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Django Reinhardt: 'The Classic Early Recordings'

Django Reinhardt was burned in a fire when he was 18 and lost the use of two fingers. Yet he managed to rise to the top of the jazz world. The Classic Early Recordings allows us to hear Reinhardt in his early years, when his unique gypsy flamenco guitaring was just becoming popular in the United States.

Django Reinhardt: 'The Classic Early Recordings'

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'Django'

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'Django'

Two very different musical personalities contributed to the timeless jazz standard, dedicated to the giant of gypsy jazz.

'Django'

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