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My Take
Django Reinhardt sits in the rarest tier of musicians for me. After a fire left two fingers on his fretting hand barely usable, he did not adapt around the limitation so much as transcend it, inventing a guitar language no one had heard. He effectively created Gypsy jazz single-handedly, the first major jazz voice to rise in Europe. More than seventy years after his death in 1953, guitarists still chase his sound and fail. He turned a catastrophic injury into a signature and then into art. When I need a definition of resilience, I just listen to him play.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Django Reinhardt
- Name (Japanese)
- ジャンゴ・ラインハルト
- Reading
- じゃんご・らいんはると
- Born
- January 23, 1910 – May 16, 1953
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Dog
- Origin
- Pont-à-Celles, Hainaut, Belgium
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- guitarist / composer / banjoist / jazz musician / jazz guitarist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Django Reinhardt born?
January 23, 1910 – May 16, 1953.
Where is Django Reinhardt from?
Django Reinhardt is from Pont-à-Celles, Hainaut, Belgium.
What does Django Reinhardt do?
Django Reinhardt works as guitarist, composer, banjoist, jazz musician, jazz guitarist.
Guitarist — see all → · Composer — see all → · More people from Belgium →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-17
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.