[blog] Django Reinhardt in the press (of his time)

gatsby

Dear everyone-

I'd like to draw your attention to this new blog I just created, solely dedicated to the appearances of Django Reinhardt in the press of his time (and a little after...)

https://djangoreinhardtdanslapresse.wordpress.com/

I started gathering documents several months ago from the press archives of many countries: France, England, the United States, Algeria, Switzerland, Australia. As such, a lot of entries are in English. The goal of this work in progress is to get a better image of Django as he (both his music and himself) was perceived by the international press of his time. On this blog, you'll find things as diverse as concert and recording reviews, concert ads, obituary notices, some photos, and many more things (particularly links to some very interesting "revues", in French).

This work was inspired by the wonderful compilation of press articles Ted Cherrett put together several decades ago. If you have some articles you'd like to see featured on my blog, please send them my way and I'll be happy to mention your name in the post. If you have recommendations about papers, sources, archives, or any places where material might be found, I'm all ears too. Most of what I found I did online, but I did find some things on microfilm too.

Please take a look at the blog regularly, as I'll keep posting new elements!

Was anybody among you all a student at Columbia in the late 1930s......? No....?
Otherwise you would have read this in your local paper back then! https://djangoreinhardtdanslapresse.wordpress.com/2016/07/04/the-columbia-dailey-spectator-3-dec-1936/

Thanks for your attention! gatsby B-)
https://djangoreinhardtdanslapresse.wordpress.com/

PapsPier

Great! You found the article I was looking for about the Swiss trip.
Thanks for sharing

Teddy Dupont

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kimmo

Thanks Gatsby, great work!

gatsby

Thanks Kimmo! I just posted another article in English:
https://djangoreinhardtdanslapresse.wordpress.com/2016/07/07/new-york-evening-post-24-dec-1946-lets-not-gyp-the-gypsies-django-is-best-cellar-kid/

Jojo

@gatsby that's the first time the phrase "back in '96" has meant something entirely different to what I'm used to

gatsby

Haha yeah! it's a funny article, I love it

gatsby

If you haven't seen this article yet, do take a look! The pictures are pretty rare too. Los Angeles Times- April 21, 1946: https://djangoreinhardtdanslapresse.wordpress.com/2016/07/07/los-angeles-times-21-avr-1946/

Buco

That was a blast to read, a lot of fun! Thank you!! )

gatsby

Please take a look at the latest additions (a few are in English), including a rare photo that I just posted (Down Beat, Aug. 1947)

https://djangoreinhardtdanslapresse.wordpress.com/

Soon I'll post another small piece by Earl Wilson, the kooky columnist from the New York Evening Post!

Stay tuned!

Bob Holo

That's really cool. Yet another reason I need to go back and try to learn French. Well, actually, now I can just point my phone at it and take a picture and it'll translate, but where's the fun in that? Haha.

Thanks!

PS. Good god the student reporter from Columbia had odd taste. He found the 1938 recording of Sweet Georgia Brown.... "dissapointing"? Haha. Wow. Well, maybe it was too outside for his ears. In another article he called them "ultra-modern" or some such thing.