Re: [Harp-L] Harmonica player with Django

[David Naiditch <davidnaiditch@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Martin,

The harmonica player was Max Geldray (1916 - 2004).  




On Sep 5, 2011, at 9:05 AM, martin oldsberg wrote:

> This link goes to the website of a program on Swedish public radio, a story about one of numerous Django Reinhardt festivals. 
>   The caption below the picture says: "Duke Ellington on a visit to France, Django Reinhardt on guitar."
>  
> Apart from the always dapper Mr Ellington I believe you can see Django´s brother Joseph to the right. But below him there´s a guy playing the harmonica.
>  The only harmonica player that I connect to Django is Larry Adler, and this clearly is not him. 
>  Did Django -- or Duke E, for that matter -- gig with a harmonica player? Can anybody identify this guy?
>  
> http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=1012&artikel=4676002
>  
> Cheers,
> Martin