Django Reinhardt and the Illustrated History of Gypsy Jazz

by Alain Antonietto and Michael Dregni

Book Overview

Django Reinhardt was perhaps the greatest guitarist to ever live. A Gypsy who made his jazz guitar speak with a human voice, he was dashing, charismatic, childish . . . and doomed to die young after... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193310810X
• ISBN13: 9781933108100
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press - Fulcrum
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.9" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Great book!!

This is very well done, and has some interesting stuff that I haven't seen in other books about Django. I especially like all the pictures and additional work that went into it to make it more visually appealing and interesting to read!!

The lively text entertains as thoroughly as it enlightens

Gorgeously illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs and poster representations on almost every page, Django Reinhardt and the Illustrated History of Gypsy Jazz is the true story of a legendary figure in Gypsy Jazz, a music style that arose in the Jazz Age of the 1920's by blending the Romany violin and flamenco guitar with the trumpet and other jazz instruments. Django Reinhardt and the Illustrated History of Gypsy Jazz traces the style's evolution and the career of the man who embodied it through the horrors of World War II, when the Nazis severely persecuted the Gypsies in Europe, and onward to Gypsy Jazz's rhythm-and-blues legacy for the modern day. The lively text entertains as thoroughly as it enlightens, in this enthusiastically recommended volume for casual readers and music history buffs.