Today is the birthday of Jean “Django” Reinhardt (1910-1953), one of the greatest jaxx guitarists of all time and considered the first important jazz musician to come our of Europe. Belgian by nationality and Romani (Gypsy) by birth, he learned to play banjo and violin as a child, later switching to guitar. Remarkably, he lost [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:24AM on January 23, 2013