Happy Halloween Gypsy jazzers!!! Here’s what’s new at DjangoBooks.com:


Video Archive:  I’ve put up six new free video clips. These include some very rare performances by The Rosenberg Trio, Mozes Rosenberg, and Raphael Fays. See: Video Archive

CDs: New CD titles this month are:

Sarane Ferret and Matelo Ferret: Tribute to Django

Raphael Fays and Pierre Blanchard: Voyages

Samson Schmitt and Dorado Schmitt: Djieske

Oscar Aleman Tribute: Stringtime in Buenos Aires: A Tribute to Oscar Aleman

Ian Cruickshank with Pearl Django : Swingin’ Spirits

The Gypsy Guitar Festival 2000

The Gypsy Guitar Festival 1999

The Gypsy Guitar Festival 1998

See: CDs

Books: 

Romane: Impair et valse

Special Swing Manouche – 15 Gypsy Jazz Play-Along Standards

See: Books

eBooks: 

Eddie Lang’s Fingerboard Harmony for Guitar

Johnny Smith : Aids to Technique for Guitar: Intermediate and Advanced Studies

See: eBooks

DVDs: 

Stephane Grappelli and McCoy Tyner: Live in Warsaw 1991 DVD (Zone 2)

See: DVDs

Gibson Johnny Smith: Gorgeous 1985 Anniversary Edition Gibson Johnny Smith guitar for sale. Bought from, set up, and signed by Johnny Smith himself! For more details see: Gibson Johnny Smith

Workshops: I’ll be giving the following Gypsy Jazz workshops,

November 19th: Unaccompanied Django Workshop at Dusty Strings in Seattle. Call 206-634-1662 or [email protected] to sign up.

For updates or questions please visit my Gypsy Jazz Forum. See: http://www.djangobooks.com/forum/

Keep playing!


-Michael

Eddie Lang (1902-1933) was the world’s first great jazz guitarist. He’s one of the few guitarists who can claim to have had a significant influence on Django Reinhardt. Lang’s brilliant chordal work laid the foundation for jazz guitar. Also, he was arguably the first jazz guitar soloist. His influence is clearly present in many of the guitarists who came after him: Django, Charlie Christian, etc.

Eddie Lang’s Fingerboard Harmony for Guitar documents Lang’s incredible fret board knowledge. It includes hundreds of examples of his chord shapes, fingerings, and reharmonization techniques. An invaluable resource for any guitarist, especially one trying to emulate Lang’s brilliant chordal work. This highly organized and well thought out book uses a teaching system that simultaneously incorporates the strengths of “eye-minded,” “ear-minded,” and “motor-minded” students . Includes chord diagrams and fingerings. 103 p.

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