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Django in Books
 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.
Jean 'Django'
Reinhardt: a contextual bio-discography 1910-1953
by Paul Vernon
The Music of Django Reinhardt
explores the story of the man and his music as never before. Benjamin Givan
shows how one of jazz's greatest guitarists created his unparalleled sound. This
book is an analytical study of his music, including his process, his
improvisational style, and his instrumental technique.
The book features transcriptions from records of
the 1920s through the 1950s and includes detailed discussion of selected
performances from one of the most important guitarists in history.
Benjamin Givan is Assistant Professor of Music at
Skidmore College. His writings on jazz have appeared in scholarly publications
such as Current Musicology and the Musical Quarterly, as well
as the popular jazz magazine Down Beat. He received his Ph.D. in music
theory from Yale University.
Django Reinhardt : Know the Man, Play the
Music
Book/CD pack. Django's exuberant solos and incisive
rhythm playing have fascinated and tantalized guitarists for half a century.
Leading jazz writer Dave Gelly considers Django's life and recordings and
explains exactly why he sounded the way he did. Meanwhile, guitarist and teacher
Rod Fogg shows you how you can achieve that sound with detailed transcriptions
of six celebrated numbers: "Djangology," "Sweet Chorus," "Bouncin' Around,"
"Minor Swing," "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Nuages." CD includes all six tunes
accurately recorded from the transcriptions.
 
Django: the
life and music of a Gypsy legend By Michael Dregni
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 colorful life--including a fascinating
account of gypsy culture--but he also sheds much light on Django's musicianship.
He examines his long musical partnership with violinist Stephane Grappelli--the
one suave and smooth, the other sharper and more dissonant--and he traces the
evolution of their novel string jazz ensemble, Quintette du Hot Club de France.
Indeed, the author spotlights Django's amazing musical diversity, describing his
swing-styled Nouveau Quintette, his big band Django's Music, and his later bebop
ensemble, as well as his many compositions, including symphonic pieces
influenced by Ravel and Debussy and his unfinished organ mass inspired by Bach.
Note the Dregni Illustrator restores Django's
Left Hand to full Dexterity!
 The
solos of Django Reinhardt are an endless source of inspiration and amazement for
any musician. In this exciting book, the author has compiled precise solo
transcriptions (in notation only), as well as a thorough analysis of each. There
is also a complete "how to" section that is like a book in itself. This book
contains some of Django's best work. It covers a period of 17 years, from
Django's first trio and quintet recordings to one of his last bop-influenced
sessions, "Live at the Club St. Germain." Multiple versions of many solos are
included to show Djangos' musical development over his long career. Studying the
music of the master of Gypsy Jazz can help lay a solid foundation for your own
sound and style.
Ian Cruickshant. A guide to playing the style and
information on many of the leading exponents. Includes many rare photographs.
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