Taconic Music’s Jazz in the Barn series, hosted by the Inn at Manchester, kicks of its fourth season on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 7 ...

Decades after Django Reinhardt pioneered his distinct style of guitar-propelled swing, it's being adapted by bands like these. Hear what Frank... Django's Legacy: 21st-Century Gypsy Jazz Django's ...

When Django was at his zenith in the 1930s and 1940s, no one termed the music he played Gypsy Jazz. It was simply jazz, played by a Gypsy with a guitar. He learned the music primarily from recordings ...

Paul Mehling has devoted the past three decades of his life to the music of Django Reinhardt, and he doesn’t mince words when it comes to the Gypsy guitar legend’s most illustrious successor, Dorado ...

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 ...

John Jorgenson, guitarist of the country hit-making Desert Rose Band, can play anything he’d like. And what he really likes happens to be the hot form of 1930s Parisian swing, Gypsy jazz. will ...

KNKX’s Dick Stein on the jazz band: “You just can’t keep your feet still when you hear those guys play.” Anyone who enjoys swing-style jazz has probably heard the works of Pearl Django. The group, ...

Today many French gypsies only own two books: the Bible and Charles Delaunay's biography of Django. However, this is a testament to the legacy of the guitarist more than the power of the book itself, ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In a nod to their musical idol, the members of the jazz manouche band Minor Swing managed to turn a hobby into a display of a vintage genre that is as passionate as the European ...

NORTHAMPTON – Andrew Lawrence remembers when Django in June was nothing more than a one-day workshop held under a tree. But by the time this year’s edition of the Gypsy jazz festival and workshop ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Not even two paralyzed fingers could prevent Django Reinhardt, born 100 years ago in a caravan, from becoming one of the world's greatest guitarists. The founder of gypsy jazz, with ...

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 a ...