Django is a source of amazement to me. I am not a huge jazz fan but when you listen to him, you will come away amazed. If you want to kinda get a feel for the music of that period and the great guitarist's of that period, go rent "Sweet and Lowdown'. Sean Penn plays a fictional jazz guitarist who is 'second greatest guitar player in the world' behind Django. He is haunted by Django and almost faints every time someone even mentions his name.

It's a good movie but the guitar work will impress you.

Agree one hundred percent about Mark Knopfler. An amazing guitar player who rarely gets the credit he deserves. It's easy to be impressed solely on techincal ability and not put much stock into the actual music being made. There are a lot of people out there who have been successful with only a handful of chords and simple lead lines but they have a lot of passion in what they do. (Dylan, Prine..etc)

Knopfler on the other hand is a tremendously skilled guitarist who writes some great, heart-felt, music. There are plenty of others out there.