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“Jazz attracted me because in it I found a formal perfection and instrumental precision that I admire in classical music but which popular music doesn’t have”~ Django Reinhardt “Jean Baptiste “Django” Reinhardt, a Belgian-French Gypsy was not one of the regular 52nd Streeters , nor-except for a brief and unsuccessful tour with Duke Ellington in 1946 was he ever personally part of the American scene. He achieved fame with his unique performances on recordings of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France. Django became the first non-American jazz giant.. He is idolized by guitarists everywhere for his revolutionary technique which he achieved despite (or maybe because of) the fact that two fingers on his fingering hand had become useless when, in his youth, his Gypsy caravan caught fire”~ William Gottlieb Django was the first great jazz guitarist to achieve international fame and decades later still is idolized by any serious dedicated musician of this instrument. His playing is so fluid and precise as he puts together an endless supply of melodic notes that seem almost impossible to conceive by anyone else. Bill’s image evokes the intensity of his talent like no other I have ever seen. You just hear the music.