The great Django Reinhardt has a similar significance for the swing manouche as Charlie Parker or John Coltrane have for jazz. For Giovanni Weiss, who comes from the Wilhelmsburg district of Hamburg, he is also a musical hero - as can be seen from the name of his award-winning formation Django Deluxe. But Weiss, who comes from an extended Sinti family of 600 members, is no Reinhardt epigone. His style is nourished by very different influences and is so spectacular that the guitarist has already been awarded the ECHOjazz prize twice - something only Pat Metheny has ever achieved.
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