Rarely does it get mentioned as a musical force in the press. Rarely does it get included as an integral part of the general jazz festival circuit. Yet, it survives and it develops so that now, a new generation of Django disciples are here; establishing themselves and driving the music forward.
During Django's own short career, which roughly spans the years 1934-1953, he was a constant musical sponge taking in whatever developments were happening in jazz during that tumultuous period. His two primary influences, Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie, bookend the birth of swing and the consolidation of bebop and Reinhardt's playing embraced both.
Harris is an extraordinarily fluid, buoyant and versatile musician. The Hot Club Trio is just one of his musical outlets; he can also be seen regularly touring with his Peter Green 'homage' where he can be heard playing just as authentically as a rock guitarist as he does as a jazz improviser.
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