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Django Reinhardt

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Musician

The Resume

    (January 24, 1910-May 16, 1953)
    Birth name was Jean Baptiste Reinhardt
    Recorded 'Blues en Mineur,' 'Blues Clair,' 'Bouncin' Around,' 'Chez Moi,' 'Deccaphonie,' 'Distraction,' 'I Cover the Waterfront,' 'If I Had You,' 'Improvisation,' 'Improvisation No. 2,' 'Improvisation No. 3, Part 1,' 'Improvisation No. 3, Part 2,' 'I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm,' 'Le Soir,' 'Louise,' 'Parfum,' 'Please Be Kind,' 'St. Louis Blues, 'Sweet Georgia Brown,' 'Studio 24,' 'Tea For Two,' 'Tornerai,' 'Vous et Moi' and 'You Rascal, You'

Why he might be annoying:

    He smoked.
    He was a gypsy.
    He would often disappear into the country-side without telling anyone.
    He was incapable of reading sheet music.
    Instead of fighting against the Germans during WW II, he performed at night clubs in Paris.

Why he might not be annoying:

    As a child, he was exposed to a fire which severely burned his left hand, preventing him from using his ring and pinky fingers.
    Although he couldn't use 2 of his 5 fingers, he figured out a unique way of playing the guitar.
    He was an accomplished violinist.
    He's considered the greatest European jazz musician ever.
    Ralph Gleason said of his music: 'They were European and they were French and they were still jazz.'
    In Woody Allen's mockumentary 'Sweet and Lowdown,' Sean Penn's character, Emmet Ray, is the world's second best guitarist behind Django.

Credit: His Name is Robert


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 26 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 83 Votes: 59.04% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 67 Votes: 50.75% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 141 Votes: 58.87% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 73 Votes: 49.32% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 64 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 513 Votes: 89.47% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 31.58% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 35 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 24 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 57 Votes: 59.65% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 155 Votes: 48.39% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 212 Votes: 43.40% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 266 Votes: 45.11% Annoying