Gypsy jazz
Subtitle: in search of Django Reinhardt and the soul of gypsy swing
By: Michael Dregni.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780195311921
Subjects: Reinhardt, Django, -- 1910-1953; Jazz -- France -- History and criticism; Romanies -- Music -- History and criticism; Jazz musicians -- France
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-317), discography (p.   ), and index.
Table of contents: title: The guitar with a human voice : in search of Django Reinhardt; title: The boy with the banjo : into a zigzag paradise; title: Bals musette : music from the dark side of the City of Light; title: Jazz modernistique : revisiting the Babylon of gypsy jazz; title: Songs of one thousand and one nights : Django Reinhardt, Schnuckenack Reinhardt, and gypsy jazz under the Nazis; title: Gypsy bebop : from Dizzy and Bird to Django and the Gibson generation; title: Les guitares à moustache : revolutionary jazz guitars for a jazz revolution; title: Crossroads : on the road to Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer; title: Dynasty : Les Frères Ferret and their musical clan; title: La dernière valse des niglos : saints and sinners of the Malha clan; title: Au son des guitares : on the trail of Patotte Bousquet; title: The unsung master of the gypsy waltz : tracing the legacy of Tchan Tchou; title: The lost : the secret history of Lousson Baumgartner and the other family; title: Minstrel : Bamboula Ferret and the travels of a Romany troubadour; title: Resurrection : the new elegance of Biréli Lagrène, Stochelo Rosenberg, Angelo Debarre, and Ninine Garcia; title: The music thieves : into America with Danny Fender, Johnny Guitar, John Adomono, and Julio Bella; title: Gypsy jazz rap : syntax and the search for le meilleur chemin; title: The most dangerous guitar lesson : jamming with David Reinhardt.