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"Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend"
URL: http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/mainHTML.cfm?page=dregni.html

Description:
This 2005 interview with Michael Dregni, author of a book about jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, provides an overview of the life of Reinhardt, "born in a gypsy caravan at a crossroads in Belgium ... [and] was almost killed in a freak fire that burned half of his body and left his left hand twisted into a claw." Includes photos; sounds clips not available. From Jerry Jazz Musician, "a website devoted to jazz and American civilization."

LII Topics: Guitarists, Jazz, Jazz & Big Band, Musical Genres, Musicians

Publisher:
Jerry Jazz Musician, LLC

LII Database Information:
Record 25217 created by Maria Brandt on 01/07/2008
Last modification on 01/16/2008
Published: 01/17/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25217

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