"Django" is a 1954 jazz standard written by John Lewis as a tribute to the Belgian-born jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. It was a signature composition...
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Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani nickname Django (French: [dʒãŋɡo ʁɛjnaʁt] or [dʒɑ̃ɡo ʁenɑʁt]), was a Belgian-French Manouche...
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List of compositions by Django Reinhardt, the Belgian-born Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer. He was the first major jazz talent to emerge from...
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"Minor Swing" is a gypsy jazz tune composed by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, first recorded by their group The Quintet of the Hot Club of France...
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the Modern Jazz Quartet "Django" (composition), a 1954 composition by jazz pianist John Lewis "Django!!! -Genwaku no Django-", a song by Buck-Tick on...
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Django is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass that contains renditions of compositions famously interpreted by, written about or written for Django Reinhardt...
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after two famous jazz compositions. Design – Naoe Arano Harp – Dorothy Ashby Illustration – Yōko Ochida "Dorothy Ashby: Django/Misty". Allmusic. allmusic...
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Spaghetti Western (section Django and the tragic hero)
(The Hills Run Red), an avenger and a (covert) guilty party (Viva! Django aka W Django!), an avenger and a con-man (The Dirty Outlaws), an outlaw posing...
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tracks are their own compositions except for one classic bossa nova. Seattle Times: Dudley Hill, who started popular band Pearl Django, dies at 56 01/20/2005...
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lengthy original compositions, in more of a bossa nova style; and a 1974 release, "Sur Le Chemin De Mon Pere...Django", was mostly compositions by his father...
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club-style jazz) is a musical idiom inspired by the Romani jazz guitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt (1910–1953), in conjunction with the French jazz violinist Stéphane...
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Django Bates (born Leon Bates, 2 October 1960) is a British jazz musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist, band leader and educator. He plays the piano...
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French electro-swing band based in Paris. The band's influences include Django Reinhardt, Vitalic, Lionel Hampton, and Daft Punk. The band released their...
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Djángo Haskins (born November 19, 1973) is a North American singer-songwriter. He is named after jazz musician Django Reinhardt. Originally from Florida...
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Jarhead (2005), Dreamgirls (2006), Miami Vice (2006), Horrible Bosses (2011), Django Unchained (2012), Annie (2014), Baby Driver (2017), and Soul (2020). He...
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John Lewis. It is one of his best-known compositions, written in memory of the Belgian gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt. Another tune is "Delauney's Dilemma"...
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Music in Paris, Wrembel went to the Django Reinhardt Festival in Samois, France where he was inspired to study composition, arranging, jazz, and contemporary...
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French gypsy jazz guitarist and the first son of Django Reinhardt by his first wife, Florine Mayer. Django Reinhardt married Florine Mayer in 1927 according...
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Nuages (category Jazz compositions)
"Nuages" (French pronunciation: [nɥaʒ]) is one of the best-known compositions by Django Reinhardt. He recorded at least thirteen versions of the tune, which...
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recording of the Django Reinhardt composition Nuages, later to become a jazz standard. In 1946, after the war, Grappelli and Django re-teamed intermittently...
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Wiseman (song) (section Release and composition)
American R&B singer Frank Ocean. The song was written in 2012 for the movie Django Unchained, but was cut. Ocean later posted the song on his Tumblr page on...
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Ancora qui (section Background and composition)
second single from the soundtrack album of the Quentin Tarantino's 2012 film Django Unchained. The song was written by Elisa herself and composed by Ennio Morricone...
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Cavalerie (category 1930s jazz composition stubs)
Cavalerie is a 1937 composition by jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. Reinhardt attempted to record it with the Quintet of the Hot Club of France but aborted...
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second film in the director's "Mud and Blood" trilogy, which also includes Django (1966) and The Specialists (1969). Henry Pollicut and two other bounty killers...
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Martin Taylor (guitarist) (section Spirit of Django)
Club de France, so the young Martin Taylor became inspired by guitarist Django Reinhardt. At age eight, he was already playing in his father's band and...
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Goffin Jazz 47 Django mon frère, Paris 1968 De la Vie et du Jazz Delaunay's Dilemma (autobiography, also title of a John Lewis composition) 1983 Rye, Howard...
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album "Djangology", she wrote lyrics to the music of Django Reinhardt and reimagined his compositions in her own way. Her album was released on June 7th...
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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (category 1931 compositions)
Boswell Sisters (1932) Roger Wolfe Kahn (1932) Stephane Grappelli with Django Reinhardt (1935) Mel Tormé (1954) Thelonious Monk – Thelonious Monk Plays...
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he was the president of Les Lundis d'Hortense. He won the Belgian Golden Django in 1997 for best French-speaking artist. Loos has released over 20 albums...
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but it was Django Reinhardt who showed him "that you could get your own individuality on an instrument." He went on to study composition and theory with...
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