Django Reinhardt
- MatchDjango Reinhardt
- 100%Stéphane Grappelli
- 64%Art Tatum
- 64%Sidney Bechet
- 64%Wes Montgomery
- 61%Benny Goodman
- 61%Erroll Garner
- 60%Lionel Hampton
- 59%Lonnie Johnson
- 58%Count Basie
- 58%Joe Pass
Biography
Jean Baptiste Reinhardt, 23 January 1910, Liberchies, near Luttre, Belgium, d. 16 May 1953, Fontainebleau, France. Reinhardt first played violin but later took up the guitar. Living a nomadic life with his gypsy family, he played in a touring show before he was in his teens. Following serious injuries which he suffered in a caravan fire in 1928 he lost the use of two fingers on his left hand. To overcome this handicap, he devised a unique method of fingering and soon embarked on a solo career... Read more