Jazz Photo Archives | The Jazz Library on Instagram: "Celebrating the birthday of the Legendary, almost mythical Belgian-born Romani jazz guitarist of the swing era, Django Reinhardt. Django Reinhardt was the first hugely influential jazz figure to emerge from Europe and the person most credited with developing the style known as gypsy jazz, jazz manouche, or hot club jazz. Reinhardt came up with a unique way of propelling the acoustic guitar into the front line of a jazz combo in the days befor

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