Dregni, Michael - Gypsy Jazz

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 the famous guitarists who have followed in Django's footsteps-Bireli Lagrene, Boulou Ferre, Dorado Schmitt, and others.

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CONTENTS

Prologue
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 4: Jazz 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 a 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 Freres Ferret and their Musical Clan
Chapter 10: La Derniere 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 Bireli Lagrene, 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