With a sad heart I announce the death of Schnuckenack Reinhardt, fiddler, composer and band leader, cousin of Django R.
He was a German and a Sinti (Gypsy) and narrowly escaped the genocidal madness of his fellow Germans. Despite that he has made us and the world a great present by his "Music of the German Gypsies" (Title of one of his recordings). His music, a mixture of traditional and modern elements sometimes was called "Sinti jazz".

I have never heard him life which is my loss. His death at the age of 85, just a few weeks before his scheduled last concert in his home town, is our all loss.

Wolfgang