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The Gypsy Genius

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

The guitarist
Django Reinhardt took charge of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France during the Second World War when Stephane Grappelli was in England.
In the fourth of six programmes,
Max Harrison looks at the ways he changed the instrumentation of the Quintet and also at his work with a larger group - Django's Music.

Contributors

Guitarist:
Django Reinhardt
Unknown:
Stephane Grappelli
Unknown:
Max Harrison
Source: Radio Times

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