The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend
Hardback
Publication Date: 11/11/2011
Django Reinhardt was arguably the greatest guitarist who ever lived, an important influence on Les Paul, Charlie Christian, B. B. King, Jerry Garcia, Chet Atkins, and many others. Yet there is no major biography of Reinhardt. 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 colourful life - including a fascinating account of gypsy culture - but he also sheds much light on Django's musicianship.
- ISBN:
- 9780195167528
- 9780195167528
- Category:
- Biography: arts & entertainment
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 11-11-2011
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press Australia
- Country of origin:
- Australia
- Pages:
- 326
- Dimensions (mm):
- 245x162x25mm
- Weight:
- 0.63kg
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