2010 is the 100th birthday—the centennial—of Django Reinhardt’s birth. He was born in a gypsy wagon in a suburb of Brussels in 1910. Although he only lived to be 43, dying in 1953, he wrote the book ...
The Gypsy jazz guitarist, who would have turned 100 this weekend, is the toast of tribute albums and festivals. John Jorgenson on Django Reinhardt: “It was so underground. Nobody knew anything about ...
Guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt is regarded as one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. The Romani-French composer gave birth to a new form of music in the 1930s known as gypsy jazz ...
Django Reinhardt is a pioneering jazz guitarist whose music is still revered by musicians and fans. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / William P. Gottlieb San Antonio music school The Guitar Dojo is hosting ...
Vocalist/musician/artist Tatiana Eva-Marie has released a new recording, “Djangology.” Her latest album focuses on celebrating the music of Django Reinhardt. Instead of focusing on the emblematic ...
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 ...
Saxophonist James Carter and his band were touring in support of Chasin’ the Gypsy, Carter’s 2000 tribute to gypsy-jazz guitar great Django Reinhardt, when they started playing “Nuages” during a ...
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 ...
When Django Reinhardt switched from acoustic to electric guitar, his fans, feeling betrayed, called him "Judas." However, he later used this new instrument to record Blonde On Blonde, often considered ...