Thursday, January 11, 2018

Romani jazz Django Reinhardt emerges from a novel

Talent. Himself.
 ah wippa shhh lop lop

A Romani 1910-1953- see the biographical film
that accompanies his Three-Fingered Lightning

Three-Fingered Lightning, there also with Stephane Grappelli  on violin
Nuages 

Here's a loop  
bing stroo pip


Clouds

A terrible fire permanently curled some of his fingers http://www.redhotjazz.com/django.html
Paris
diddly diddly whoop aoh!

Djangology  Djangology

Born in Belgium, nomadic
de de de bumpa doo wah
Relatives, many gone in the WWII KZ

Minor Swing Minor Swing
Gotta make a mix of this and just loop it all day    I Got Rhythm    I Got Rhythm
zanga la loo lee bwingo flipflip

Daphne Daphne
Belleville Belleville

Caravans
Rarely played a song twice in the same way  Sheik of Araby

Meet him today in the novel, The Girl Who Took An Eye for an Eye --  David Lagerkrantz,
Lisbeth Salander back,
kick back and put her in the cafe, in the curling smoke, inhaled up the nose,  before she explodes and POW

Django up there, just looks over
And nods

images of old film unlikely violin
a character, two characters, absorbing every tone

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