Django :
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TextPublication details: New York : Roaring Brook Press, c2009, 2010Description: 1 v. : ill. ; 26 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)ISBN: 9781596436961; 1596436964Subject(s): Reinhardt, Django, 1910-1953 -- Juvenile literature | Guitarists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Jazz musicians -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureSummary: Born into a travelling gypsy family, young Django Reinhardt taught himself guitar at an early age. He was soon acclaimed as the "Gypsy Genius" and "Prodigy Boy," but one day his world changed completely when a fire claimed the use of his fretting hand. Folks said Django would never play again, but with passion and perserverance he was soon setting the world's concert stages ablaze. Bonnie Christensen's gorgeous oil paintings and jazzy, syncopated text perfectly depict the man and his music.
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Main Library Junior Biography (JB) | JB .R369 2012 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 16088 |
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Born into a travelling gypsy family, young Django Reinhardt taught himself guitar at an early age. He was soon acclaimed as the "Gypsy Genius" and "Prodigy Boy," but one day his world changed completely when a fire claimed the use of his fretting hand. Folks said Django would never play again, but with passion and perserverance he was soon setting the world's concert stages ablaze. Bonnie Christensen's gorgeous oil paintings and jazzy, syncopated text perfectly depict the man and his music.
Compact disc.