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Django Reinhardt

Regarded by some as the greatest guitarist of all time, Django Reinhardt (Django is the Romany word for "I awake") overcame all manner of social and physical problems to invent a whole new style of playing that became known as "hot jazz" after his trailblazing group Quintette du Hot Club de France. Born into a family of Manouche gypsies who made cane furniture for a living, Reinhardt spent most of his early life in encampments around Paris and, from an early age, displayed an instinctive musical talent on violin, guitar and banjo, learning from other gypsy musicians. His first kn...