Jazz lovers know that gypsy guitar virtuoso Django Reinhardt was one of the genre’s stars during the ’30s and ’40s — a fact that will be celebrated on Friday at the 10th annual Django a Gogo tribute ...

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 ...

2010 is the 100th birthday—the centennial—of Django Reinhardt’s birth. He was born in a gypsy wagon in a suburb of Brussels in 1910. Although he only lived to be 43, dying in 1953, he wrote the book ...

The word "genius" gets thrown around a lot in reference to artists and musicians — sometimes correctly, sometimes a little overzealously. But if it applies to anyone, it's Django Reinhardt. With no ...

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 ...

When Django Reinhardt switched from acoustic to electric guitar, his fans, feeling betrayed, called him "Judas." However, he later used this new instrument to record Blonde On Blonde, often considered ...

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 ...