Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend

Description

Now, in Django, Michael Dregni offers a definitive portrait of this great guitarist. Handsome, charismatic, childlike, and unpredictable, Reinhardt was a character out of a picaresque novel. Born in a gypsy caravan at a crossroads in Belgium, he was almost killed in a freak fire that burned half of his body and left his left hand twisted into a claw. But with this maimed left hand flying over the frets and his right hand plucking at dizzying speed, Django became Europe's most famous jazz musician, commanding exorbitant fees--and spending the money as fast as he made it. Dregni not only chronicles this remarkably colorful life--including a fascinating account of gypsy culture--but he also sheds much light on Django's musicianship. He examines his long musical partnership with violinist Stephane Grappelli--the one suave and smooth, the other sharper and more dissonant--and he traces the evolution of their novel string jazz ensemble, Quintette du Hot Club de France. Indeed, the author spotlights Django's amazing musical diversity, describing his swing-styled Nouveau Quintette, his big band Django's Music, and his later bebop ensemble, as well as his many compositions, including symphonic pieces influenced by Ravel and Debussy and his unfinished organ mass inspired by Bach. And along the way, the author offers vivid snapshots of the jazz scene in Paris--colorful portraits of Josephine Baker, Bricktop, Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, and countless others--and of Django's vagabond wanderings around France, Europe, and the United States, where he toured with Duke Ellington.

Disclaimer:
Contents of this page are indexed from the Internet. All actions are under your responsability. Email us to report illegal contents or external links and we'll remove them immediately.

Please check the description for download links if any or do a search to find alternative books.

Can't Download?
Please search mirrors if you can't find download links for "Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend" in "Description" and someone else may update the links. Check the comments when back to find any updates.

Search Mirrors
Maybe some mirror pages will be helpful, search this book at top of this page or click here to find more info.

1. Ebooks list page : 2641
2. Michael Dregni - Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing
3. Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee
4. Blues Boy: The Life and Music of B.B. King (American Made Music Series)
5. John Stainer: A Life in Music (Music in Britain, 1600-1900)
6. Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend
7. Jim Courtright of Fort Worth: His Life and Legend
8. Strong Wine: The Life and Legend of Agoston Haraszthy
9. Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend
10. [anti-hero] Stephen Davis - Jim Morrison (Life, Death, Legend) -
11. A Psychological Analysis Of Adolph Hitler His Life And Legend by Walter C Langer
12. Black Gun, Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves
13. All for a Few Perfect Waves: The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora
14. Black Gun, Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves (Race and Ethnicity in the American West)
15. The Nelson Touch: The Life and Legend of Horatio Nelson
16. J.S. Bach: A Life in Music