[78-L] Django Reinhardt 100: Centennial (1910-2010)

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Django Reinhardt is unique, a Gypsy guitar genius, who became an icon of the
swing jazz period in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s. Django is world
famous for his command of the guitar, although he had to overcome the
handicap of missing full use of all fingers at his fretting hand. Further,
he is also famed for his compositions, some of which have become part of the
jazz standard repertoire, like Minor Swing, Nuages and Djangology. Django
was a personality larger than life according to the many anecdotes and
stories told about him, his biography has always been surrounded by the myth
of a legend. Here we will keep to facts about his career. ( Jøgen Larsen in
Keep Swinging ( http://keepswinging.blogspot.com )

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