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 ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Dorado Schmitt, legendary gypsy guitarist from France, has been at the center of ...

"The passion that he put into each note was unbelievable. He was ferocious." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Peter Frampton ...

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 ...

Saxophonist James Carter and his band were touring in support of Chasin’ the Gypsy, Carter’s 2000 tribute to gypsy-jazz guitar great Django Reinhardt, when they started playing “Nuages” during a ...

Seventy years after Django Reinhardt's Quintette du Hot Club de France fused Gypsy guitar with the jazz of the day, a new "Hot Club" has emerged in the Motor City. The Hot Club of Detroit puts a ...