Reinhardt, Django

Django Reinhardt
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Django Reinhardt

Name	Reinhardt, Django Gender: M
Birthname	Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt
born on	23 January 1910 at 22:00 (= 10:00 PM )
Place	Liberchies, Belgium, 50n31, 4e25
Timezone	GMT h0e (is standard time)
Data source	Bio/autobiography Rodden Rating B Collector: Rodden
Astrology data	03°03' 13°35 Asc. 04°50'

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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 on 26 October 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 on 2 December 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 following a brain hemorrhage in Fontainebleau, France on 16 May 1953.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

• associate relationship with Guérin, Roger (born 9 January 1926)

• business associate/partner relationship with Grappelli, Stéphane (born 26 January 1908). Notes: Band mates

Events

• Health : Accident (Non-fatal) 26 October 1928 in Paris (Burned in a caravan fire)

• Work : Begin Major Project 2 December 1934 in Paris (Debut performance of Quintette with Stéphane Grappelli)

• Death by Disease 16 May 1953 in Fontainebleau (Brain hemorrhage, age 43)

Source Notes

Aaron Fischer quotes Charles Delaney "Django Reinhardt" (DeCapo, 1961, New York, p.32)

Categories

• Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Handicapped (Lost use of two finger of his left hand, burned)

• Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Accident/Injury (Burned)

• Lifestyle : Home : Many moves (Gypsy life through Europe)

• Vocation : Entertain/Music : Conductor

• Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Jazz)