Some 20 years ago, when a musical group known as Bleu Django formed, it needed a bit of a support system to form as well. Violinist Carolyn Dutton of Nashville remembers. “We initially weren’t quite ...

Gypsy jazz group to offer echoes of Django’s sound The Hot Club of Tucson brings its swinging style of gypsy jazz to the Arizona Senior Academy on Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. Also known as “hot jazz,” gypsy ...

Richard Smith’s virtuoso finger-style guitar skill makes his six-string acoustic instrument sound like a miniature orchestra. Nonetheless, Smith plays well with others. A native of England, Smith ...

In the final months of his life, the transcendent Romani guitarist Django Reinhardt despaired that he’d been forgotten, and that his singular contributions to jazz would go unrecognized. Only 43 when ...

What a classical violinist can learn from Gypsy Jazz. : From the Top Christopher O'RIley and teenage violinist, John Fawcett talk about nuanced bowing technique.

MADISON >> The Rhythm Future Quartet will bring the spirit of “Gypsy jazz” to the Fire in the Kitchen acoustic music series at the North Madison Congregational Church Saturday night, even if they ...

Gypsy jazz — that wonderfully infectious style of music played in smoky Parisian jazz clubs and swanky dance halls during the 1930s and ‘40s — is making a comeback. The man who is credited with ...