Vail Jazz will celebrate the musical legacy of Django at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18, at the Sonnenalp Hotel and at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 19, in the Jazz Tent at Vail Square in ...

A bar fight breaks out during a pivotal scene in Django, the musically crisp yet mournful new wartime drama by Étienne Comar. As the fracas unfolds, the band keeps playing, with a blithe bemusement ...

Vocalist/musician/artist Tatiana Eva-Marie has released a new recording, “Djangology.” Her latest album focuses on celebrating the music of Django Reinhardt. Instead of focusing on the emblematic ...

The eighth annual Django Reinhardt festival at Birdland once again illustrated the fresh, coursing legacy of the legendary Belgian-born Gypsy guitarist, who died in 1953. “Swing Gitano,” inspired by a ...

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 ...

Gypsy jazz innovator Django Reinhardt would have celebrated his 100th birthday last Saturday. But when one of the world's leading proponents of Reinhardt's music, guitarist John Jorgenson, performed ...

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 ...

I once told a friend that I was going to interview Django Reinhardt. “Shut up!” she shouted, astonished. It took me a moment to realize why. Django Reinhardt died in 1953. In fact, I was going to ...

The man who became the 1st European jazz giant was born Jean Baptiste Reinhardt on January 24 1910 in a Gypsy encampment at Liberchies Belgium. His father was a traveling entertainer so he lived with ...

Exponents of "Le Jazz Hot" gathered for the second annual Django Reinhardt New York Festival, a tribute to the innovative Belgian-born Gypsy guitarist who died in 1953. The weeklong event marked the ...

If there is one musician who needs little introduction, it’s French gypsy jazz legend Django Reinhardt. Born Jean ‘Django’ Reinhardt on Jan 23rd 1910 in Belgium to an acrobat mother and ...