Babik Reinhardt (born 8th of June, 1944 in Paris; † 13th of November 2001 in Cannes) was the youngest son of Django Reinhardt and his 2nd wife Mrs. Sophie Irma "Naguine" Ziegler (see also Django - private Life).His mother Naguine taught him the basic concepts of guitar-playing, after in 1953 his father Django Reinhardt had died too early. While Django had taught him the first steps on the instrument and thus had laid the musical bases already during Babik´s younger years.
Babik Reinhardt was a "keeper of traditions" on the one hand - he could perfectly interpret and imitate the typical playing-style of his famous father.However, he also had a deeper interest for the late Bebop-jazz and more modern attempts in playing such as for example the "modal improvisation". Babik experimented a lot with modern music styles, as in the 1970s also with modern instruments like the synthesizer and electric guitars.
Babik Reinhardt also played a lot with "more modern" musicians later on like Christian Escoudé or Boulou Ferré. In 1998 Babik founded the "New Quintette du Hotclub de France" (NQHCDF) on initiative of french Jazz-guitar-legend Romane and together with him and Florin Niculescu and recorded 2 albums with them. He died 13th of November 2001 in Cannes at the age of only 57 years very early, like his famous father Django Reinhardt.
Babik belonged, like his father figure Django, to the most famous french Jazz-guitarrists ever.
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