It was the cult that scared me off, the way habitues of the coffeehouse demimonde would pronounce the words "Django Reinhardt" as though invoking a secular saint of the Religion of Jazz. I suppose I ...

Django Reinhardt's last years are his least well known. Facing artistic obsolescence while jazz fans who once embraced him were hooked on the latest thing, Django assembled a new quintet of players ...

French jazz guitarist and composer Jean “Django” Reinhardt’s life is the stuff of legend. Two of his fingers became paralyzed as the result of a fire early in his career, but he persevered and went on ...

What’s in a name? Billed as the Gypsy swing great-nephew of jazz guitar great Django Reinhardt, the amazing in his own right Lulo Reinhardt has to walk a fine line. “I have to say the name is really ...

If there is a missing link between Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Woody Allen, Oscar-winning film composer Hans Zimmer and Gypsy jazz guitar pioneer Django Reinhardt, it is undoubtedly French six-string ...

Dreyfus Jazz celebrates the 100th Birthday of one of the most influential guitarists--Django Reinhardt--with an expansive series of new albums by today's jazz guitar masters. The French jazz label ...