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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | Jean "Django" Reinhardt ( 23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953) was a Belgian guitarist and composer. Reinhardt is often regarded as one of the greatest guitar players of all time and is the first important European jazz musician who made major contributions to the development of the idiom. Using only the index and middle fingers of his left hand on his solos (his third and fourth fingers were paralysed after an injury in a fire), Reinhardt invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique (sometimes called 'hot' jazz guitar) that has since become a living musical tradition within French Gypsy culture. With violinist Stéphane Grappelli, he co-founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France, described by critic Thom Jurek as "one of the most original bands in the history of recorded jazz." Reinhardt's most popular compositions have become jazz standards, including "Minor Swing", "Daphne", "Belleville", "Djangology", "Swing '42", and "Nuages". |
| Face value | 0,50 Euro |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 3333 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | BE 2021 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier BE 3271 Stanley Gibbons BE 3830 AFA number BE 3342 Belgium BE 3284 WADP Numbering System - WNS BE060.04 Unificato BE 3277 |
| Stamp colour | multicolour |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Issue date | 16/05/2004 |
| Designer | Jan Van Riet |
| Paper type | Stamp |
| Print technique | photogravure |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 27.00 mm |
| Width | 40.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
