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Django for kids

Django Reinhardt
Feb 22, 2010 Updated Apr 7, 2010

Children's book tells the story of the great gypsy guitarist to a new generation.

Django: World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist is the title of the new children's book, which includes lush oil paintings, an engaging text and a discography.  The book tells the unique story of jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, from a childhood of abject poverty, to life-threatening injuries, and an acclaimed musical career at the forefront of European Jazz.

Written and illustrated by Bonnie Christensen (Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People), this 32-page book is published by Roaring Brook Press and is intended for an audience aged five to nine years.

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Django Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953) was a pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer who invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique (sometimes called 'hot' jazz guitar) that has since become a living musical tradition within Belgian gypsy culture. With violinist Stéphane Grappelli, he co-founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France, described by critic Thom Jurek...

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