Django Reinhardt - Know the Man, Play the Music Book/CD (Hardcover) (Fretmaster) Summary and Reviews

Django Reinhardt - Know the Man, Play the Music Book/CD (Hardcover) (Fretmaster)
by Dave Gelly, Rod Fogg, Django Reinhardt

Django Reinhardt - Know the Man, Play the Music  Book/CD (Hardcover) (Fretmaster)
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Author: Dave Gelly, Django Reinhardt, Rod Fogg
Brand: Backbeat
Edition: Spiral-bound
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-02-01
ISBN: 0879308370
Number of pages: 144
Model: 331284
Publisher: Backbeat Books

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Book Review: A good bio, and great transcriptions, but little else.
Summary: 3 Stars

I used the 3 glowing reviews on this product to make my decision in purchasing it. Before I gripe, I'll try to find some nice things to say. I was very impressed with the production quality of the book and the detailed information in the biography section. The transcriptions were note-for-note pretty good. The tab's a little off from video recordings of Django playing these same tunes, but the notes are right.

That's about where it ends, though. The recording, while technically a decent recording, offers no insight to Django's phrasing or timing of the notes. There are entire passages where it felt like Rod was just playing the notes and nothing more. Other times, notes were missed, played sloppily or not picked up by the mic, leading to a sloppy, unrehearsed sound. There's an entire passage in the Minor Swing recording where Rod plays the most boring note-for-note reiteration of his transcription despite Django's clear swing rhythm and sliding techniques on the same passage in the recording it was transcribed from.

Overall, this is a great book to get as a bio, and a pretty good one for the transcriptions. However, don't try to learn from the CD, because Django would probably be rolling over in his grave. Learn from the master himself, and those that came after him (Fapy Lafertin, The Rosenberg Trio, etc.). They are the real deal, and they will play it right. Copy them, not Rod.

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