Django Reinhardt was perhaps the greatest guitarist to ever live. A Gypsy who made his jazz guitar speak with a human voice, he was dashing, charismatic, childish … and doomed to die young after creating a legacy of Gypsy Jazz that remains vibrant today. Django Reinhardt & the Illustrated History of Gypsy Jazz is a stylish collection of more than 200 illustrations telling Django’s story and the history of Gypsy jazz. Running through the Paris Jazz Age of the 1920s through today’s worldwide renaissance of Gypsy jazz bands—including Django’s own grandsons—the images include rare archival photographs, modern images, posters, programs, tickets, guitars, memorabilia, paintings, and more. Gypsy Jazz is a music both joyous and sad, timeless and modern. It was born from a marriage of Louis Armstrong’s trumpet with the anguished sound of Romany violin and the fire of flamenco guitar. Created amidst the glamour of Jazz Age Paris and reaching a peak during the horrors of World War II, Gypsy Jazz gave a voice to a dispossessed people. Today, Gypsy Jazz is more popular than ever. It has a legacy as strong as the Cuban sounds of the Buena Vista Social Club, the blues of B. B. King, or the R&B of Ray Charles.