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"Dogs bark / Banjos talk / Dinners boil in black pots." Rhythmic, impressionistic text tells of Django Reinhardt, Belgium-born Roma musician who overcame a hardscrabble childhood and a hand injury to become the "world's greatest jazz guitarist." Christensen's atmospheric oil paintings are sketchlike, smoky, and unfinished at the edges--recalling jazz music itself. Additional biographical information concludes the book. Bib.