Well I've always felt there was something else going on in Django's music other than mainstream jazz. I always in my ignorance put it down to a gypsy influence.

as you say - it seems a bit unproductive to keep debating it. I think maybe artists forge their creations with whatever material is available and they choose whatever they think will make the strongest amalgam.

when we try and analyse the magic, it turns us into something akin to ancient alchemists. floundering about in the darkness.