Reinhardt, Django
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| Birthname | Reinhardt, Jean Baptiste | ||
| born on | 23 January 1910 at 22:00 (= 10:00 PM ) | ||
| Place | Liverchies, Belgium, 50n25, 4e29 | ||
| Timezone | GMT h0w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   03°03'   13°35 Asc. 04°53'
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Biography
Belgian jazz musician and composer who gained an international reputation for his recordings. He lived the lifestyle of a typical gypsy, roaming Belgium and France in his caravan, picking up skills in playing the violin, banjo and guitar. At 18 he was seriously burned in a caravan fire, 11/1928, taking a year to recover. Losing the use of two fingers of his left hand, he worked out special techniques to compensate.
Reinhardt formed the "Quintet of the Hot Club of France," playing their concert debut in 1934. He worked off and on to 1939, subject to his capricious decisions to take off on wandering travels. He played a concert tour with Duke Ellington in 1946, his only visit to the U.S.
Died 5/16/1953, Fontainebleau, France.
Events
- Death, Cause unspecified 16 May 1953 (Age 43)
- Health : Accident (Non-fatal) November 1928 (Burned in a caravan fire)
Source Notes
Aaron Fischer quotes Charles Delaney "Django Reinhardt" (DeCapo, 1961, New York, p.32)
Categories
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Conductor
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Jazz)
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Accident/Injury (Burned)
- Lifestyle : Home : Many moves (Gypsy life through Europe)
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Handicapped (Lost use of two finger of his left hand, burned)
