Rarely has an artist been as worshipped as Django Reinhardt. He is said to have influenced every major popular-music guitarist in the world. Extraordinary role model of resilience, he was able to recapture and then surpass his mastery on the guitar after the fire accident that nearly killed him. He incorporated many gipsy influences into his approach of jazz. He could neither read nor write music but he had a sense of melodic invention, musical dynamics and tonal range. Guitarists abroad could...
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