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 ...

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 ...

The word "genius" gets thrown around a lot in reference to artists and musicians — sometimes correctly, sometimes a little overzealously. But if it applies to anyone, it's Django Reinhardt. With no ...

Django Reinhardt (1910-1953) practically invented jazz guitar. A product of gypsy culture and music, living and working in Paris in the 1930s-40s, he and his group, the Hot Club Quintet, which notably ...

Born one hundred years ago, manouche jazz legend Django Reinhardt is often considered the best jazz guitarist of all time. France is honoring the musician with concerts, special edition CDs and TV ...

How many fabrications can one fact-based, fiction-forward movie handle, before the movie falls forward and can’t get up? More than you’d think. A tremendous amount of fabrication, in fact.

Exponents of "Le Jazz Hot" gathered for the second annual Django Reinhardt New York Festival, a tribute to the innovative Belgian-born Gypsy guitarist who died in 1953. The weeklong event marked the ...

Django Reinhardt: John Etheridge, leader of the Django tribute band Sweet Chorus, joins Alyn Shipton to select the finest recordings by the guitarist. The first European jazz musician to make a ...

How did the gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt survive the Nazi occupation of Paris, whilst half a million other gypsies were taken away and killed? A gypsy (Django) four negroes and a Jew alongside a ...