
Django Reinhardt
Know the Man, Play the Music
Dave Gelly(Author)
Backbeat Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. February 2005
Book
Mixed media product
144 pages
978-0-87930-837-7 (ISBN)
Description
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 ae and tantalized ae 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 CD wth all six numbers accurately recorded from the transcriptions for you to follow along.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hal Leonard Corporation
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 224 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
676 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87930-837-7 (9780879308377)
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Person
Rod Fogg became guitar obsessed as a teenager and now plays and teaches in and around London. He has several CDs out on Jazznik. Dave Gelly has been writing on jazz for more than 30 years. He was named Jazz Writer of the Year in the 1999 British Jazz Awards.