There seems to be some confusion between the feeling that Django brought into his music and the music that he actually played. Jazz musicians - like everyone else - came from a wide variety of backgrounds and had a wide variety of influences in the jazz that they played.

Try comparing Django's solo guitar "Improvisation No. 6" with Bix Beiderbecke's solo piano pieces like "In A Mist" or "Candles". In both cases the influences of their early musical life can be heard - the gypsy influence behind Django's chord progressions and improvisations on them - and the influence of Debussy-like harmonies on Bix.

Different strokes but, if you look at the recorded repertoire of both musicians, they're both firmly in a jazz tradition. And what's so wrong about that? What does it matter? Enjoy!