One of the chief creators of modern jazz guitar improvisation, Django influenced many of the pioneers of American jazz. Django Reinhardt was a Gypsy born in Europe. He was a jazz guitarist of tremendous talent. Jean "Django" Reinhardt was the son of European Gypsies. He was born in Belgium in 1910. When Django was eighteen, he was badly burned in a fire. He never regained use of his third and fourth fingers on his left hand. Doctors suggested he play the guitar to keep his fingers flexible. This was the beginning of a new career. Soon his two fingered guitar style was famous everywhere. At age twenty, Django and friend Stephane Grappelli formed a jazz quintet called The Quintet Hot Club de France and the rest is history. I Got Rhythm $11.95