The Edinburgh Jazz Festival celebrates the guitarist a century after his birth. If there's a gig at any jazz festival which is guaranteed to attract and delight punters who ordinarily wouldn't touch ...

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 ...

In the final months of his life, the transcendent Romani guitarist Django Reinhardt despaired that he’d been forgotten, and that his singular contributions to jazz would go unrecognized. Only 43 when ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The term “Gypsy jazz” can be considered offensive. The term “jazz manouche” is a more contemporary term, but this article contains some references to the other term in direct quotes and ...

Stephane Wrembel Trio specializes in the style of the Belgian-Romani guitarist known for popularizing “Gypsy Jazz.” Credit: Courtesy / Stephane Wrembel Trio Stephane Wrembel, one of the foremost ...

SCHENECTADY — The Van Dyck Music Club will play host to the Hot Club of Saratoga and gypsy jazz guitarist Olli Soikkeli with his trio for the third annual Django birthday celebration on Jan. 23 . The ...

On the weekend of March 20, the Carrboro Django Reinhardt Festival returns for its fifth edition, bringing acoustic jazz, communal jam sessions, and a rare slice of European musical culture to local ...

This 2025 celebration concert will take the place of this year's annual Django Reinhardt NY Festival, which will resume its week-long format in November 2026. Founded in 2000 by Ettore Stratta and Pat ...