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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Django Reinhardt, playing live circa 1970. Django Reinhardt was a true guitarist's guitarist. As George Benson states, "Django ...

It appears there’s been a conscious effort to de-glamorise this year’s Berlin film festival, rid of the star wattage that recent opening-night films have brought (The Grand Budapest Hotel and last ...

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 ...

Django Festival Allstars honor the legacy of French jazz guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt while modernizing it with broader jazz influences and stunning guitar virtuosity. They will bring ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sinti Rhythm is an acoustic jazz quartet featuring Andy Moore on clarinet, Jack Soref and Robert Saunders on guitars, and Mike Ball on upright bass. Sinti Rhythm performs hot jazz and Gypsy swing ...