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| Authors: |
Charles Delaunay |
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Biography & Autobiography · Music |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Pr (August 21, 1982)
Measurements: 8.5"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 0.5"(d), 0.7 lbs.
ISBN: 9780306801716 |
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Unable to read or write music, and having severely injured his left hand in a fire losing all but two fingers, Django Reinhardt is not an obvious candidate for one of the most prominent jazz guitarists of the 20th century. Yet his fluid, imaginative phrasing, lightning fast runs, and compositional solo style, particularly with the Hot Club of France, a quintet that he founded with the equally gifted violinist St?phane Grapelli, epitomized the lighthearted, sophisticated jazz of the 1930s, and were instrumental in the development of musicians as diverse as Charlie Christian and Larry Coryell. The guitarist's gypsy origins and the effects of his extraordinary musical talent are explored in DJANGO REINHARDT by noted French music critic Charles Delaunay, whose long personal and professional association with the guitarist uniquely qualifies him as a biographer. As portrayed here, Reinhardt was an inveterate gambler who never fully abandoned his gypsy roots (his elastic definition of time was the bane of anyone w |
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