Of all the styles of jazz to emerge in the twentieth century, none is more passionate, more exhilaratingly up-tempo, or more steeped in an outsider tradition than Gypsy Jazz. And there is no one more qualified to write about Gypsy Jazz than Michael Dregni, author of the acclaimed biography, Django. [...]

Whether you dream of restoring a John Deere or have a whole shed full of them, you'll cherish the reminiscences within the pages of "This Old John Deere. "This book is a treasury of memoriesa short stories, essays, tall tales, and reminiscencesa all devoted to John Deere tractors and to their role o[...]

Django Reinhardt was arguably the greatest guitarist who ever lived, an important influence on Les Paul, Charlie Christian, B.B. King, Jerry Garcia, Chet Atkins, and many others. Yet there is no major biography of Reinhardt.
Now, in Django, Michael Dregni offers a definitive portrait of this gr[...]