Romani People - Django Reinhardt, Roma in Hungary, List of Romani People, Noomi Rapace, Polska Roma, Dumitru Copil, Georges Boulanger (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Django Reinhardt, Roma in Hungary, List of Romani people, Noomi Rapace, Polska Roma, Dumitru Copil, Georges Boulanger, Bireli Lagrene, Florin Niculescu, Jose Manuel Mojica Legarre, Mariska Veres, Grigora Dinicu, David Morley, Gypsy Vanner horse, Sabicas, Tchavolo Schmitt, Kirk Yetholm, Mondine Garcia, Mary Notar, Bergitka Roma, Angelo Debarre, Romica Puceanu, Babik Reinhardt, Gabi Lunc, Juan de Dios Ramirez Heredia, Sani Rifati, Crymy. Excerpt: Jean "Django" Reinhardt (French pronunciation: 23 January 1910 - 16 May 1953) was a pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer. Reinhardt was born into a family of Manouche gypsies and invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique (sometimes called 'hot' jazz guitar) that has since become a living musical tradition within French gypsy culture. With violinist Stephane Grappelli, he co-founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France, described by critic Thom Jurek as "one of the most original bands in the history of recorded jazz." Reinhardt's most popular compositions have become jazz standards, including "Minor Swing," "Daphne," "Belleville," "Djangology," "Swing '42" and "Nuages" (French for "Clouds"). Not only did Reinhardt put his stamp upon jazz, his "hot" string band music also had an impact upon the parallel development of Texas's western swing string bands, which eventually fed into the wellspring of what is now called country music. Born in Liberchies, Pont-a-Celles, Belgium, Reinhardt's nickname "Django" is Romani for: "I awake." He spent most of his youth in Romani (Gypsy) encampments close to Paris, playing banjo, guitar and violin from an early age. His family made cane furniture for a living, but included several keen amateur musicians. He started by playing the violin and eventually moved on to a banjo-guitar that had been given to him as a gift. ...