At the age of 16 while still in high school, Max O’Rourke attended Django Camp in Northampton to learn more about jazz manouche, also referred to as hot club-style jazz. Now years later, O’Rourke is ...
Gypsy jazz is hip again, with Hot Clubs springing up from Detroit to Cowtown. So in a world full of Django Reinhardt idolizers, how does Oslo's Hot Club de Norvege stack up? Suffice it to say that ...
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, ...
The Django, downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, offers an impressive month of music with jazz legends and rising stars. Today’s leading artists gather on The Django stage to celebrate NEA Jazz ...
The truth is, any guitarist worth their salt has taken that leap into exploring the music of the legendary Django Reinhardt.
Submitted photo Carolyn Dutton of Bleu Django is shown at a past performance. A truly unique jazz performance will be returning to Helen Haddad Hall this summer. Known as Indiana’s premier hot club ...
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 ...
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... Django's World: Hot Club Jazz Django's World: Hot ...
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 ...
(Global Village and Strange Currency also marks King Day with special shows tonight.) Tuesday 1.20.26 ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Downtown Manhattan's premier jazz club, The ...