I have added musicians’ dates of birth and death when known.įounding Generation 1920s–1950s Jean ‘‘Poulette’’ Castro Matte´o Garcia Auguste ‘‘Gusti’’ Malha Ve´tese Gue´rino (accordionist) Jean ‘‘Django’’ Reinhardt (1910–1953) Ste´phane Grappelli (violinist) (1908–1997) Joseph ‘‘Nin-Nin’’ Reinhardt (1912–1982) Jean-Joseph (aka Pierre) ‘‘Baro’’ Ferret (1908–1976) E´tienne ‘‘Sarane’’ Ferret (1912–1970) Jean (aka Pierre) ‘‘Matelo’’ Ferret (1918–1989) Charles-Allain (aka Rene´ and Auguste) ‘‘Challain’’ Ferret (1914–1996) Euge`ne Ve´es (1915–1977) Louis ‘‘Vivian’’ Villerstein (violinist) Henri Crolla (1920–1960) Marcel Bianchi (1911–1997) Joseph Sollero Joseph Gustave ‘‘Tatave’’ Viseur (accordionist) The generations are loosely formed at best, based on when musicians were or are making their strongest statements. It’s simply a sort of dramatis personæ, an aid to tracing the history of the music. His by no means purports to be a complete list of Gypsy jazz musicians. Recommended Listening Recommended Reading Bibliography ’’ 267 The Most Dangerous Guitar Lesson Jamming with David Reinhardt 278 Latcho Drom-The Long Road Notes Gypsy Jazz Rap Syntax and the Search for ‘‘Le Meilleur Chemin. The Music Thieves Into America with Danny Fender, Johnny Guitar, John Adomono, and Julio Bella 249 Resurrection The New Elegance of Bire´li Lagre`ne, Stochelo Rosenberg, Angelo Debarre, and Ninine Garcia 232 Minstrel Bamboula Ferret and the Travels of a Romani Troubadour 223 The Unsung Master of the Gypsy Waltz Tracing the Legacy of Tchan Tchou 204 The Lost The Secret History of Lousson Baumgartner and the ‘‘Other’’ Family 213 Les Guitares a` Moustache Revolutionary Jazz Guitars for a Jazz Revolution 114Ĭrossroads On the Road to Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Merĭynasty ` res Ferret and Their Musical Clan Les Fre La Dernie`re Valse des Niglos Saints and Sinners of the Malha Clan Au Son des Guitares On the Trail of Patotte Bousquet Songs of One Thousand and One Nights Django Reinhardt, Schnuckenack Reinhardt, and Gypsy Jazz under the Nazis 78 Gypsy Bebop From Dizzy and Bird to Django and the Gibson Generation 95 The Boy with the Banjo Into a Zigzag Paradise 16īals Musette Music from the Dark Side of the City of Light 32 Jazz Modernistique Revisiting the Babylon of Gypsy Jazz The Guitar with a Human Voice In Search of Django Reinhardt 7 Music in the Shadows The Imperfect History of Gypsy Jazz 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper My thanks to Editor Ward Meeker and Vintage Guitar for permission to use them here. Portions of Chapter 9 ‘‘Dynasty’’ and Chapter 12 ‘‘The Unsung Master of the Gypsy Waltz’’ previously appeared in Vintage Guitar magazine in dramatically different forms. All interview and text translations throughout this book are by the author, unless otherwise noted. Translation by Michael Dregni as approved by Syntax. Reprinted courtesy of Syntax, with thanks to Laurent Soullier at L’Ouı¨e Fine Productions. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dregni, Michael, 1961– Gypsy jazz : in search of Django Reinhardt and the soul of gypsy swing / Michael Dregni. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With ofﬁces in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine VietnamĬopyright Ó 2008 by Oxford University Press, Inc.

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