The title of “most talented guitarist of all time” isn’t something to be dished out lightly. And when it comes down to it, such a label is up to individual listeners and tastes. However, Django ...

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 ...

Django Reinhardt's last years are his least well known. Facing artistic obsolescence while jazz fans who once embraced him were hooked on the latest thing, Django assembled a new quintet of players ...

The legend of Django Reinhardt is the stuff of jazz folklore; the nomadic gypsy had limited use of the fingers on his left hand, yet still managed to create blistering solos, all while creating some ...

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.

He jammed for the Nazis and aided the resistance, but this tale of guitar genius Django Reinhardt’s war falls flat due to slack tempo and poor characterisation The fire, the attack and the thrilling ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK - 1st JANUARY: Photo of Django REINHARDT (1910-1953) playing his guitar backstage in New York in 1946. (Photo by William Gottlieb/Redferns) Its concerts—at Rose Theater in New York on ...

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, but one only ...