{"product_id":"gypsy-jazz-in-search-of-django-reinhardt-and-the-soul-of-gypsy-swing-9780195311921","title":"Gypsy Jazz In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Dregni expertly traces the development of Gypsy Jazz not through straight musical history, but instead in a fascinating travelogue and detective story, following its birth with Django and its subsequent legacy, including all of the famous guitarists who have followed in Django's footsteps-Biréli Lagrène, Boulou Ferré, Dorado Schmitt, and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...illuminating as a study, historical and sociological, of Romany culture, not least in its account of life under Nazi occupation. * John Mole Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e...superb... * Garth Cartwright Froots *\u003cbr\u003eHe writes well, but most of all he brings to his subject a boundless enthusiasm * Merrell Noden, Mojo *\u003cbr\u003eSuperb book * Merrell Noden, Mojo *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue Music in the Shadows; The Imperfect History of Gypsy Jazz\/ Chapter 1 The Guitar with a Human Voice;In Search of Django Reinhardt\/ Chapter 2 The Boy With the Banjo; Into a Zigzag Paradise; Chapter 3 Bals Musette; Music from the Dark Side of the City of Light; Chapter 4Jazz Modernistique; Revisiting the Babylon of Gypsy Jazz\/ Chapter 5 Songs of One Thousand and One Nights; Django Reinhardt, Schnuckenack Reinhardt, and Gypsy Jazz Under the Nazis; Chapter 6 Gypsy Bebop; From Dizzy and Bird to Django and the Gibson Generation; Chapter 7 Les Guitares à Moustache; Revolutionary Jazz Guitars for a Jazz Revolution\/ Chapter 8 Crossroads; On the Road to Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer\/ Chapter 9 Dynasty;Les Frères Ferret and their Musical Clan\/Chapter 10La Dernière Valse des Niglos; Saints and Sinners of the Malha Clan\/ Chapter 11 Au Son des Guitares; On the Trail of Patotte Bousquet\/ Chapter 12 The Unsung Master of the Gypsy Waltz; Tracing the Legacy of Tchan Tchou\/ Chapter 13 The Lost; The Secret History of Lousson Baumgartner and the Other Family\/ Chapter 14 Minstrel; Bamboula Ferret and the Travels of a Romany Troubadour\/ Chapter 15 Resurrection; The New Elegance of Biréli Lagrène, Stochelo Rosenberg, Angelo Debarre, and Ninine Garcia\/ Chapter 16 The Music Thieves; Into America with Danny Fender, Johnny Guitar, John Adomono, and Julio Bella\/ Chapter 17 Gypsy Jazz Rap; Syntax and the Search for Le Meilleur Chemin\/Chapter 18 The Most Dangerous Guitar Lesson; Jamming with David Reinhardt\/ Epilogue\/Latcho Drom The Long Road\/ Recommended Listening\/ Notes\/ Recommended Reading\/ Bibliography \/Acknowledgments\/Index","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766903308631,"sku":"9780195311921","price":38.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780195311921.jpg?v=1758711616","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gypsy-jazz-in-search-of-django-reinhardt-and-the-soul-of-gypsy-swing-9780195311921","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}