Django Reinhardt

Know the Man, Play the Music

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, Songbooks, Musical Scores, Biography & Memoir, Composers & Musicians, Instruments & Instruction
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Author: Dave Gelly ISBN: 9781476852942
Publisher: Backbeat Publication: February 1, 2005
Imprint: Backbeat Language: English
Author: Dave Gelly
ISBN: 9781476852942
Publisher: Backbeat
Publication: February 1, 2005
Imprint: Backbeat
Language: English

The music of Django Reinhardt is as important today as it has ever been. Blending jazz and gypsy influences, his exuberant solos and incisive rhythm playing have fascinated – and tantalized – guitarists for half a century. In this book, 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 yourself, with the help of detailed transcriptions of six of Django's most celebrated and exciting numbers. Includes audio wth all six numbers accurately recorded from the transcriptions for you to follow along.

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The music of Django Reinhardt is as important today as it has ever been. Blending jazz and gypsy influences, his exuberant solos and incisive rhythm playing have fascinated – and tantalized – guitarists for half a century. In this book, 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 yourself, with the help of detailed transcriptions of six of Django's most celebrated and exciting numbers. Includes audio wth all six numbers accurately recorded from the transcriptions for you to follow along.

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