Few could have predicted that the first European to come up with a unique jazz style would be a peripatetic, three-fingered, Belgian gypsy guitarist named Django Reinhardt. Fewer could have ...
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It is a little known fact that Django Reinhardt was not only an incredible guitarist, he was also extremely good at stealing chickens. For the manouche clan of gypsies to which he belonged, this was a ...
San Antonio music school to host master class by Stephane Wrembel in Django Reinhardt’s guitar style
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 ...
2010 is the 100th birthday—the centennial—of Django Reinhardt’s birth. He was born in a gypsy wagon in a suburb of Brussels in 1910. Although he only lived to be 43, dying in 1953, he wrote the book ...
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Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. This November marks the 20th Anniversary of the ...
David French wrote the liner notes for BMG's recording of Benny Goodman, "Centennial," and is working on a biography of Swing Era trumpet star Ziggy Elman. Arguably the greatest jazz guitar player ...
He has played Carnegie Hall and shared the stage with the likes of Les Paul and Al Di Meola. Now, guitar virtuoso Stéphane Wrembel is on a quest to prove that his idol, Django Reinhardt, belongs in ...
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 ...
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