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Jazz is a purely American form of music. With one exception. In the 1930s, Hungarian guitarist Django Reinhardt created a unique form of jazz – Gypsy Swing – that mixed traditional Eastern European music with an American beat. In this episode, Gypsy Jazz violinist Tony Ballog introduces us to the music of Django Reinhardt and Gypsy Swing.
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Jazz is a purely American form of music. With one exception. In the 1930s, Hungarian guitarist Django Reinhardt created a unique form of jazz – Gypsy Swing – that mixed traditional Eastern European music with an American beat. In this episode, Gypsy Jazz violinist Tony Ballog introduces us to the music of Django Reinhardt and Gypsy Swing.
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MUSIC – DJANGO REINHART & STEPHAN GRAPELLI – SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
This is “Swing, Swing, Swing,” a celebration of Swing Music. I’m Connaitre Miller of the award-winning group Afro-Blue at Howard University and in this segment … Gypsy Jazz.
MUSIC – DJANGO REINHART & STEPHAN GRAPELLI – SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
We think of jazz as being American music. There are some people who even call it “America’s Classical Music.” Jazz was invented here, and it was perfected here. That’s all true. But there’s one form of jazz … a form that’ll make you smile or make you cry, but will definitely make you swing. And that one comes from another place and another culture all together.
MUSIC – DJANGO REINHART & STEPHAN GRAPELLI – SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
This is the music that’s come to be known as “Gypsy Jazz” or “Gypsy Swing.” And it’s not just some fancy title. It was created in the 1930s by two m...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:(MUSIC) This is “Swing, Swing, Swing,” a celebration of Swing Music
OUTRO:Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J'attendrai | Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli | Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli The Very Best Of. | Master Classics Records | 2010 | 01:17 |
| Sweet Georgia Brown | Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli | Souvenirs. | Polygram Records | 1989 | 01:39 |
| Boy In The Boat | Charlie Johnson And His Paradise Band | Jazz The World Forgot Volume 1. | Shanachie Entertainment | 2005 | 00:15 |
| Boy In The Boat | Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra | MTO, Vol. 1. | Sunny Side Records | 2006 | 00:28 |
| Honeysuckle Rose | Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli | Souvenirs. | Polygram Records | 1989 | 01:24 |
| Swing 42 | Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli | Ultimate Collection. | Prism | 2002 | 00:50 |
| Goody Goody | Benny Goodman and his Orchestra (with vocalist Helen Ward) | Swing Era 1936-1937. | Big Band Sounds | 2003 | 00:27 |
| Ah! La Biguine | Django Reinhardt | Musette To Maestro Volume One. | JSP | 2010 | 00:20 |
| Dallas Blues | Louis Armstrong | Louis Armstrong - Volume VI: ST. Louis Blues CD. | Legacy | 1991 | 00:21 |
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