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Jean "Django" Reinhardt (23 January 1910 - 16 May 1953) was a Belgian Gypsy jazz guitarist.

Born Jean Reinhardt in Liberchies, Belgium, Reinhardt's Gypsy nickname "Django" was Romani for "I awake". He spent most of his youth in gypsy encampments close to Paris, playing banjo, guitar and violin from an early age, and 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 eighteen, Reinhardt was injured in a fire that ravaged the caravan he shared with Florine "Bella" Mayer, 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 inflammable material. Returning from a performance late one night,
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DJANGO REINHARDT Django Et Stéphane - 14 Enregistrements Inédits album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Django Et Stéphane - 14 Enregistrements Inédits
Swing 1949
DJANGO REINHARDT Django Reinhardt And His Rhythm album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Django Reinhardt And His Rhythm
Swing 1953
DJANGO REINHARDT In Memoriam album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
In Memoriam
Swing 1953
DJANGO REINHARDT Quintet of the French Hot Club, Vol. 1 album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Quintet of the French Hot Club, Vol. 1
Swing 1953
DJANGO REINHARDT Memorial Volume 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Memorial Volume 2
Swing 1954
DJANGO REINHARDT The Great Artistry Of Django Reinhardt (aka Django Reinhardt And His Rhythm) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Great Artistry Of Django Reinhardt (aka Django Reinhardt And His Rhythm)
Swing 1954
DJANGO REINHARDT In Memorium 1908-1954 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In Memorium 1908-1954
Swing 1955
DJANGO REINHARDT Django album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Django
Swing 1957
DJANGO REINHARDT Django (La Voix De Son Maître) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Django (La Voix De Son Maître)
Swing 1957
DJANGO REINHARDT Django Volume V album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Django Volume V
Swing 1958
DJANGO REINHARDT Djangology album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Djangology
Swing 1961
DJANGO REINHARDT Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelly With The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelly With The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France
Swing 1964
DJANGO REINHARDT Django Reinhardt En Belgique 1942 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Django Reinhardt En Belgique 1942
Swing 1964
DJANGO REINHARDT Djangology 49 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Djangology 49
Swing 1990

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DJANGO REINHARDT L'Inoubliable (aka The Immortal Django Reinhardt Guitar) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
L'Inoubliable (aka The Immortal Django Reinhardt Guitar)
Swing 1962
DJANGO REINHARDT Djangology, Volume 1: Georgia on My Mind album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Djangology, Volume 1: Georgia on My Mind
Swing 1978
DJANGO REINHARDT Djangology, Volume 2: Sweet Georgia Brown album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Djangology, Volume 2: Sweet Georgia Brown
Swing 1978
DJANGO REINHARDT Djangology, Volume 3: Minor Swing album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Djangology, Volume 3: Minor Swing
Swing 1978
DJANGO REINHARDT Djangology, Volume 4: Tea for Two album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Djangology, Volume 4: Tea for Two
Swing 1978
DJANGO REINHARDT Djangology, Volume 5: Body and Soul album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Djangology, Volume 5: Body and Soul
Swing 1978
DJANGO REINHARDT Djangology, Volume 6: Daphné album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Djangology, Volume 6: Daphné
Swing 1978
DJANGO REINHARDT Djangology, Volume 7: Nuages album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Djangology, Volume 7: Nuages
Swing 1978
DJANGO REINHARDT Djangology, Volume 8: Swing 42 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Djangology, Volume 8: Swing 42
Swing 1978
DJANGO REINHARDT Djangology, Volume 9: Manoir de mes rêves album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Djangology, Volume 9: Manoir de mes rêves
Swing 1978
DJANGO REINHARDT Djangology, Volume 10: Echoes of France album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Djangology, Volume 10: Echoes of France
Swing 1978
DJANGO REINHARDT Rome, 1949-1950, Volume 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rome, 1949-1950, Volume 2
Swing 1987
DJANGO REINHARDT Rome, 1949-1950, Volume 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rome, 1949-1950, Volume 1
Swing 1987
DJANGO REINHARDT Swing in Paris, 1936-1940 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swing in Paris, 1936-1940
Swing 1991
DJANGO REINHARDT Pêche à la mouche album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Pêche à la mouche
Swing 1992
DJANGO REINHARDT The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order
Swing 1992
DJANGO REINHARDT Guitar Genius album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Guitar Genius
Swing 1992
DJANGO REINHARDT The Great Django Reinhardt album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Great Django Reinhardt
Swing 1993
DJANGO REINHARDT Verve Jazz Masters 38 album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Verve Jazz Masters 38
Swing 1994
DJANGO REINHARDT The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1937 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1937
Swing 1994
DJANGO REINHARDT The Indispensable Django Reinhardt album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
The Indispensable Django Reinhardt
Swing 1994
DJANGO REINHARDT Gypsy Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gypsy Jazz
Swing 1994
DJANGO REINHARDT Djangology: The Gipsy Genius album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Djangology: The Gipsy Genius
Swing 1994
DJANGO REINHARDT The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1938-1939 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1938-1939
Swing 1995
DJANGO REINHARDT The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1940 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1940
Swing 1995
DJANGO REINHARDT Swing de Paris album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swing de Paris
Swing 1995
DJANGO REINHARDT The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1940-1941 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1940-1941
Swing 1995
DJANGO REINHARDT The Best of Django Reinhardt album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
The Best of Django Reinhardt
Swing 1996
DJANGO REINHARDT The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1941-1942 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1941-1942
Swing 1996
DJANGO REINHARDT Django Reinhardt at the Hot Club Of France album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Django Reinhardt at the Hot Club Of France
Swing 1996
DJANGO REINHARDT The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1937-1938 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1937-1938
Swing 1996
DJANGO REINHARDT The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1935-1936 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1935-1936
Swing 1996
DJANGO REINHARDT The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1935 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1935
Swing 1996
DJANGO REINHARDT The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1934-1935 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1934-1935
Swing 1996
DJANGO REINHARDT The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1937, Volume 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1937, Volume 2
Swing 1996
DJANGO REINHARDT The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1939-1940 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1939-1940
Swing 1996
DJANGO REINHARDT Django Reinhardt and His American Friends, Complete Sessions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Django Reinhardt and His American Friends, Complete Sessions
Swing 1996
DJANGO REINHARDT The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1944-1946 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1944-1946
Swing 1997
DJANGO REINHARDT The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1942-1943 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1942-1943
Swing 1997
DJANGO REINHARDT Nuages album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Nuages
Swing 1997
DJANGO REINHARDT Portrait album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Portrait
Swing 1997
DJANGO REINHARDT The Gold Collection album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Gold Collection
Swing 1997
DJANGO REINHARDT The Masters album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Masters
Swing 1997
DJANGO REINHARDT Django With His American Friends album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Django With His American Friends
Swing 1998
DJANGO REINHARDT Selection of..., Vol.2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Selection of..., Vol.2
Swing 1998
DJANGO REINHARDT The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1947 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1947
Swing 1998
DJANGO REINHARDT Planet Jazz: Django Reinhardt album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Planet Jazz: Django Reinhardt
Swing 1998
DJANGO REINHARDT Essential: Masters of Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Essential: Masters of Jazz
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 10: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 10: "Nuages"
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Swing 47 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swing 47
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 9: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 9: "H.C.Q. Strut"
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 17: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 17: "La Mer"
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 1: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 1: "Présentation Stomp"
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 3: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 3: "Djangology"
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 4: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 4: "Magic Strings"
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 5: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 5: "Mystery Pacific"
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 6: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 6: "Swinging With Django"
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 7: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 7: "Christmas Swing"
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 8: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 8: "Swing From Paris"
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 11: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 11: "Swing 42"
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 12: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 12: "Manoir des mes rêves"
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 13: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 13: "Echoes of France"
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 14: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 14: "Django's Dream"
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 15: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 15: "Gipsy With a Song"
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 16: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 16: "Festival 48"
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 18: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 18: "I'll Never Be the Same"
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 19: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 19: "Troublant Boléro"
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 20 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 20
Swing 1999
DJANGO REINHARDT Jazz in Paris: Django et compagnie album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Jazz in Paris: Django et compagnie
Swing 2000
DJANGO REINHARDT Jazz in Paris: Swing 39 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz in Paris: Swing 39
Swing 2000
DJANGO REINHARDT Accords parfaits album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Accords parfaits
Swing 2000
DJANGO REINHARDT Djangology album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Djangology
Swing 2000
DJANGO REINHARDT Jazz in Paris: Swing From Paris album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz in Paris: Swing From Paris
Swing 2000
DJANGO REINHARDT Djangology, Volume 1: 1934-35 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Djangology, Volume 1: 1934-35
Swing 2001
DJANGO REINHARDT Jazz in Paris: Django's Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz in Paris: Django's Blues
Swing 2001
DJANGO REINHARDT Djangology, Volume 2: 1938-39 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Djangology, Volume 2: 1938-39
Swing 2001
DJANGO REINHARDT Jazz indispensable album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz indispensable
Swing 2001
DJANGO REINHARDT Crazy Rhythm album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Crazy Rhythm
Swing 2001
DJANGO REINHARDT Jazz in Paris: Nuages album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz in Paris: Nuages
Swing 2002
DJANGO REINHARDT Jazz in Paris: Nuits de Saint-Germain-des-Prés album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz in Paris: Nuits de Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Swing 2002
DJANGO REINHARDT Minor Swing album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Minor Swing
Swing 2002
DJANGO REINHARDT The Quintessence: Paris-Bruxelles 1934-1943 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Quintessence: Paris-Bruxelles 1934-1943
Swing 2002
DJANGO REINHARDT Jazz in Paris: Swing 48 album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Jazz in Paris: Swing 48
Swing 2002
DJANGO REINHARDT Souvenirs album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Souvenirs
Swing 2002
DJANGO REINHARDT Anthology 1934-1937 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Anthology 1934-1937
Swing 2002
DJANGO REINHARDT Intégrale, Volume 2: 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intégrale, Volume 2: "I Saw Stars"
Swing 2002
DJANGO REINHARDT L'Or de Django album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
L'Or de Django
Swing 2003
DJANGO REINHARDT Django in Rome 1949/1950 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Django in Rome 1949/1950
Swing 2003
DJANGO REINHARDT Les 100 Plus Grands Succès de Django Reinhardt album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Les 100 Plus Grands Succès de Django Reinhardt
Swing 2003
DJANGO REINHARDT Rétrospective: 1934-53 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rétrospective: 1934-53
Swing 2003
DJANGO REINHARDT Les années Django album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Les années Django
Swing 2003
DJANGO REINHARDT Nuages Tears album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Nuages Tears
Swing 2003
DJANGO REINHARDT The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1947-1951 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1947-1951
Swing 2003
DJANGO REINHARDT Jazz in Paris: Place de Brouckère album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz in Paris: Place de Brouckère
Swing 2004
DJANGO REINHARDT Jazz Ballads 7 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Ballads 7
Swing 2004
DJANGO REINHARDT Django Reinhardt, Volume 4: 1937 Swingin' with Django album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Django Reinhardt, Volume 4: 1937 Swingin' with Django
Swing 2004
DJANGO REINHARDT Swing From Paris album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swing From Paris
Swing 2004
DJANGO REINHARDT In Solitaire: Complete Recordings for Solo Guitar 1937-1950 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In Solitaire: Complete Recordings for Solo Guitar 1937-1950
Swing 2005
DJANGO REINHARDT I Got Rhythm album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I Got Rhythm
Swing 2005
DJANGO REINHARDT Trésors album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Trésors
Swing 2005
DJANGO REINHARDT 40 Breathtaking Recordings album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
40 Breathtaking Recordings
Swing 2006
DJANGO REINHARDT 100 Swinging Greats! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
100 Swinging Greats!
Swing 2007
DJANGO REINHARDT The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1951-1953 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Django Reinhardt 1951-1953
Swing 2007
DJANGO REINHARDT Plays Django Reinhardt album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Plays Django Reinhardt
Swing 2008
DJANGO REINHARDT 100 Chansons album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
100 Chansons
Swing 2008
DJANGO REINHARDT Djangologie album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Djangologie
Swing 2009
DJANGO REINHARDT The Electric Years album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Electric Years
Swing 2009
DJANGO REINHARDT The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
Swing 2010
DJANGO REINHARDT Jazz in Paris Collector's Edition: The Great Artistry of Django Reinhardt album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz in Paris Collector's Edition: The Great Artistry of Django Reinhardt
Swing 2010
DJANGO REINHARDT Swing De Paris (2012) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swing De Paris (2012)
Swing 2012

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