“Django’s Tiger”: From Jazz to Jazz Manouche

Jazz manouche, a contemporary musical genre originally inspired by the European Romani guitarist Django Reinhardt (1910–53), provides a fruitful case study for exploring the conceptual transformations and contradictions inherent within any “invented tradition.” This article’s point of departure is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Benjamin Givan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2014-09-01
Series:Current Musicology
Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/currentmusicology/article/view/5332