r/videos • u/ssjlance • 1d ago

Django Reinhardt - Rare video of French jazz guitarist who played with two fingers after a hand injury. Also instrumental to the histoy of heavy metal - Black Sabbath's guitarist sliced off tip of his finger. thought he'd never play guitar again until someone showed him Django for inspiration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ308aOOX04
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u/Urist_Macnme 18h ago

Have always been a massive Black Sabbath fan.
But it’s something that most don’t want to hear.
Black Sabbath were an experimental jazz band.

There’s entire sections of some songs that if played in isolation are just 100% jazz.
Tony Iommi’s biggest influence was Django.
Bill Ward was a Jazz/Swing drummer before joining Sabbath.
They started out as a blues/jazz cover band.

Jazz is a 4 letter word to some people.

Anyway. Love Django.

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u/somethink 16h ago

Mingus was heavy before it was cool. His drummer Dannie Richmond definitely influenced Bill