MURRAY HORWITZ, American Film Institute: Well, at the moment that record was being made, the Nazis were ascendant in Germany. The spectre of war loomed over Europe and somehow they found that rhythm.

Reinhardt, whose virtuosic guitar playing defied losing the use of two fingers in a fire, died prematurely, at 43, in 1953, while Grappelli lived to almost 90. Through recordings and direct lineage, ...

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 ...

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 ...

CD1: Oh, Lady Be Good; Dinah; Confessin'; I Saw Stars; Tiger Rag; The Continental; Blue Drag; Sweet Sue; The Sunshine of Your Smile; Swanee River; Charleston; Chicago; You're Driving Me Crazy; In A ...

DJANGO: 480 Lexington Ave., at 46th St. (212) 871-6600. Entrees: $17-$29. Open nightly. Reservations recommended. All credit cards. 2 Stars. Django, a sexy new midtown restaurant, is named after ...

Manouche Jazz, commonly known as "Gypsy Jazz," is a blend of traditional Roma music and swing jazz. Originating in Paris in the early 1930s, it was first popularized by the Quintette du Hot Club de ...

For the annual Django Reinhardt festival at Birdland, producer Pat Phillips introduced the young lions of gypsy jazz in tribute to the legendary Belgian guitarist who died in 1953. For the annual ...

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 ...

If there is a missing link between Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Woody Allen, Oscar-winning film composer Hans Zimmer and Gypsy jazz guitar pioneer Django Reinhardt, it is undoubtedly French six-string ...