Gypsy jazz fans, unite: the Django Reinhardt Festival will be celebrating its 25th anniversary this week in New York! Tickets have been selling fast for this highly-anticipated six-show series at ...
John Jorgenson performed two pieces in our studio: the new composition "Istiqbal" and "El Camino del Che" from his latest CD, "Ultraspontane." Guitarist John Jorgenson has insanely fast fingers — they ...
This is the second of a series of articles on the recent Berlin international film festival, the Berlinale, held February 9-18, 2017. The first part was posted March 2. Finally, a feature film about ...
Manouche Jazz, commonly known as "Gypsy Jazz," is a blend of traditional Roma music and swing jazz. Originating in Paris in the early 1930s, it was first popularized by the Quintette du Hot Club de ...
It’s not easy following in the footsteps of a legend. But Lulo Reinhardt has carved out a melodious path of his own, as an internationally acclaimed guitarist. He is the great-nephew of gypsy jazz ...
One of the world’s leading proponents of the music of Gypsy jazz innovator Django Reinhardt, who would have celebrated his 100th birthday Saturday, guitarist John Jorgenson offered illuminating ...