1st Edition

Jean 'Django' Reinhardt A Contextual Bio-Discography 1910-1953

By Paul Vernon Copyright 2003
424 Pages
by Routledge

424 Pages
by Routledge

This volume gathers together and organizes in an easily accessible format all known information relevant to the life and work of the French jazz musician Django Reinhardt. Together with fellow musician, Stéphane Grappelli, Reinhardt became one of the twentieth century's most celebrated jazz artists with performances he gave as part of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France. Essentially... Read more
Contents: Dedication; Introduction; A contextual bio-discography 1910-1953; List of 78 rpm releases; List of vinyl releases; List of compact disc releases; Bibliography; Filmography; Catalogue of known photographs; Index of artists; Index of songs; Listing of Parisian music business addresses 1929-1950; Comparative table of allocated recording numbers; Useful addresses.

Biography

Paul Vernon

Winner of a 2004 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research.