Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing Tapa dura - 2008

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New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2008 Oxford University Press, New York. 2008. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to tail; small smudge on textblock fore edge. DJ: Very Good; light wear at tips; light bumping to tail; light rubbing to panels; small closed tear at front gutter. Purple paper over boards with red overlay on the spine with bright blue lettering on the spine. 333 pp 8vo. A vagabond music, Gypsy Jazz is played today in French Gypsy bars, Romany encampments, on religious pilgrimages--and increasingly on the world's greatest concert stages. Yet its story has never been told, in part because much of its history is undocumented, either in written form or often even in recorded music. Beginning with Django Reinhardt, whose dazzling Gypsy Jazz became the toast of 1930s Paris in the heady days of Josephine Baker, Picasso, and Hemingway, Dregni follows the music as it courses through caravans on the edge… Leer más

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008-04-04. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 0195311922 . From the dust jacket: "Of all the styles of jazz to emerge in the twentieth century, none is more passionate, more exhilaratingly up-tempo, or more steeped in an outsider tradition than Gypsy Jazz. And there is no one more qualified to write about Gypsy jazz than Michael Dregni, author of the acclaimed biography "Django." This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names, and no bookplates. The dust jacket in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 333 pages .

New York: Oxford Univ Press, 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. cloth, pp., xii, 333 , illustrated, CONTENTS: The guitar with a human voice : in search of Django Reinhardt -- The boy with the banjo : into a zigzag paradise -- Bals musette : music from the dark side of the City of Light -- Jazz modernistique : revisiting the Babylon of gypsy jazz -- Songs of one thousand and one nights : Django Reinhardt, Schnuckenack Reinhardt, and gypsy jazz under the Nazis --Gypsy bebop : from Dizzy and Bird to Django and the Gibson generation -- Les guitares a? moustache : revolutionary jazz guitars for a jazz revolution -- Crossroads : on the road to Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer --Dynasty : Les Fre?res Ferret and their musical clan -- La dernie?re valse des niglos : saints and sinners of the Malha clan -- Au son des guitares : on the trail of Patotte Bousquet -- The unsung master of the gypsy waltz : tracing the legacy of Tchan Tchou -- The lost : the secret history of Lousson Baumgartner and the other… Leer más

Oxford University Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($27.95 price intact). Published by Oxford University Press, 2008. Octavo. Red cloth over purple boards stamped in purple. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners, binding tight and pages crisp.Very slight spine lean. Dust jacket is like new. 333 pages. ISBN: 9780195311921. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

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Oxford University Press. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

Hardback. New. Of all the styles of jazz to emerge in the 20th century, none is more passionate, up-tempo, or steeped in an outsider tradition than Gypsy Jazz. Blending travelogue, detective story, and personal narrative, this work captures the history and culture of this elusive music.

Oxford University Press. hardcover. New. 147x19x103. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing