Jean Baptiste Reinhardt was a Belgian Gypsy born in 1910 in the Benelux town of Liverchies. He would never be known as Jean Baptiste, however. Django was his moniker and his is a name that looms as ...

Djangology 49 (Django Reinhardt; Bluebird). The recording is from 1949, gently remastered to bring out the subtle tone of Django Reinhardt`s guitar and Stephane Grappelli`s violin. The sound is ...

French Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt spent most of his life in Paris, but he never took the Metro because he couldn’t read -- words or music -- and didn’t want to get off at the wrong stop.

Virtuosic jazz playing isn’t exactly in short supply these days. Fast fingers, in fact, often seem to be more common than imaginative musical ideas. But Thursday at UCLA’s Royce Hall, speed and ...

Frank Vignola's Hot Club is Celebrating 100 years of Django Reinhardt with Bucky Pizzarelli at Berkner Auditorium at 8pm on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Tickets ...

Djangology Volume 1: 1934 -1935: Ultrafox; Djangology; Avalon; Chasing Shadows, Swanee River; Blue Drag; I Got Rhythm; Moonglow; Dinah; Tiger Rag Confessin'; China ...