Si moltiplicano in tutto il mondo le celebrazioni per il centenario della nascita del grande chitarrista gitano Django Reinhardt.
Tra i tanti, apparsi nei giornali di tutto il mondo in questi giorni, vorrei segnalare l'ottimo articolo di Andrea Cavalcanti apparso su La Provincia di Como
"Era nato appunto in una roulotte il 23 gennaio di cento anni fa, una fredda notte invernale di Liberchies, in Belgio. E, anche quando divenne una star del jazz, continuò a rientrare tutte le sere nella sua roulotte.
Il mondo del jazz ricorda in questi giorni il centenario della nascita di colui che fu il padre del gipsy jazz, il primo ad avere l’idea di accostare gli accordi del jazz con i ritmi della tradizione gitana. Il solo europeo che seppe affermarsi tra tanti americani, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane o ancora il grande Louis Armstrong"
Non meno interessante il ricordo di Tom Cole sul sito della NPR, dove è anche possibile ascoltare alcuni dei più famosi successi di Reinhardt:
"The word "genius" gets thrown around a lot in reference to artists and musicians — sometimes correctly, sometimes a little overzealously. But if it applies to anyone, it's Django Reinhardt. With no formal training, the Roma guitarist created a new style of music in the 1930s and '40s that came to be dubbed "gypsy jazz." His playing was at times joyous, fierce and lyrical, and his intensity was such that he's one of the few European musicians to exert a serious influence on the American art form of jazz."
Dalla Germania arriva il ricordo di John Laurenson/Louisa Schaefer sul sito della Deutche Welle:
"While masses of Roma and Sinti were murdered by the Nazis, Django managed to survive World War II in Paris, reportedly enjoying the protection of a Luftwaffe officer who admired his musical talents.
During his career, Reinhardt - who favored the unusual Selmer-Maccaferri guitar - played with jazz greats Coleman Hawkins, Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie, among others. Countless other musicians have named Reinhardt as having a major impact on their work"
Dall'Inghilterra infine arriva un bell'articolo sul edizione on-line del Guardian:
"But it's Reinhardt's legacy that suggests he is the world's most influential pre-rock'n'roll guitarist, with everyone from Les Paul to BB King, Carlos Santana to Chet Atkins, Black Sabbath to the Libertines name-checking him and/or covering him. Hendrix named his Band of Gypsies in Reinhardt's honour, while Reinhardt's music has scored dozens of films and his photo sits on the walls of many Romany houses today (biographer Michael Pregni says he is "a cultural hero for a people with few heroes"). Reinhardt even has a planet named after him – 94291 Django. His life of wine, women and song is certainly one worth reading."
Tra i tanti, apparsi nei giornali di tutto il mondo in questi giorni, vorrei segnalare l'ottimo articolo di Andrea Cavalcanti apparso su La Provincia di Como
"Era nato appunto in una roulotte il 23 gennaio di cento anni fa, una fredda notte invernale di Liberchies, in Belgio. E, anche quando divenne una star del jazz, continuò a rientrare tutte le sere nella sua roulotte.
Il mondo del jazz ricorda in questi giorni il centenario della nascita di colui che fu il padre del gipsy jazz, il primo ad avere l’idea di accostare gli accordi del jazz con i ritmi della tradizione gitana. Il solo europeo che seppe affermarsi tra tanti americani, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane o ancora il grande Louis Armstrong"
Non meno interessante il ricordo di Tom Cole sul sito della NPR, dove è anche possibile ascoltare alcuni dei più famosi successi di Reinhardt:
"The word "genius" gets thrown around a lot in reference to artists and musicians — sometimes correctly, sometimes a little overzealously. But if it applies to anyone, it's Django Reinhardt. With no formal training, the Roma guitarist created a new style of music in the 1930s and '40s that came to be dubbed "gypsy jazz." His playing was at times joyous, fierce and lyrical, and his intensity was such that he's one of the few European musicians to exert a serious influence on the American art form of jazz."
Dalla Germania arriva il ricordo di John Laurenson/Louisa Schaefer sul sito della Deutche Welle:
"While masses of Roma and Sinti were murdered by the Nazis, Django managed to survive World War II in Paris, reportedly enjoying the protection of a Luftwaffe officer who admired his musical talents.
During his career, Reinhardt - who favored the unusual Selmer-Maccaferri guitar - played with jazz greats Coleman Hawkins, Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie, among others. Countless other musicians have named Reinhardt as having a major impact on their work"
Dall'Inghilterra infine arriva un bell'articolo sul edizione on-line del Guardian:
"But it's Reinhardt's legacy that suggests he is the world's most influential pre-rock'n'roll guitarist, with everyone from Les Paul to BB King, Carlos Santana to Chet Atkins, Black Sabbath to the Libertines name-checking him and/or covering him. Hendrix named his Band of Gypsies in Reinhardt's honour, while Reinhardt's music has scored dozens of films and his photo sits on the walls of many Romany houses today (biographer Michael Pregni says he is "a cultural hero for a people with few heroes"). Reinhardt even has a planet named after him – 94291 Django. His life of wine, women and song is certainly one worth reading."
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