The Official Django Reinhardt Thread (jazz, rock, genre, album)

~~Flower Child~~ · 06-24-2010, 02:30 PM

Count me in as another devout fan.
In fact, I'm plum simply starry-eyed over Django.

As soon as I heard the genre 'gypsy jazz' I knew this cat would be right up my alley. The only reason I came across him was that I was looking for The New Orleans Jazz Vipers version of 'Blue Drag' and couldn't find that but instead came up with Django's little rendition. It seems like I have discovered all of my favorite bands completely by chance like that. Anyway, it was love at first note. I knew nothing about him, or anything about his paralyzed fingers, but yet it only took me a few songs to get to the point where I was dying to know about the man who could make this unbelievable music.

Like everyone else, I feel his story is just unreal.
You know you hear about gypsies and caravans and such, but that gypsy way of life couldn't get any further away from what I know. It may as well have happened on another planet. So listening to his music really just engulfs me in that gypsy atmosphere that I would have never been able to experience otherwise. he is an amazing guitarist, yes, but its that atmoshpere I really love.

06-24-2010, 02:30 PM	#33 (permalink)
~~Flower Child~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: classified Posts: 639	Count me in as another devout fan. In fact, I'm plum simply starry-eyed over Django. As soon as I heard the genre 'gypsy jazz' I knew this cat would be right up my alley. The only reason I came across him was that I was looking for The New Orleans Jazz Vipers version of 'Blue Drag' and couldn't find that but instead came up with Django's little rendition. It seems like I have discovered all of my favorite bands completely by chance like that. Anyway, it was love at first note. I knew nothing about him, or anything about his paralyzed fingers, but yet it only took me a few songs to get to the point where I was dying to know about the man who could make this unbelievable music. Like everyone else, I feel his story is just unreal. You know you hear about gypsies and caravans and such, but that gypsy way of life couldn't get any further away from what I know. It may as well have happened on another planet. So listening to his music really just engulfs me in that gypsy atmosphere that I would have never been able to experience otherwise. he is an amazing guitarist, yes, but its that atmoshpere I really love.