Django Reinhardt was born into the lifestyle of his gypsy parents on January 24th, 1910 in a village of Belgium known as Liberchies. Django, Romani for “I awake,” has inspired and astonished various generations of musicians and lovers of jazz with his remarkable control of the guitar and the story of his upbringing. At just the age of eight, his parents moved near the stretch of barricades that encompassed the streets of old Paris. Up until he was about twenty years old, he had never really set down
Hot Club de Ville performed at Leonardo’s 706 Monday July 24th from 7 until 10. They play the music of Quintette du Hot Club de France Django Reinhardt known as gypsy jazz. Django Reinhardt was a jazz guitarist and composer and maybe one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century who started gypsy jazz also called gypsy swing or hot club jazz. Reinhardt named his band Quintette du Hot Club de France, resulting in Marty Liquori to name their Gainesville gypsy jazz group Hot Club de Ville to