Mark O'Connor, a disciple and protege of the late Parisian jazz fiddler Stephane Grappelli, keeps the flame alive, playing the music of the legendary Hot Club of France and re-creating the master's ...

Gypsy jazz -- the fiery and elegant acoustic-string sound made famous in the 1930s and '40s by French Romani guitarist Django Reinhardt -- is all the rage in the early 21st century. This year, scores ...

Djangology; I'm Coming Virginia; Misty; Shine; Blues For Django And Stephane; Chicago; Makin' Whoopee; Hot Lips; Minor Swing; This Can't Be Love; Star Eyes; It Don't Mean A Thing; Oriental Shuffle; My ...

Swing from Paris are a quartet inspired by the great swing bands of the 1930s, ’40s and '50s: Benny Goodman and Charlie Christian meets Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club of France.

Don’t call Django 100 a tribute band. “No, we’re not, and I think it’s important to make that distinction,” said the group’s bassist, Brian Torff. “We’re not like the Dark Star Orchestra that goes out ...

In the months leading up to his death, Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt lamented that he might be overlooked by history. Indeed, by the time a heart attack took Reinhardt’s life at the age of 43 in ...

Probably the most renowned proponents of French chanson and swing and Latin jazz were Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli ...