Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing
- Author: Dregni, Michael
illuminating as a study, historical and sociological, of Romany culture, not least in its account of life under Nazi occupation —
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Contents
- Prologue Music in the Shadows
- The Imperfect History of Gypsy Jazz/ 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 4Jazz 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 10La 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