Django Reinhardt

Been on a Django Reinhardt kick this weekend. Fantastic jazz guitarist from the late 30's, cofounder of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France and a pillar of the genre. He famously only had use of two fingers on his fretting hand; his ring finger and pinky were badly burnt in a fire when he was 18, and in his recovery he had to completely re-develop his technique. (Also just noticed he gets a cameo in the wonderfully retro opening sequence of the Triplets of Belleville, hey.)