[Pandabob]

The book Range, by David Epstein has a pretty interesting chapter on music and the history of improvisation.

I knew that Django, the Python web dev framework, had been named after some obscure dutch musician. But after reading the book I had a wholly new appreciation for Django Reinhardt [1], the artist. Man was truly a great jazz improviser, whose legacy now lives on in the framework.

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt

[jemsouse]

Django Reinhardt is neither an obscure musician nor Dutch... It's the father of a style called Jazz Manouche. Maybe is not well known in the US.

[52-6F-62]

Fun fact: Django was a big influence on Willie Nelson who is, of course, very well known in the US. It might not be overly obvious because of the genre disparities but listen to Willie's guitar phrasing.

[3131s]

For anyone, OP included, who hasn't heard Django Reinhardt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QATIHWbN-sM