Last night at 2:17 AM, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class went missing.

From the moment Swing Gitan begins, one wonders how this music, forged in the Hot Club of France seventy years ago, has ever cooled in popularity for even a moment. Recorded at the now-annual Django ...

Hank Marvin is best known as the lead guitarist of the British pop band The Shadows, whose influence through the 1960s inspired cutting-edge material from such rock guitarists as Brian May, Jimmy Page ...

French jazz guitarist and composer Jean “Django” Reinhardt’s life is the stuff of legend. Two of his fingers became paralyzed as the result of a fire early in his career, but he persevered and went on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Robert Witmeyer has been a lifelong fan of Django Reinhardt, the Belgian-born guitarist and composer who is celebrated for raising “gypsy jazz” to a popular music form in the 1930s. This Saturday, ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In a nod to their musical idol, the members of the jazz manouche band Minor Swing managed to turn a hobby into a display of a vintage genre that is as passionate as the European ...

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 ...

Here’s a look back at a still-timely piece that first ran ten years ago in April 2001. It is always interesting to find out who has inspired our favorite musicians. It helps us get a better feel for ...