The Edinburgh Jazz Festival celebrates the guitarist a century after his birth. If there's a gig at any jazz festival which is guaranteed to attract and delight punters who ordinarily wouldn't touch ...

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, ...

Late in Django, a proudly fictionalized improvisation upon the theme of Django Reinhardt–ness, the world’s most famous gypsy-jazz guitar virtuoso gets told by a Nazi what he and his combo can and ...

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 ...

Martin Taylor is widely considered one of the best solo jazz guitarists working today. While still in his early 20s, he was introduced to the world's jazz audience as the guitarist with Stephane ...

George Benson says it was his swing. Peter Frampton says it was his soul. John Jorgenson says he was the first to play the impossible. What made Reinhardt so special? When you purchase through links ...

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 ...

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Although gypsy-jazz guitar pioneer Django Reinhardt died in 1953, there’s been a steady stream of players inspired by him over the past few decades. One such player is Robin Nolan, who’s been hailed ...

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 ...