Django Reinhardt was a true guitarist’s guitarist. As George Benson states, “Django stretched the guitar imagination to its limit. He was the fastest, the most creative, he had great rhythm, and he ...

Some bodies of work are meant to be enjoyed as part of a larger package. As such, the Hot Club of Hulaville’s "Special First Edition" version of the group’s debut album, "Django Would Go," is a ...

Django Reinhardt is one of the most influential guitarists in jazz, but the “Gypsy jazz” he invented with violinist Stephane Grappelli in the Quintet of the Hot Club of France can seem as dated, and ...

A new double cd, The Essential Django Reinhardt, has just been released by Sony Legacy. On the cd cover is a famous photograph of the great gypsy musician, cigarette dangling from his mouth, framed by ...

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 ...

The acoustic jazz ensemble, Rhythm Future Quartet has a straightforward agenda: to keep the spirit of Gypsy jazz alive and expanding in today’s musical universe. The virtuosic foursome, named for a ...