Django Reinhardt
Birthday
1910/01/23
Day of death
1953/05/16 (43 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Liberchies, Wallonia, Belgium
Also know as
Jean Reinhardt
Biography
Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known to all by his Romani nickname Django, was a Belgian-born Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one of its most significant exponents. With violinist Stéphane Grappelli, Reinhardt formed the Paris-based Quintette du Hot Club de France in 1934. The group was among the first to play jazz that featured the guitar as a lead instrument. Reinhardt recorded in...Read more
Acting
(1939) Jazz Hot
as Self
(2010) Django Reinhardt, trois doigts de génie
as Self
(1943) Stage Door Canteen
as Django Reinhardt (uncredited)
(1957) Django Reinhardt
as Self (archive footage)
(2000) Familiengeschichten
as Self
(1986) ZDF-Fernsehgarten
as Self
(2006) Legends
as Self (archive footage)
(2010) Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz
as Self