On which instrument was Django Reinhardt considered a virtuoso performer?
Django Reinhardt School" and also on volume 12 of the "Intégrale Django Reinhardt" CD compilation. Django Reinhardt Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953) stage name Django Reinhardt ( or ), was a Belgian-born Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer, regarded as one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century. He was the first jazz talent to emerge from Europe and remains the most significant. With violinist Stéphane Grappelli, Reinhardt formed the Paris-based Quintette du Hot Club de France in 1934. The group was among the first to play jazz that featured the guitar as a lead instrument. Reinhardt recorded
Django Reinhardt was a genius, Duke Ellington was another one, and Reinhardt was also." Grisman adds, "As far as I'm concerned, no one since has come anywhere close to Django Reinhardt as an improviser or technician." The popularity of gypsy jazz has generated an increasing number of festivals, such as the Festival Django Reinhardt held every last weekend of June since 1983 in Samois-sur-Seine (France), the various DjangoFests held throughout Europe and the USA, and Django in June, an annual camp for Gypsy jazz musicians and aficionados. In February 2017, the Berlin International Film Festival held the world premiere of "Django", a