Gypsy Jazz History and Bios

Coffee table style biography of the seminal French luthiers. Includes 900 photos and 156 guitars.

A wonderful coffee table style biography of the legendary Argentinian guitarist. Rich in detail and full of rare photos. In three languages: Spanish, English, and French.

Benjamin Givan - The Music of Django Reinhardt

Blending travelogue, detective story, and personal narrative, Gypsy Jazz is music history at its best, capturing the history and culture of this elusive music--and the soul that makes it swing.

Blending travelogue, detective story, and personal narrative, Gypsy Jazz is music history at its best, capturing the history and culture of this elusive music--and the soul that makes it swing.

Stephane Grappelli, or The Violin with Wings, a profile by Raymond Horricks, and selected discography by Tony Middleton. Hardback, first edition 1983, published by Midas Books, Tunbridge Wells and Hippocrene Books, New York, 134 pages with black and white photographs.

In this carefully researched biography, rich with details from interviews with family members, friends and musicians, Dregni, a writer for Vintage Guitar magazine, brings legendary Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt (1910–1953) into the spotlight.

Bonnie Christensen - Django: World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist (Hardcover)

Django Reinhardt and the Illustrated History of Gypsy Jazz is a stylish collection of more than two hundred illustrations telling Django’s story and the history of Gypsy jazz. Running through the Paris Jazz Age of the 1920s to the current worldwide renaissance of Gypsy jazz bands (including Django’s grandsons, who are playing today), the images include rare archival photographs, modern images, posters, programs, tickets, guitars, memorabilia, paintings, and more.

Django Biography in Italian. Includes transcriptions, musical analysis and an excellent discography. 198p.

The classic 300 page Reinhardt biography by Charles Delaunay. Published by Hal Leonard