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 ...

Django Reinhardt would play any chance he got. At the height of his fame, he'd stroll into a bistro with his guitar and busk — not for the spare change, but just to play.

There are Reinhardt-related music workshops, hosted by Sam Rocha, Paul Mehling, John Jorgenson and others, going on during the day on Jan. 26 and 27. Also, there will be a screening of the ...

Reinhardt was born in 1910 in Liberchies, a small town in the Pont-à-Celles municipality in Belgium. He spent most of his childhood in gypsy encampments outside of Paris.

Belgian-born guitarist Django Reinhardt was raised as a traveling gypsy, a vagabond who never called one place home before settling in Paris near the age of 20. He would bring ...

In German-occupied France, guitarist Django Reinhardt (Reda Kateb) awakens to the horrors inflicted upon his people in this musically accomplished but "oversimplified, underfed and overburdened" film.

Did Belgian-born Gypsy musician Django Reinhardt need to be the most celebrated guitarist of his day to survive a Nazi regime hellbent on eradicating his kind?

Paris-born Gypsy-swing jazz guitarist Tchavolo Schmitt starts his five-date Japan tour in Kita Kyushu on Oct. 9, before finishing up in Tokyo on Oct. 14. Born in 1954 to a violinist father and ...

Django Reinhardt also inspired The Grateful Dead’s famous frontman, Jerry Garcia. Like Iommi, Garcia was inspired by Reinhardt’s resilience and ability to master the guitar despite being disabled.

Loose, intermittently compelling biopic of jazz great Django Reinhardt offers a much-deserved spotlight role for French actor Reda Kateb. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV ...

Jazz manouche 01/22/2010 January 22, 2010. Born one hundred years ago, manouche jazz legend Django Reinhardt is often considered the best jazz guitarist of all time.