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| DJANGO REINHARDT - Swing (1939) |
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Jean-Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt (January 23, 1910
-- May 16, 1953) was a Belgian Sinto Gypsy jazz
guitarist. He was one of the first prominent jazz
musicians to be born in Europe, and one of the
most renowned jazz guitarists of all time. His
most renowned works include "My Sweet", "Minor
Swing", "Tears", "Belleville", "Djangology" and
"Nuages".
Reinhardt spent most of his youth in
gypsy encampments close to Paris, playing banjo,
guitar and violin from an early age professionally
at Bal-musette halls in Paris. He started first on
the violin and eventually moved on to a
banjo-guitar that had been given to him and his
first known recordings (in 1928) were of him
playing the banjo.At the age of 18 Reinhardt was
injured in a fire that ravaged the caravan he
shared with Bella, his first wife. They were very
poor, and to supplement their income Bella made
imitation flowers out of celluloid and paper.
Consequently, their home was full of this highly
flammable material. Returning from a performance
late one night, Django apparently knocked over a
candle on his way to bed. While his family and
neighbors were quick to pull him to safety, he
received first- and second-degree burns over half
his body. His right leg was paralyzed and the
third and fourth fingers of his left hand were
badly burnt. Doctors believed that he would never
play guitar again and intended to amputate one of
his legs. Reinhardt refused to have the surgery
and left the hospital after a short time; he was
able to walk within a year with the aid of a cane.
In 1934, Louis Vola formed the
"Quintette du Hot Club de France" with Reinhardt,
violinist Stéphane Grappelli, Reinhardt's brother
Joseph and Roger Chaput on guitar, and himself on
bass.The concept of "lead guitar" (Django) and
backing "rhythm guitar" (Joseph Reinhardt/Roger
Chaput or Pierre Ferret) was born with that band.
When World War II broke out, the
original quintet was on tour in the United
Kingdom. Reinhardt returned to Paris.Reinhardt
survived World War II unscathed, unlike the many
Gypsies who perished in the porajmos, the Nazi
regime's systematic murder of several hundred
thousand European Gypsies, quite a few of whom
were sent to death camps. He was especially
fortunate because the Nazi regime did not allow
jazz to be performed and recorded. He apparently
enjoyed the protection of the Luftwaffe officer
Dietrich Schulz-Köhn, nicknamed "Doktor Jazz",
who deeply admired his music.
Many musicians have expressed
admiration for Reinhardt , including guitarist
Jimmy McCulloch, classical guitarist Julian Bream;
country artist Chet Atkins, who placed Reinhardt
#1 on a list of the ten most influential
guitarists of the 20th century ; Latin rocker
Carlos Santana; blues legend B.B. King; the
Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia; Black Sabbath's Tony
Iommi; Jimi Hendrix; Synyster Gates; Shawn Lane;
Stevie Ray Vaughan; Derek Trucks; Mark Knopfler;
Les Paul; Joe Pass; Peter Frampton; Denny Laine;
Jeff Beck; Jon Larsen; Steve Howe; Charlie
Christian and George Benson.
Jimi Hendrix is said to have named one
of his bands the Band of Gypsys because of
Django's music. The Allman Brothers Band song
"Jessica" was written by Dickey Betts in tribute
to Reinhardt — he wanted to write a song that
could be played using only two fingers. This
aspect of the artist's work also motivated Black
Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, who was inspired by
Reinhardt to keep playing guitar after a factory
accident that cost him two fingertips.
Tags : Swing jazz 1939.gypsy |
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Affichage : 122410
Durée : 140 s |
| Django Reinhardt New York City Festival - Dark Eyes |
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Live at Birdland on Nov. 10, 2005
Personnel: Dorado Schmitt, Angelo Debarre, Ludovic
Beier, Pierre Blanchard, Brian Torff, Samson
Schmitt, Gordon Lane, Lew Tabackin, Roger
Kellaway, David Langlois
http://www.djangobirdland.com
Tags : django reinhardt angelo debarre gypsy swing les yeux noirs |
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Affichage : 303163
Durée : 475 s |
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