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 ...

What’s in a name? Billed as the Gypsy swing great-nephew of jazz guitar great Django Reinhardt, the amazing in his own right Lulo Reinhardt has to walk a fine line. “I have to say the name is really ...

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 ...

French jazz guitarist and composer Jean “Django” Reinhardt’s life is the stuff of legend. Two of his fingers became paralyzed as the result of a fire early in his career, but he persevered and went on ...

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 ...

Django Reinhardt is a pioneering jazz guitarist whose music is still revered by musicians and fans. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / William P. Gottlieb San Antonio music school The Guitar Dojo is hosting ...

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 ...

Following a home fire that immobilized two of his fingers, Django Reinhardt invented his own method of navigating the guitar’s fret board — a style later popularized as “hot jazz.” Although the ...

How many fabrications can one fact-based, fiction-forward movie handle, before the movie falls forward and can’t get up? More than you’d think. A tremendous amount of fabrication, in fact.