Every year for the last decade and a half, select groups of hot swing musicians have come from Europe to tour the U.S. The exact lineups change, but they all feature masters of the "gypsy jazz" — or ...
TWIN FALLS • In 1928, Belgian-born gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt lost the use of two fingers in a caravan fire. Reinhardt overcame his handicap to become one of the world’s most influential jazz ...
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 ...
Vail Jazz will celebrate the musical legacy of Django at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18, at the Sonnenalp Hotel and at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 19, in the Jazz Tent at Vail Square in ...
Although gypsy-jazz guitar pioneer Django Reinhardt died in 1953, there’s been a steady stream of players inspired by him over the past few decades. One such player is Robin Nolan, who’s been hailed ...
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 ...
Before the coronavirus outbreak, Wrembel visited the Fresh Air studio to talk about his musical influences and to play, with his trio, songs from his new album, Django L'Impressionniste. This is FRESH ...
A group of European gypsy jazz masters closed out the Newport Jazz Festival with a dazzling set full of flying fingers. After everyone left, we... Every year for the last decade and a half, select ...