Django Reinhardt has achieved an almost godlike status among those who love jazz guitar. When he and violinist Stephane Grappelli formed the Quintet of the Hot Club of France in 1934, they created ...

Minor Swing', Reinhardt/Grappelli Quintet of the Hot Club of France (Swing/HMU, 1937) 'Dinah', Quintet of the Hot Club (1934) 'Bill Coleman's Blues', Bill Coleman/ Django Reinhardt duet (EMI ...

He made his first recordings under the name of Jiango Reinhardt when he was in his late teens. On November 2nd, 1928 a fire destroyed the caravan that Django Reinhardt shared with his wife together ...

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 ...

The first part was posted March 2. Finally, a feature film about the legendary jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt! The timelessness of his music makes one too easily forget that it emerged in a very ...

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? It’s an intriguing premise ...

Gypsy jazz fans, unite: the Django Reinhardt Festival will be celebrating its 25th anniversary this week in New York! Tickets have been selling fast for this highly-anticipated six-show series at ...

Gypsy jazz guitar extraordinaire Django Reinhardt (1910-1953) was the star of the remarkable Quintet of the Hot Club of France (1934-39), the most original European contribution in the history of ...

In the months leading up to his death, Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt lamented that he might be overlooked by history. Indeed, by the time a heart attack took Reinhardt’s life at the age of 43 ...