Editing Django Reinhardt (section)

=== United States tour ===
[[File:Django Reinhardt and Duke Ellington (Gottlieb).jpg|thumb|Reinhardt and Duke Ellington at the Aquarium in New York, c.{{nbsp}}November 1946]]
After the war, Reinhardt rejoined Grappelli in the UK. In the autumn of 1946, he made his first tour in the United States, debuting at [[Cleveland Music Hall]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Meiksins |first=Robin |url=http://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/525 |title=Django Reinhardt at the Music Hall |publisher=Cleveland Historical |access-date=30 May 2017}}</ref> as a special guest soloist with [[Duke Ellington]] and His Orchestra. He played with many musicians and composers, such as [[Maury Deutsch]]. At the end of the tour, Reinhardt played two nights at [[Carnegie Hall]] in New York City; he received a great ovation and took six curtain calls on the first night.

Despite his pride in touring with Ellington (one of two letters to Grappelli relates his excitement), he was not fully integrated into the band. He played a few tunes at the end of the show, backed by Ellington, with no special arrangements written for him. After the tour, Reinhardt secured an engagement at [[Café Society]] Uptown, where he played four solos a day, backed by the resident band. These performances drew large audiences.<ref name=Delaunay />{{rp|138–139}} Having failed to bring his usual Selmer Modèle Jazz, he played on a borrowed electric guitar, which he felt hampered the delicacy of his style.<ref name=Delaunay />{{rp|138}} He had been promised jobs in California, but they failed to develop. Tired of waiting, Reinhardt returned to France in February 1947.<ref name=Delaunay />{{rp|141}}