Django Legacy (1991) | FILM

Biggar Django Festival hits our town 19-21 June. Ever wondered what Gypsy Swing is – the music also called Gypsy Jazz, Jazz Manouche and Hot Club Swing – and where it all began?

John Jeremy's landmark 1991 documentary follows the living legacy of Django Reinhardt (1910 - 1953, the Romani guitarist who started it all – from  camp sites in Holland and France to a guitar workshop in Paris, a pub in Liverpool and at Samois-sur-Seine, the French village where Django spent his final years and where there is now an annual guitar festival.

Featuring Babik Reinhardt, Biréli Lagrène, Boulou and Elios Ferré, Gary Potter, Serge Krief and the Stochelo Rosenberg Trio and a rare short clip of Django Reinhardt performing. Narrated by Sacha Distel.