KNKX’s Dick Stein on the jazz band: “You just can’t keep your feet still when you hear those guys play.” Anyone who enjoys swing-style jazz has probably heard the works of Pearl Django. The group, ...

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 ...

A joy of Christmas is dressing up in festive attire, gathering a group of people you enjoy, and heading off to a holiday ...

Decades after Django Reinhardt pioneered his distinct style of guitar-propelled swing, it's being adapted by bands like these. Hear what Frank... Django's Legacy: 21st-Century Gypsy Jazz Django's ...

NORTHAMPTON – Andrew Lawrence remembers when Django in June was nothing more than a one-day workshop held under a tree. But by the time this year’s edition of the Gypsy jazz festival and workshop ...

Reinhardt biographer Michael Dregni had this to say in his book Gypsy Jazz: In search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing: When Django was at his zenith in the 1930s and 1940s, no one ...

Like the grapes transplanted from the French countryside to California's Wine Country, the Gypsy swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli has thrived in the Bay Area's ...

Paul Mehling has devoted the past three decades of his life to the music of Django Reinhardt, and he doesn’t mince words when it comes to the Gypsy guitar legend’s most illustrious successor, Dorado ...

It is fairly impossible to discuss "gypsy swing" without discussing Django Reinhardt. The two entities are synonymous. Reinhardt, along with violinist cohort Stephane Grappelli, made a significant ...

It’s not easy following in the footsteps of a legend. But Lulo Reinhardt has carved out a melodious path of his own, as an internationally acclaimed guitarist. He is the great-nephew of gypsy jazz ...

COYLE — Gypsy swing guitarist Luca Pino will bring his quartet, Pino Noir, to Concerts in the Woods for a matinee show from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Special guest and a veteran of Concerts in the ...

Django Reinhardt has achieved an almost godlike status among those who love jazz guitar. When he and violinist Stephane Grappelli formed the Quintet of the Hot Club of France in 1934, they created a ...