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Sinti culture, language & the origin of the name Django
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as far as pronunciation goes, i don't know about international phonetics, so i'm not sure how to explain it… but when Django pronounced his name, it doesn't sound like the way English people pronounce it
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I don't know, and I don't know the origins of the word, I just know that some Sinti still use that word instead of gaiga. An expert on Eastern European romanes would be able to better answer this
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In what part of the name is the différence : DJ-AN-GO?
Is it in the beginning dzh or zh?
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Regarding Salgues, I have no information, but I opened a separate topic.
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a few interesting things, at one point he talks about how django was disgusted by a particular recording that he heard of louis armstrong where the guitar was out of tune, i looked up the recording, and it's definitely true that the guitar was out of tune! Shows that django is very sensitive to pitch.
In another part of the article, he talks about django's apparently first recorded solo with andre ekyan, he mentions it being 16 measures, and it is indeed true. I wonder if Salgues was a musician or knew about how to count measures, but his account was definitely accurate.
Interestingly enough, the origins of the quintet differ from another biographical source i had read not long ago and unfortunately i forget which one (if someone can help, i'd appreciate it)… they talked about django jamming back stage during gigs with the Louis Vola orchestra. In the biographical account that I had read, Roger Chaput was the other guitarist (and sometimes joseph replaced)… When the first incarnation of the quintet was formed, chaput was the original rhythm guitarist, and joseph later joined…
in salgues' article, it's the other way around, it was joseph first and then chaput.
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It was also brought to my attention that the word Zenelo (Green), which I used as an example in the article, comes from slavic languages, and is originally Zeleno. Some gypsies do say zeleno, but i've often heard zenelo more often than the other.. Of course, my encounters do not represent the entire sinti population, so it does not mean anything.
Watti Rosenberg and his old group Sonnekai, recorded a song called "Choukar Chai an O Sennelo Weesch", and I believe Paulus' cousin Sendelo's name also comes from the colour green.
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Michael Dregni goes for Joseph then Chaput. Alain Antonietto seems to believe more in Chaput, but without being sure. I could not find one of the many Stéphane interviews where he recalls this anecdote.
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In Charles Delaunay's book, he quotes Stephane Grappelli as saying it was Roger Chaput originally and because Django wanted another rhythm guitarist to add depth to the sound whilst he was soloing, Joseph joined them. The Chaput/Joseph chronology makes more sense to me as if it had started with Joseph, I think Django would have chosen another gypsy as an additional player not Chaput.
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