I'm always being asked when I first heard Django Reinhardt's music, but it was probably in the womb. My father, Buck Taylor, was a Dixieland bass player and guitarist. His family was Romany like ...

One of the world’s leading proponents of the music of Gypsy jazz innovator Django Reinhardt, who would have celebrated his 100th birthday Saturday, guitarist John Jorgenson offered illuminating ...

Django Reinhardt (1910-1953) practically invented jazz guitar. A product of gypsy culture and music, living and working in Paris in the 1930s-40s, he and his group, the Hot Club Quintet, which notably ...

In the sphere of improvisational guitarists one name always warrants mention: Django Reinhardt. He was in a class by himself and has been referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of jazz guitar. To this day no ...

A hundred years ago this month, a child was born in a Gypsy caravan at a Belgian crossroads. The baby was christened "Jean", but to his people he was always Django, from a Romany verb meaning: "I ...

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KITTERY – The fourth annual Django By The Sea Gypsy Jazz Festival is happening Thursday, Oct. 4 to Sunday, Oct. 7 with performances at The Dance Hall in Kittery, Maine. Celebrating the music of guitar ...

Here’s a look back at a still-timely piece that first ran ten years ago in April 2001. It is always interesting to find out who has inspired our favorite musicians. It helps us get a better feel for ...

"The passion that he put into each note was unbelievable. He was ferocious." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Peter Frampton ...

MURRAY HORWITZ, American Film Institute: Well, at the moment that record was being made, the Nazis were ascendant in Germany. The spectre of war loomed over Europe and somehow they found that rhythm.

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 in ...