Cherry Red’s él Label Mines Jazz and Beyond with Django Reinhardt, Grant Green and More

Cherry Red’s él label is in a jazz mood with three recent releases from two late legends of the guitar, Django Reinhardt and Grant Green, and one fondly-remembered group, The Temperance Seven! Though Django Reinhardt (1910-1953) lived to just 43 years of age, the Belgian-born French guitarist of Romani descent invented a wholly new vocabulary for jazz guitar, sometimes referred to as “gypsy jazz.”  Able to use just two fingers on his left hand, he created a singular style of swing thanks to his boundless musical imagination and flawless technique.  At the Movies…

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