1920s, and after meeting violinist Stéphane Grappelli in Paris he began formulating a style that emerged with their Quintette du Hot Club de France, performing with many visiting American jazz greats. The band was touring the UK at the outbreak of World War II, so Reinhardt returned to France for the duration, but he reunited with Grappelli in 1946 and also travelled to the US to tour with Duke Ellington. He died in 1953 from a brain hemorrhage.
- HOMETOWN
- Liberchies, Belgium
- BORN
- 23 januari 1910
- GENRE
- Jazz