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DVD
: Sweet
and Lowdown
The homage to the Django phenomenon by Woody Allen.
The character of Emett Ray, played by Sean Penn, who rates himself as
the second best guitar player in the world and a self proclaimed genius
. Don't watch Seans fingers while he plays, just soak up the great music
with a great story to boot. Must have DVD.
DVD
USA NTSI format - DVD
U.K PAL and Europe
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CD: Czárdás: Hungarian Gypsy Music
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Video:
Latcho Drom. Winner at Cannes film festival.
See
below for details.
Video is in VHS NTSC format - Please check your
video player before ordering. NTSC = USA, Canada etc
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CD
"Latcho Drom" This soundtrack from the stunning film
Latcho Drom is a first-class introduction to the story of Gypsy music
and culture. Tracing a chronological 1,000-year-old path of Gypsy migration
from Rajasthan to Spain, these 18 tracks contain a myriad of different
styles from the Indian subcontinent, Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary,
Slovakia, France, and the flamenco Gypsies of Barcelona. Many well-respected
acts like Taraf de Haidouks and Hasam Yarim are featured
as well as many unknown but extremely talented Gypsy artists.
Whereas the film paints a picture of a struggling society, the collected
music illustrates the resilience of these outcastes, with the majority
of tracks being effervescent dance music echoing many cultures. There
are reflections of tragedy and sadness, notably from Romania, but these
are more than balanced by rocking Balkan block parties, Turkish cabaret,
and French guitarists Dorado and Tchavolo Schmitt swinging as
hard as Django Reinhardt. --Derek Rath
Order
from UK
or USA
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"Django
Reinhardt". The definitive
biography written by one of Django's greatest friends, Charles Delaunay.
Written after Djangos death Delaunay gives us an insight into mind of
Django and what made him the man he was. A gambler, womaniser, superb
billiards player, and the greatest exponent of the Gypsy Jazz guitar
that ever lived. Along with anecdotes from Stephan Grappelli and others
that knew him we get under the skin of this remarkable man. Essential
reading.
Order from UK
or USA
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Django
a Jazz tribute. Django Reinhardt's
melodic and harmonic ideas, solo style and general technique have been
recycled, absorbed and spread by generations of jazz and blues guitarists.
This tribute to Europe's first jazz master is a blistering set of duets
performed by groundbreaking Gypsy guitarist Bireli Lagrene and Django's
son, Babik. Includes Django's composition "Nuages." NTSC
US Format only
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Compiled
by Ian Cruikshank Django's Gypsies is a book in which we see
the lives of the contemporary gypsies of today. Also featured are some
of the paintings that Django created during the last years of his life.
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The
good old Django Legacy - no longer available in PAL UK format
- has been responsible for a lot of people being tuned onto the Gypsy
Jazz scene. First aired in the UK on channel 4 in the early eighties
it essentially shows the background of the Django Reinhardt festival
at Samois sur Seine in France with clips from all over Europe showing
the upcoming stars, Jimmy Rosenberg, Stocholo Rosenberg, Gary Potter
and Serge Kreif. NTSC US Format only.
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CD:
Oscar Aleman was a brilliant guitarist that
was overshadowed at the time by the indomitable Django. They played
together on several occasions but no recordings were ever made. He used
to fill in for Django at Paris gigs when Django failed to show up to
great praise. Do yourself a favor and trust me on this one, if you've
never heard Oscar play you've missed out big time.
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CD:
JSP are renowned for the quality of their reissues and this is no exception.
For the price of a double CD you get a full 5 CD set with a barrel full
of pre war recordings. Essential for the MUST HAVE Django nut.
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How
to build a Bow Top Gypsy Caravan.
Exactly what is says on the cover.
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