I recently discovered a jazz group of the Golden Age, Quintet of the Hot Club of France, featuring Belgian guitarist, Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt. Reinhardt has a professional moniker, Django. I have no idea how this is pronounced. Can anyone help me out?

Pronounced "jango". One of the all-time greatest guitarists, still very influential today.

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Originally posted by fla3006:
Pronounced "jango". One of the all-time greatest guitarists, still very influential today.

Great minds agree.

I heard Quintet of the Hot Club of France's rendition of "Honeysuckle Rose" about three months ago and was dazzled by its vibrance. It took me until about two weeks ago to find a CD of theirs. I understand the group recorded nearly as much as Sinatra (1100+ songs on albums). I'm uncertain who I enjoy more, Reinhardt or Grappelli, the quintet's violinist.

Stephane Grappelli & Django Reinhardt played "gypsy jazz".

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Originally posted by Naphtali:
I recently discovered a jazz group of the Golden Age, Quintet of the Hot Club of France, featuring Belgian guitarist, Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt. Reinhardt has a professional moniker, Django. I have no idea how this is pronounced. Can anyone help me out?

You're actually supposed to begin with a subtle 'd' sound then the 'J' is stressed followed by a short 'a', typical 'n', hard 'g' and long 'o'.

d JAN go

My 2 cents : Django was speaking French.

Big 5 Jack is right one pronounce Django.
The trouble is the an : one uses the French pronunciation of an that as no equivalent in English. Think the an is pronunced like in Jean but You have to hear it to understand the particular sound.
pronunciation of JAN