Django Reinhardt - Softcover

Delaunay, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 095062246X ISBN 13: 9780950622460

Publisher: Ashley Mark Publishing Company, 1993

Synopsis

(Book). At last, the original biography of the great gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt is available again. This deluxe edition features three parts. The first part is devoted to Charles Delaunay's charming and authoritative biography of Django. The second part is a completely revised and updated discography of all of Django's known recorded works. The final part is devoted to over 150 photographs and illustrations of the master guitarist, many of which have never been published before. This beautiful book is without a doubt the finest literary tribute ever made to the eternal genius of Django Reinhardt and is a must for jazz lovers and guitar enthusiasts alike.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

No European jazz musician has so enchanted the world as Django Reinhardt, the gypsy guitarist whose recordings with Stephane Grappelly and the Hot Club of France have meant 'The Thirties' to several generations of listeners, influencing musicians as far afield as Larry Coryell, Leon Redbone, Eddy Lang, and Charlie Christian.This is the only full-length study of Django ever published in English, an unforgettable portrait of a wild and independent figure who never learned to read or write (friends forged his autographs), exasperated those people who lived by schedules, gambled away a week's salary in a night, but who played guitar like no one before or since.

Language Notes:

Text: English, French (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Ashley Mark Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 095062246X
• ISBN 13: 9780950622460
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 304