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Archive Home > 2005 > October > 21 > Gypsy jazz

Gypsy jazz

Swing met innovative guitar to create the genre

By Andrew Moore / The Bulletin
October 21, 2005

Guitarist John Jorgenson needs only two fingers to do a convincing impersona-tion of gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt.

Revered by aficionados of both jazz and guitar, the Belgian-born Reinhardt pioneered a style of jazz that combined 1930s-era swing music with his own innovative guitar....

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