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Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing

Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing Hard cover - 2008

by Michael Dregni

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Of all the styles of jazz to emerge in the 20th century, none is more passionate, up-tempo, or steeped in an outsider tradition than Gypsy Jazz. Blending travelogue, detective story, and personal narrative, this work captures the history and culture of this elusive music.

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Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Michael 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
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  • Title Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing
  • Author Michael Dregni
  • Binding Hard Cover
  • Edition 1ST
  • Condition New
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford
  • Date 2008-04-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780195311921_pod
  • ISBN 9780195311921 / 0195311922
  • Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.22 x 6.44 x 1.2 in (23.42 x 16.36 x 3.05 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Jazz - France - History and criticism, Romanies - Music - History and criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007038061
  • Dewey Decimal Code 781.650

From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-317), discography (p. ), and index.

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About the author

Michael Dregni is a columnist, reviewer, and feature writer for Vintage Guitar magazine, and author of Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend (OUP, 2004).