A lifetime highlight was to sit in a forest around a campfire playing jazz with
Django Reinhardt's grandson, David Reinhardt.
Yet, every night the city comes alive with guitarist and composer
Django Reinhardt's witty, life-affirming music.
Based on the life of French jazz guitarist
Django Reinhardt, Djangoopened the 67th Berlin Film Festival earlier this year.
The London-born musician's virtuoso guitarplaying is his key asset and he demonstrates it here on All Buttoned Up before using the closing tour de force Guitar Heroes to pay homage to influences including
Django Reinhardt, Les Paul and Chuck Berry.
With which musical instrument was
Django Reinhardt associated?
Ce guitariste, doue et eclectique, s'est toujours inscrit dans la continuite de l'heritage du jazz marseillais et son projet [beaucoup moins que]cordes sensibles[beaucoup plus grand que], qui rend hommage a
Django Reinhardt, garde toutes les saveurs d'une musique qui se pratique depuis les annees trente avec cet eternel air de Provence.
The music is from the
Django Reinhardt tradition and this Jazzlines free gig starts at 5pm.
From Swing Era treatments of Bach such as Benny Goodman's "Bach Goes to Town" and
Django Reinhardt's "Interpretation Swing du ler Mouvement du Concerto en Re Mineur de J.
Sunday afternoon to counter chilly weather with some hot jazz provided by The
Django Reinhardt All-Stars.
All are wearing tuxedo T-shirts and proceed to play 80s pop music covers - in a
Django Reinhardt style - on instruments more commonly associated with traditional Hungarian weddings.