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Wed Jul 8, 2026, 03:41 PM 19 hrs ago

Stardust - Django Reinhardt 🎸 Gypsy Jazz

Last edited Wed Jul 8, 2026, 08:53 PM - Edit history (2)


- Django Reinhardt on guitar and Coleman Hawkins on tenor saxophone.
- Jean Reinhardt (23 Jan. 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani nickname Django was a French jazz guitarist and composer. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one of its most significant exponents.

Reinhardt's most popular compositions have become standards within gypsy jazz, including "Minor Swing", "Daphne", "Belleville", "Djangology", "Swing '42", and "Nuages". The jazz guitarist Frank Vignola said that nearly every major popular music guitarist in the world has been influenced by Reinhardt...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt
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🎷Coleman Hawkins, tenor saxophone, jazz and bebop.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman_Hawkins
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