Reinhardt biographer Michael Dregni had this to say in his book Gypsy Jazz: In search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing: When Django was at his zenith in the 1930s and 1940s, no one ...

How he became interested in the Gypsy swing style: Wakefield discovered a recording by Bireli Lagrene, a French guitar player doing American jazz standards in the style of legendary Gypsy guitarist ...

In the final months of his life, the transcendent Romani guitarist Django Reinhardt despaired that he’d been forgotten, and that his singular contributions to jazz would go unrecognized. Only 43 when ...

The spectre of Django Reinhardt haunts the Icy Hot Club of California. No, there's no need to phone the Ghostbusters as this is not a paranormal haunting. Rather, Los Angeles-based guitarists Ethan ...

Serenade Mom with gypsy jazz, low-down blues or party rock at one of the shows in Anacortes on the eve of Mother’s Day. On the smoother side is popular Seattle Gypsy Jazz band Pearl Django, which ...

Paul Mehling grew up listening to French gypsy swing music and guitarist Django Reinhardt. He played in jazz bands that performed Dixieland and New Orleans jazz, but said he often brought out his ...

Some 20 years ago, when a musical group known as Bleu Django formed, it needed a bit of a support system to form as well. Violinist Carolyn Dutton of Nashville remembers. “We initially weren’t quite ...