What's more astonishing is he only had two fingers to play with on the fret board due to a fire in his caravan. He got depressed and never played for a long time afterwards, before reinventing how to play with only his index and middle fingers as you can clearly see. Thats what made his style unique and what created this 'gypsy style' guitar sound and why it's basically down to this man. He could play with those two fingers what many can't play with four! Genius!
also worth noting that the inventor of heavy metal guitarist tony lommi had a accident in where he lost the tips of his fingers in a factory, he got pretty depressed, the factory boss showed him this video of django reinhardt playing with 2 fingers to give him hope that its not the end, thus he invented a new style of playing that became known as heavy metal
The scariest part about 0:41 isn't just how fast it is: it's how clean it is. The dude's essentially sliding up the fretboard to the next note each time, yet his picking's as clean as a whistle, each note perfectly clear. Unreal.
saki saki Miming to pre-records was not uncommon in those days, especially in the big musicals, but no, that is not the case here - and there was no "video" back then, only film.
Exactly what I was thinking ! Django often played very fast chromatic runs, and I just don't understand how he was able to quickly slide on a string with one finger(that's the easy part!) and manage to pick each fret with total accuracy ! Just like you said !
When he came to France my grandparents were really young…. They had snuck out during German occupation and went to see him . Something happened and they ended up hiding out in his trailer…. They spent the whole night hanging out with him while he played music for them so whenever I go to the graveyard to clean grave and put new flowers ,I play it for them because I know It was such a great memory in such hard times ….❤ miss them so much .
A burned up hand; played with two fingers mainly. Re-invented jazz with a European flare. Composed many great tunes. One of the best instrumentalists in the history of music. Don't know if it was Beck or Hendrix who said; "If there's a lick; Django played it." Django Reinhardt was one of the most amazing human beings who ever lived.
Great comment. I think it was the late, great Jeff Beck who said that. One genius recognising another genius. Would have been great if they had recorded together.
I caught Grappelli in the 80s at LA's Wiltern Theatre & What a consummate musician...... & 'Yes, Django & Grappelli were among the Best ever to grace this Planet
@@eliasgameplay1635 Stephan Grappelli was a great violinist , I think he was French but I am not certain . I do know that he played the violin many times with Django Reinhardt.
The rhythm guitar work is so solid on this too. Of course Django is the star but these chords are just so incredibly well chosen and phrased, and they are playing as solid as a metronome.
it"s not only Django Reinhardt but also Stephan Grapelli with his Jazz violin and it's like watching Verdi and Vivaldi playing together. non less. thank you man. way to go
Also, behind Django is his younger brother Joseph (also known as Nin Nin). Joseph would go to Django's gigs in place of him when he didn't feel like going, and played with Django in the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, and he went on to become a well respected gypsy jazz guitar player in his own right. If you listen to his recordings, you can so clearly tell the influence his older brother had on his playing. So cool! Edited because I mistakenly called him Babik at first instead of Joseph. Babik was the name of Django's son, who ironically also went on to become a jazz guitarist!
Let's not forget the other members of the Hot Club de France, who were all first rate musicians, as you couldn't be second rate to play with these 2 giants.
Django is legitimately one of the best instrumentalists who has ever lived on this planet. We are blessed to have him recorded. It’s would be like having a recording of Beethoven playing piano
Totally agree with you Django was a total one off he had it all perfect timing and phrasing he knew how to tell a story every solo is note perfect it is hard to believe he improvised them on the spot no other guitarist has been blessed with Django,s abstract musical mind
Django set the bar for Gypsy Jazz and it is very rare that anyone even comes close to his genius in composition and execution ... pure Heaven ... He lives on because of us listeners.
He had a wound that never healed, causing him constant pain and two of Django's fingers were badly burned & damaged from a fire, but that didn't stop him and in fact didn't even slow him down! This man is such an inspiration, especially to all musicians..., never give up your love of the universal language. RIP Django, in my book you're still the best.
Also he had lung damage from the fire and that was before antibiotics. The nazis were jealous because the gypsies were all they could NEVER be The SS would go see him in clubs in Paris and it was verboten to play black man's music so they would change the names of the tunes and play them anyway.!
I don't believe what my eyes/ears just saw/heard. That 32nd note run up the fretboard, using two fret fingers, faster than lightning, metronomically precise with not a single missed note. Slow it down. Every note is pristine even on a 1945 recording. I challenge any guitarist past/present/future to replicate such a feat. Unreal.
I have had the good fortune to see Grappelli 3 times - with Ike Isaacs, Diz Disley & Martin Taylor. But this, of course, is the True Source and just never gets old!
The thing that stands out for me with Django was that after his injury, he had enough determination and love for the guitar to come back as strong as previously. Study his fretting hand and it's formed into a diminished chord shape, which he did play from time to time. The man was just a great guitarist and who knows what he would have achieved had he lived another twenty or thirty years.
A thousand thanks to Per Christensen for posting this clip. Living in France since 38 years, I have been a great fan of Django Reinhardt since a long time and I think this is one of the very best he has done. Tak.
This video is unfortunately too short.I could listen to these guys all day.Desert island discs.Wish there was way more video of this classic act. Grappelli and Reinhardt were a match made in music heaven.
Had to play 0:41 twice because it looks like an actual magic trick. Fellow guitarists who saw him do this live must've been like, "you can DO that on a guitar?!"
As a lifelong musician (piano and accordion), I paid my way through college performing at wedding receptions, Bar Mitzvas, Irish wakes, you name it. I still pick up a few bucks here and there playing for parties and the like. But, amazingly, I never heard of Django Reinhardt until I was asked to perform with a guitarist who played in the GR style.Intrigued, I went on the Internet and so I could see Reinhardt perform and was truly impressed with his two-finger picking skills. He ranks right up there with guitar virtuosos such as Les Paul and Chet Atkins.
Que maravilloso tener este video y poder apreciar a Django Reinhardt, en uno de los pocas imágenes que existen de este genio. Mención también al hermoso solo de violín de Grappelli
Django! Que dire? Son inventivité et sa dextérité resteront pour toujours. Ses phrasés sont redoutables d'intensité, de rythme, douceur, de chaleur, d'attaques... Et tout çà dans une harmonie qu'il ne "connaissait "pas... Son jeu était magique et il restera intemporel. Respect à tous les musiciens qui font vivre sa musique! Il était quand-même doué pour s'exprimer sans un mot... Je l'écoute depuis toujours et ne cesserai jamais.
You are spot on. He had it all. Technique. Sublime phrasing and timing he could tell a story without saying a word. There is something otherworldly about his playing that is unexplainable and puts him above everybody
Wow what a marvellous piece of arrangement. Guitar playing is magical. Mr Reinhardt was playing lead with 1st and 2nd fingers which I found interesting and others were simply going with the flow. Loved it. Musicianship of the highest order. Thanks to the person who uploaded this gem. ❤
'Circle' picking like his is the speed technique. The pick moves in a circle so it never stops moving unlike flat picking which requires a stop when you change directiom. Phenominal guitarist Django
@0:39The dude playing rhythm guitar on the back left gets the dude to the right playing rhymths attention and kinda smirks just before Django does that crazy run down the fretboard. I wish I knew what he whispered to him haha Good stuff.
Noticed that smirk myself. It's like he said "Django is from outer space-the rest of us should just give up" Perhaps the speed came from his having started on violin, a fretless instrument, himself. He was't positioning himself with frets, he was perfectly measuring space as the distance between the notes became smaller. Genius.
Django Reinhardt is the guy that started jazz guitar and he did it perfectly with a partially paralyzed hand and two fingers that didn't function. Stephan Grappelli who played in the Hot Club band was a one of the greatest violin players in the world and a jazz pioneer as well.
@@jamesha175 Eddie doesn't get enough credit. He pioneered a lot of this kind of stuff with Joe Venuti. Django blew it wide open with his creativity and brilliant technique, but Eddie was very important.
And he’s picking with the side of his thumbnail!? Playing with only two fingers, the guitar doesn’t even look very well set up, the strings look a bit high. But he’s got magic! And a style that was all new at that time.
This blew my mind when I first saw this at the age of 18. If it wasn't for my illness I probably could have knuckled down and learnt some of this stuff. I don't play heavy rock anymore because of the bad spirits attached to it, but I don't think theres anything wrong with a bit of Django swing :)
Django is truly phenomenal...it's almost like he's saying through his execution that none of you have no legitimate excuse not to play music, and esp. guitar...you're only limited by your imagination...Tony Iommi had a couple of his fretting-hand fingers nipped off, but Django inspired him to forge on and to compensate...I had a great uncle who played violin and he swore that he needed 10 more fingers on his fretting hand...of course I'm exaggerating when I say that may be a liability...when I watch Eric Clapton and even Jimi Hendrix play, you can see the economy of the fretting hand, but yet able to produce this proliferation of notes...if you can figure out the "why" of anything, then you'll create or figure out the "how".
I had already given this a Thumbs up, but watching it again after seeing a movie on Tubi called "The Chase" which has both Marlon Brando and Robert Redford, I was really struck by just how Beautiful Django was as a Man. Hard to explain but if you watch the Film, . . .
Oh god i didn't know there was video 😭 I have tried to imagine him walking his melodies with two fingers but actually seeing this I'm gobsmacked. I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS VIDEO!
I have always worshiped Django. As has every guitarist but I have always in the back of my mind doubted that he could play like he did. Using only 2 fingers I thought it was impossible until I seen this
Lost use of his fingers when he was burned in a fire at 18 years old! Finally see some live footage. Have heard him alot on KCSM 91.1 FM. The best jazz station on the planet!!
This is the "J'attenderai" short film made in 1939 or so, and the band is miming to a prerecorded soundtrack. Still, an amazing document of Django in his prime. Viewers should look for the full length version on youtube.
Every time I think a lick is hard to play, I watch this guy. Two fingers. Amazing. Like someone who lost her legs, and THEN decided to become a runner, and became par excellience, Insane. Greatness. j'attendrai, as we all do, for better times...
If you're talking jazz swing blues that is.... there's rather more to guitar than one style however good he was. The danger is getting carried away with the hype.
To the person who posted vid: You have my most sincere and heartfelt thanks. Its like seeing the Mona Lisa, or the Great Pyramid's for the first time.
Well said.
Let us not forget The great Stefan Grapellie Django is so good some times we forget
To the now-dead cameraman: I know video was a new concept, but at least film the dude's fingers, my guy smdh
M Pal, yes indeed
♥️
What's more astonishing is he only had two fingers to play with on the fret board due to a fire in his caravan. He got depressed and never played for a long time afterwards, before reinventing how to play with only his index and middle fingers as you can clearly see. Thats what made his style unique and what created this 'gypsy style' guitar sound and why it's basically down to this man. He could play with those two fingers what many can't play with four! Genius!
How true!
Great takes. This man was a major influence on Jimi Hendrix. Genius embodied.
That's very interesting trying to find out about this man brilliant
It helped that he actually WAS a Gypsy
also worth noting that the inventor of heavy metal guitarist tony lommi had a accident in where he lost the tips of his fingers in a factory, he got pretty depressed, the factory boss showed him this video of django reinhardt playing with 2 fingers to give him hope that its not the end, thus he invented a new style of playing that became known as heavy metal
The scariest part about 0:41 isn't just how fast it is: it's how clean it is. The dude's essentially sliding up the fretboard to the next note each time, yet his picking's as clean as a whistle, each note perfectly clear. Unreal.
That move was superhuman. Check it out 0:41
And mere mortals complain about arthritis!
That run looks like it could've influenced the one used by Don Felder in the acoustic Hotel California!
saki saki Miming to pre-records was not uncommon in those days, especially in the big musicals, but no, that is not the case here - and there was no "video" back then, only film.
Exactly what I was thinking ! Django often played very fast chromatic runs, and I just don't understand how he was able to quickly slide on a string with one finger(that's the easy part!) and manage to pick each fret with total accuracy ! Just like you said !
When he came to France my grandparents were really young…. They had snuck out during German occupation and went to see him . Something happened and they ended up hiding out in his trailer…. They spent the whole night hanging out with him while he played music for them so whenever I go to the graveyard to clean grave and put new flowers ,I play it for them because I know It was such a great memory in such hard times ….❤ miss them so much .
This is so rad.
Great stoty...of life..@@mjc4890
So amazing that you honor them in this way!!
You could make a good movie out of that story
That is a truly wonderful story to go with an equally wonderful memory. How lucky you are. X
A burned up hand; played with two fingers mainly. Re-invented jazz with a European flare. Composed many great tunes. One of the best instrumentalists in the history of music. Don't know if it was Beck or Hendrix who said; "If there's a lick; Django played it." Django Reinhardt was one of the most amazing human beings who ever lived.
Great comment. I think it was the late, great Jeff Beck who said that. One genius recognising another genius. Would have been great if they had recorded together.
@fjcara Just goes to show...YOU CAN'T STOP THE MASTER!
You are so right
Flair... unless you are playing with the flames which 'flared up' ?
@@tim2015 Funny! Nice catch.
I love how Reinhardt and Grappelli make it look so effortless, they were both such masters of their instruments.
Great musicians and sportsmen always do!
They were. Jessica (Allman Brothers Band) was inspired by Reinhardt.
I caught Grappelli in the 80s at LA's Wiltern Theatre & What a consummate musician...... & 'Yes, Django & Grappelli were among the Best ever to grace this Planet
@Elias Gameplay Stephane Grappelli is the violinist.
@@eliasgameplay1635 Stephan Grappelli was a great violinist , I think he was French but I am not certain . I do know that he played the violin many times with Django Reinhardt.
For those who are wondering, the name of the song is j'attendrai
Tysm!
I will wait! In English.
The rhythm guitar work is so solid on this too. Of course Django is the star but these chords are just so incredibly well chosen and phrased, and they are playing as solid as a metronome.
Django made me fall in love the minor-6-chord...
And it all live music first take
This was the "old" world buddy.
Absolutely. That chunk chuck rhythm guitar work is unparalleled excellence!
it"s not only Django Reinhardt but also Stephan Grapelli with his Jazz violin and it's like watching Verdi and Vivaldi playing together. non less. thank you man.
way to go
Also, behind Django is his younger brother Joseph (also known as Nin Nin). Joseph would go to Django's gigs in place of him when he didn't feel like going, and played with Django in the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, and he went on to become a well respected gypsy jazz guitar player in his own right. If you listen to his recordings, you can so clearly tell the influence his older brother had on his playing. So cool!
Edited because I mistakenly called him Babik at first instead of Joseph. Babik was the name of Django's son, who ironically also went on to become a jazz guitarist!
Amazing performance ! This shows how badly damaged his hand was. Great to also see Stephane Grappelli. The two were so wonderful together.
I was wondering if that was who was playing the violin. Stephane Lived Hella Long Time and played well into the 90's
yea it's all fucked up lol
@@DavidWicksiam I haven't heard of any other violinist playing with Django.
Let's not forget the other members of the Hot Club de France, who were all first rate musicians, as you couldn't be second rate to play with these 2 giants.
Yes. Actually two legends playing here.
Django is legitimately one of the best instrumentalists who has ever lived on this planet.
We are blessed to have him recorded.
It’s would be like having a recording of Beethoven playing piano
I would have to agree I wish Jaco could have played with him the song ? Mona lee
Better known as back home in Indiana'
Your so right l discovered him a few months back magical man and his band 🙏🙏🙏🙏
T
Totally agree with you Django was a total one off he had it all perfect timing and phrasing he knew how to tell a story every solo is note perfect it is hard to believe he improvised them on the spot no other guitarist has been blessed with Django,s abstract musical mind
That fast run he does is literally the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in my life.
yup-me too. had to come back to watch again!
Django and Stephane just NEVER get old. Exquisite musicianship.
Amen!
With Stephan Grappelli on violin, two great jazz musicians playing together 👏👏👏👏👏
One of the all time greats of guitar playing, and with his hand problem this man must be a genius player.
Thanks for this and RIP great man.
These two musicians are highly respected, amongst thousands of worldwide renowned musicians. Excellent
Django set the bar for Gypsy Jazz and it is very rare that anyone even comes close to his genius in composition and execution ... pure Heaven ... He lives on because of us listeners.
He had a wound that never healed, causing him constant pain and two of Django's fingers were badly burned & damaged from a fire, but that didn't stop him and in fact didn't even slow him down! This man is such an inspiration, especially to all musicians..., never give up your love of the universal language.
RIP Django, in my book you're still the best.
Also he had lung damage from the fire and that was before antibiotics.
The nazis were jealous because the gypsies were all they could NEVER be
The SS would go see him in clubs in Paris and it was verboten to play black man's music so they would change the names of the tunes and play them anyway.!
It’s 2024 and this guy still blows my mind and I’m only 24 listening to this
I,m also missing two Fingers, and playing guitar, very cool to see this, first time i see this
I don't believe what my eyes/ears just saw/heard. That 32nd note run up the fretboard, using two fret fingers, faster than lightning, metronomically precise with not a single missed note. Slow it down. Every note is pristine even on a 1945 recording. I challenge any guitarist past/present/future to replicate such a feat. Unreal.
with 4 fingers its more difficult😆
@ 42:00 That run makes my heart skip a beat. Flawless af.
two fingers…only two fuckin' fingers…what a genius.
counting the thumb?
@@luponl997 No, thumb is not a finger. But, yes, Django did use it.
@@DellaStreet123 the thumb is a finger dumbfuck
@@luponl997 lol, it literally isn't a finger. So damn angry over something you can just google 🤷♀️
@@DellaStreet123
Thumb is a finger. Just like your big toe, is a toe. I know, I have my big toe on my hand, where I got it and 2 fingers blown off.
Brilliant. Just the musicians and their instruments. No computers getting in the way of a real live performance.
I have had the good fortune to see Grappelli 3 times - with Ike Isaacs, Diz Disley & Martin Taylor. But this, of course, is the True Source and just never gets old!
This music is my absolute favorite for work or when I need a boost. It is a joyous, dancing, can't help smiling, groove. I love this.
The thing that stands out for me with Django was that after his injury, he had enough determination and love for the guitar to come back as strong as previously. Study his fretting hand and it's formed into a diminished chord shape, which he did play from time to time. The man was just a great guitarist and who knows what he would have achieved had he lived another twenty or thirty years.
A thousand thanks to Per Christensen for posting this clip. Living in France since 38 years, I have been a great fan of Django Reinhardt since a long time and I think this is one of the very best he has done. Tak.
Selvtak 😌
I've watched this video and particularly the run @0:43 easily over 100 times and I still cannot begin to comprehend it.
Fabulous! Have enjoyed Django for the last 60 years
He was from another planet! How he could play like that with his damaged hand is beyond my comprehension.....Out of this world perfection!!
I agree. Django was unique and we will never see it again
This video is unfortunately too short.I could listen to these guys all day.Desert island discs.Wish there was way more video of this classic act. Grappelli and Reinhardt were a match made in music heaven.
Had to play 0:41 twice because it looks like an actual magic trick. Fellow guitarists who saw him do this live must've been like, "you can DO that on a guitar?!"
YES 👍
With 2 fingers
Well, I'm a guitar player and I can't do that😅, but not a problem if you're Django Reinhardt.
The strings he used must of been as stiff as piano wire to get that rapid flat picking so fast.
Argentine.
@@michaelmcdonald3057
I will never never ever get tired of watching this clip. No amps,no effects,probably only one mic recording the whole band. AMAZING!!!!
I love the clip, too. Django eventually started to play amplified when the audiences got larger. He used a pick-up that clipped into the sound hole.
A pair of original geniuses - Still sound incredible after so many years
Truly one of my favorite jazz musicians from the swing era! 🎸🎻🎶
Wish we had more footage of him playing.
We have a lot of records and that´s not bad.
@@MrAnderswt True.
@dude bro I would love to see that.
There is a boxed set of C d's that has a lovely little book with pictures inside.
lol "his violin player." His _partner._
I could watch this 100 times and every time, my mouth drops when he does that fast lick! Wow! 2 fingers!🤯💪🔥
IS THIS DANNY???
I have watched it a hundred times before. This makes 101. I'm still amazed. What a shame that we lost him so young.
My utmost respect to Reinhardt learning to play so well! And many thanks to who posted this video.
That perfectly clean chromatic run he does at 0:41 is probably the most impressive thing I’ve ever seen a guitarist do. It’s insane
And with just two fingers! Stevie Ray Vaughan eat your heart out! Lol
As a lifelong musician (piano and accordion), I paid my way through college performing at wedding receptions, Bar Mitzvas, Irish wakes, you name it. I still pick up a few bucks here and there playing for parties and the like. But, amazingly, I never heard of Django Reinhardt until I was asked to perform with a guitarist who played in the GR style.Intrigued, I went on the Internet and so I could see Reinhardt perform and was truly impressed with his two-finger picking skills. He ranks right up there with guitar virtuosos such as Les Paul and Chet Atkins.
Que maravilloso tener este video y poder apreciar a Django Reinhardt, en uno de los pocas imágenes que existen de este genio. Mención también al hermoso solo de violín de Grappelli
Django!
Que dire?
Son inventivité et sa dextérité resteront pour toujours.
Ses phrasés sont redoutables d'intensité, de rythme, douceur, de chaleur, d'attaques...
Et tout çà dans une harmonie qu'il ne "connaissait "pas...
Son jeu était magique et il restera intemporel.
Respect à tous les musiciens qui font vivre sa musique!
Il était quand-même doué pour s'exprimer sans un mot...
Je l'écoute depuis toujours et ne cesserai jamais.
You are spot on. He had it all. Technique. Sublime phrasing and timing he could tell a story without saying a word. There is something otherworldly about his playing that is unexplainable and puts him above everybody
...love this seeing and hearing this footage, thank you for sharing this 🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎸
Alles ist so Melodisch... nicht auf Technik und Schnelligkeit, sondern auf Schönheit der Melodien ausgelegt... Das ist die Kunst !!!
Unbelievably talented I so love this man’s music
Thanks for posting this amazing video! Diego was an exceptional musician, and his life story is inspiring! Hard to stop watching :-)
Diego?!...
;)
Jaw dropping: th-cam.com/video/A1dJAhLiAis/w-d-xo.html
Master class in session. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for posting this video truly appreciated and to see these wonderful talented artists is a real treat👍
He has a really beautiful solo in this video!
I'm 21 years old myself Luther Perkins and Django Reinhardt and mother Maybelle Carter 3 of my biggest influences on guitar
It's amazing how this man could adapt, after his accident,...astounding!!
I'd heard of him, but had no idea just how incredible he was.
What a genius, how I wish I could have heard them live. Before my time. Great we have these recordings.
Thank you for posting. Wife and I love this guy.
0:41 - 0:45 i love that!
some people just play fast without the heart, and then for 3 mins straight, that sucks. but this is elegant i love it
Me too. It's awesome.
@casper, yeah that run is bad ass! it jumps out at you!
super fast too for two fingers!
Wow what a marvellous piece of arrangement. Guitar playing is magical. Mr Reinhardt was playing lead with 1st and 2nd fingers which I found interesting and others were simply going with the flow. Loved it. Musicianship of the highest order. Thanks to the person who uploaded this gem. ❤
Amazing testimonial of Django's playing ! Such a sense of melody, a model for all jazz players
A model for every player really. Just as Chet Atkins was.
My late uncle brought back a album after the great world war. I have the Hot Club ever since.Nothing better
Let us not forget Stephan Grapelli (forgive misspelling) jazz violin brilliance too.
For anybody wondering, the song is called J'attendrai.
I'll wait for the answer!
Fu composta in Italia. Si chiama Tornerai.
Pete Sperandio - Song became more popular after hearing it in film Das Boot
Yeah but our italian friend is just about right, it’s Tornerai, though Rina Ketty performed both versions in italian and french.
0:41 WTF!
Fionnlagh66 The roots of shred style, bro!! LOL
+Cristiano Miranda still amazes me, every time I see that part!
+Fionnlagh66 some kind of black magic
+Fionnlagh66 Single string run, important to practice that stuff!
looked like something from an animated cartoon!
😃 Awesome! YEAH! Thank you so very much for posting this. And Stephane Grappelli too. Such a treat! 👍😏💕
'Circle' picking like his is the speed technique. The pick moves in a circle so it never stops moving unlike flat picking which requires a stop when you change directiom. Phenominal guitarist Django
bucket list just to go back and see both of them just would be my best musical muse
@0:39The dude playing rhythm guitar on the back left gets the dude to the right playing rhymths attention and kinda smirks just before Django does that crazy run down the fretboard. I wish I knew what he whispered to him haha
Good stuff.
Noticed that smirk myself. It's like he said "Django is from outer space-the rest of us should just give up" Perhaps the speed came from his having started on violin, a fretless instrument, himself. He was't positioning himself with frets, he was perfectly measuring space as the distance between the notes became smaller. Genius.
@@store1584 that guy was Django's brother- called NinNin as I recall.
@@lawrencelewis8105 Joseph Reinhardt was Django's brother here.
He said might have said "do you BELIVE this is for real?"
One of the rare troubadours of old times …. The sweetness of a strung guitar !!!
MAKES ME FEEL SO GOOD
All his music with Grappheli is magic
This music is timeless.
Music heals everyome that listens . Great listen!!
Brilliant! Have always been a fan of Django..... is a treat to watch him play...... thanks for the upload!
Thank you thank you for posting this.
Django Reinhardt is the guy that started jazz guitar and he did it perfectly with a partially paralyzed hand and two fingers that didn't function. Stephan Grappelli who played in the Hot Club band was a one of the greatest violin players in the world and a jazz pioneer as well.
Eddie Lang was the "father of jazz guitar". Django would have been like his little brother.
@@jamesha175
Eddie Lang was a pop star and couldn't play anything this.
@@intuneorange "couldn't play anything this"?
here is eddie playing very much that:
th-cam.com/video/uhcrRuTsPFI/w-d-xo.html
@@jamesha175 Eddie doesn't get enough credit. He pioneered a lot of this kind of stuff with Joe Venuti. Django blew it wide open with his creativity and brilliant technique, but Eddie was very important.
I BOW TO YOU UPLOADER !!!!! You have my infinite respect
Que emoción escucharlo ! !
This is the best sound and visual of this clip I have ever seen!
Beautiful . Five virtuosos strumming along with melodic perfection
I know right! It's so amazing to see and hear such talent in the same room together. Such a pleasant listen! :D
C’etait quand même un super de chez super .je ne me lasse pas de l’écouter quand je peux et surtout de le voir jouer…..Merci pour cette vidéo
I remember how good I felt when I learned to use 5 fingers. Watching him play with two is quite extraordinary.
5 fingers??
What a privilege to watch and listen to this. I've been a fan of DR for decades, thank-you.
Amazing ! The guy,s doing that with two fingers ! The man was music in a corporeal form !
And he’s picking with the side of his thumbnail!? Playing with only two fingers, the guitar doesn’t even look very well set up, the strings look a bit high. But he’s got magic! And a style that was all new at that time.
I didn't know there was footage of him....great to see this!
This blew my mind when I first saw this at the age of 18. If it wasn't for my illness I probably could have knuckled down and learnt some of this stuff. I don't play heavy rock anymore because of the bad spirits attached to it, but I don't think theres anything wrong with a bit of Django swing :)
0:41 Maravilloso!!! Only had two fingers yet he was a mastermind of playing effortlessly
two fingers, oh god
Lenin Perez K he can't use the other two
Not entirely true. He's limited to what he can do with them, but he's used them for some chords.
Timothy McCaskey I am a guitar teacher...use your pinky!
Timothy McCaskey lol for sure, I’m just teasing ya. But comfort zones...the struggle is real for us all!
That's what his wife said
Django is truly phenomenal...it's almost like he's saying through his execution that none of you have no legitimate excuse not to play music, and esp. guitar...you're only limited by your imagination...Tony Iommi had a couple of his fretting-hand fingers nipped off, but Django inspired him to forge on and to compensate...I had a great uncle who played violin and he swore that he needed 10 more fingers on his fretting hand...of course I'm exaggerating when I say that may be a liability...when I watch Eric Clapton and even Jimi Hendrix play, you can see the economy of the fretting hand, but yet able to produce this proliferation of notes...if you can figure out the "why" of anything, then you'll create or figure out the "how".
y a pas à dire , les chorus de Django , sont d'une sobrièté et d'une mélodie incroyables
I had already given this a Thumbs up, but watching it again after seeing a movie on Tubi called "The Chase" which has both Marlon Brando and Robert Redford, I was really struck by just how Beautiful Django was as a Man. Hard to explain but if you watch the Film, . . .
Oh god i didn't know there was video 😭 I have tried to imagine him walking his melodies with two fingers but actually seeing this I'm gobsmacked. I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS VIDEO!
Now you know 🙂
I have always worshiped Django. As has every guitarist but I have always in the back of my mind doubted that he could play like he did. Using only 2 fingers I thought it was impossible until I seen this
Lost use of his fingers when he was burned in a fire at 18 years old! Finally see some live footage. Have heard him alot on KCSM 91.1 FM. The best jazz station on the planet!!
This is the "J'attenderai" short film made in 1939 or so, and the band is miming to a prerecorded soundtrack. Still, an amazing document of Django in his prime. Viewers should look for the full length version on youtube.
Do you maybe know who has the rights for it?
Thank you for no commercials 🤙🏼
Best guitar player of history.
I only can say thank you both Django and Grapelly for your master music.Hope you are playing your beautiful music to the angels.
What you can do (usefully) with two fingers! Rest in peace M. Reinhardt
Every time I think a lick is hard to play, I watch this guy. Two fingers. Amazing. Like someone who lost her legs, and THEN decided to become a runner, and became par excellience, Insane. Greatness. j'attendrai, as we all do, for better times...
Love this music, it never gets old for me, foot tapping from the opening bar til the end. Wonderful.✌🏻😎😀
I came to watch this because Rory Gallagher mentions Django on his interview Borderline, bu this is beyond incredible, two fingers!
The absolute greatest guitarist of any genre, any era.
If you're talking jazz swing blues that is.... there's rather more to guitar than one style however good he was. The danger is getting carried away with the hype.
Nah
Agree
I agree
Steve Vai.
First time I've heard him play was in the PC game Mafia and I've been a fan ever since, unbelievable musician,
He must have been incredibly frustrated at not being able to hold down full chords. His lead skills are superb.
Sin palabras. No era de este mundo!!