the wandering gypsy...
Quintette du Hot Club de France
... music to live by ...
Limehouse Blues
Minor Swing
Django Reinhardt (guitar) & Stéphane Grappeli (violin)
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Reinhardt is on my short list of favorite guitarists. He is acknowledged as being the music world’s first great jazz guitar soloist. I agree. An injury from a fire left him with only two fully usable fingers on his left hand, yet he developed a style of playing that was phenomenal. For much of WWII, Reinhardt, a gypsy, found himself on the run from Nazi units that had been dispatched to find and kill him. Obviously, they weren’t successful.
2 comments:
Sam, you don't know me, but I am a (former) student of Gary Percesepe. I work for a classical guitarist who is a big Django fan. While I had already shared "Limehouse Blues" with my boss, I discovered this piece, called "Blue Drag," that I had not heard until this evening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vLJvavE4QY Of course, I sent it on to him, but wanted to share it with you, since it was your blog that pointed me in its direction.
I have come to know and love your work in Fictionaut. Such insight and compassion for humankind....few have that these days.
Thanks for sharing this link, Cheryl. I appreciate it. And thanks for the kind words about my work.
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