Jazz lovers know that gypsy guitar virtuoso Django Reinhardt was one of the genre’s stars during the ’30s and ’40s — a fact that will be celebrated on Friday at the 10th annual Django a Gogo tribute ...

Jerry Garcia had some of the most eclectic influences of any rock guitarist ever, and in a 1985 interview with 'Frets', he ...

Author Michael Dregni has posted a number of videos online of modern Gypsy musicians adapting Django Reinhardt's music: From the Gypsy camps outside Paris to the clubs of New York, it's still the ...

In the months leading up to his death, Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt lamented that he might be overlooked by history. Indeed, by the time a heart attack took Reinhardt’s life at the age of 43 in ...

Manouche Jazz, commonly known as "Gypsy Jazz," is a blend of traditional Roma music and swing jazz. Originating in Paris in the early 1930s, it was first popularized by the Quintette du Hot Club de ...

David French wrote the liner notes for BMG's recording of Benny Goodman, "Centennial," and is working on a biography of Swing Era trumpet star Ziggy Elman. Arguably the greatest jazz guitar player ...

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 ...

One of the world’s leading proponents of the music of Gypsy jazz innovator Django Reinhardt, who would have celebrated his 100th birthday Saturday, guitarist John Jorgenson offered illuminating ...

Few could have predicted that the first European to come up with a unique jazz style would be a peripatetic, three-fingered, Belgian gypsy guitarist named Django Reinhardt. Fewer could have ...

For the annual Django Reinhardt festival at Birdland, producer Pat Phillips introduced the young lions of gypsy jazz in tribute to the legendary Belgian guitarist who died in 1953. For the annual ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The Django Reinhardt Celebration pays tribute to the iconic gypsy jazz ...

In the sphere of improvisational guitarists one name always warrants mention: Django Reinhardt. He was in a class by himself and has been referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of jazz guitar. To this day no ...