Django Reinhardt
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Jean Reinhardt, known by his Romani nickname Django, was a Belgian jazz guitarist and composer. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one of its most si
Reinhardt in 1946
Reinhardt in 1944, photographed at Studio Harcourt
Reinhardt and Duke Ellington at the Aquarium in New York, c. November 1946
Plaque commemorating Reinhardt at Samois-sur-Seine
Lousson Reinhardt
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Henri Baumgartner, known professionally as Lousson Reinhardt, was a French gypsy jazz guitarist and the first son of Django Reinhardt by his first wife, Florine Mayer.
Django Reinhardt
…him by his brother, Joseph Reinhardt, who was also an accomplished guitarist. Within a year of the fire, in 1929, Bella Mayer gave birth to their son, Henri "Lousson" Reinhardt. Soon thereafter, the couple split up. The son eventually took the surname of his mother's new husband. As Lousson Baumgartner, the son himself became…
Lousson Reinhardt in the 1960s