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( fr ) Jean Baptiste 'Django' Reinhardt (January 23, 1910 - May 16, 1953) was a Belgian Sinti jazz guitarist. He was one of the first prominent jazz musicians to be born in Europe, and one of the most renowned jazz guitarists of all time. His most renowned tunes include 'My Sweet', 'Minor Swing', 'Tears', 'Belleville', 'Djangology' and 'Nuages' (French, meaning 'Clouds'). His name is pronounced 'j?ng? r?nhärt', 'zhang-oh', or 'zhon-go'.

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Tango Hall of fame  Django Reinhardt is a great jazz guitar performer. You will like him if you like guitar , even if jazz is not your favorite music.

Book Review: The Jazz Guitar Experience, Your Practical Guide to
The Jazz Guitar Experience: Your Practical Guide to the Landmark Styles of JazzThe Jazz Guitar Experience: Your Practical Guide to the Landmark Styles of Jazz is an informative and entertaining method book that takes the reader on a historical walk through the history of the jazz guitar from the 1920s to the 1980s. Presented by the National Guitar Workshop, and published by Alfred, the book is written by the highly respected guitar pedagogue Tom Dempsey. Dempsey, who teaches at the NGW each summ [Read more]
10 days ago on Modern Guitars Magazine  (Django Reinhardt) 
Preschool open house
Caravan G.S.E. is an instrumental acoustic jazz group based out of Madison, Wisconsin. They are primarily influenced by the legendary Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt. The ensemble also pulls influences from jazz, swing, European folk, traditional Latin, Parisian waltz, and other vintage-jazz sources. Expect a range of tunes from the “Hot Swing” repertoire, originals and standards done in uniquely arranged styles. [Read more]
10 days ago on Mirror  (Django Reinhardt) 
Yves Klein Blue sing About the Future
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10 days ago on Courier Mail  (Django Reinhardt) 
Gypsy-jazz from Halifax plays JazzFest
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12 days ago on Victoria News  (Django Reinhardt) 
History museum parties with gypsy jazz band
The June 26 event features Babik performing upbeat gypsy jazz in the vein of Django Reinhardt. The final Party on the Portico of 2009 will be July 31, [Read more]
12 days ago on The Daily News Online  (Django Reinhardt) 
Readers recommend Songs in French
Paul MacInnes The Guardian, Friday 19 June 2009 Zut. This week's topic inspired accusations of racism and collaboration. It sparked rows over the music of murderers and the application of ethics to personal taste. What could, quite easily, have been a genial foray into a world of smoky chanson and misappropriated foreign phrases turned into heated debate and an awe-inspiringly broad trawl through music as new to many of you as it was to me. All that and an addition to RR argot: when seco [Read more]
15 days ago on guardian.co.uk  (Django Reinhardt) 
A 'kitchen table discussion' about objective and subjective truth
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15 days ago on Examiner.com  (Django Reinhardt) 
Despite their name and impenetrable press release, this east
Even the band can't quite get a handle on what it is they're up to. Basically, their press release, which they penned themselves, is gibberish: The triple distilled essence (and sensibility) of an artistic huddle of mischievous musicals, is how they describe themselves, going on to extol the virtues of their songs, those rollicking along sing-a-longs, galloping into disco sunsets like whisky-addled and leather-saddled bandits on the stolen backs of prairie wild mustangs. Yes, well, cheers fo [Read more]
15 days ago on guardian.co.uk  (Django Reinhardt) 
Readers Recommend
Zut. This week's topic inspired accusations of racism and collaboration. It sparked rows over the music of murderers and the application of ethics to personal taste. What could, quite easily, have been a genial foray into a world of smoky chanson and misappropriated foreign phrases turned into heated debate and an awe-inspiringly broad trawl through music as new to many of you as it was to me. All that and an addition to RR argot: when seconding a recommendation in French, the appropriate term i [Read more]
16 days ago on Buzzle  (Django Reinhardt) 
Page making big return
An album of songs that Page recorded with the Art of Time Ensemble, made up of classical and jazz players, is due to be released later this year. He is also working on a new solo album, slated for release in 2010. [Read more]
16 days ago on Orillia Packet & Times  (Django Reinhardt) 
Enjoy jazz, farmers' market in Binghamton
Here is the storyline: It's hello to Hollywood, but goodbye to Oscar-winning screenwriter Jane, (Lori Koblanski), whose journey toward solving her own whodunnit has just begun. Aided by Kitty (Theresa Olin), Jane wends her way through the web of deception woven by producer Hugh (Rich Rutenber), ingenue Betsey (Larissa Szigeti), Val, the aging diva (Melissa Harris), director Justin (Don Erckert) and gossip columnist Edwina (Hollie Niles). Rich Cooley makes his directing debut. [Read more]
16 days ago on Press & Sun-Bulletin  (Django Reinhardt) 
Austin group offers a Texas-sound to jazz
Kouyate defined it all for us. Those bird cages were his talking drums, which Kouyate demonstrated in a quick solo-jam clinic before the rest of the guys arrived. He held the drum under his arm, squeezing it against his side to tighten or loosen the strings that run the circumference of the instrument. They're attached to the goatskin drumhead, which he beat with both hands, one holding a hooked ivory stick. As the strings tightened, the pitch of the drum changed, giving him a wide range of soun [Read more]
16 days ago on RocNow  (Django Reinhardt) 
5th Annual Jazz festival at Caesarea Harbour, Israel, June 18 - 20
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17 days ago on TravelVideo.tv (press release)  (Django Reinhardt) 
Concert by Babik
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17 days ago on North Country Public Radio  (Django Reinhardt) 
Ten things to do: Wednesday 17/6
This website and its associated newspaper adheres to the Press Complaints Commission's Code of Practice. If you have a complaint about editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then contact the Editor by clicking here. [Read more]
18 days ago on Sheffield Telegraph  (Django Reinhardt) 
ROCHESTER JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009 BLOG: Day 4: Stephane Wrembel, Chico
When the Stephane Wrembel Trio hit the stage at the new, large Club Pass tent, I thought there might be a sound system problem - an electronic buzz that just wouldn't quit. My son suggested that it might be there on purpose and, sure enough, it was a drone that gave a vaguely Middle-Eastern tinge to the first song.With all of its international acts, one thing the RIJF has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt is that jazz has expanded into myriad sub-genres. Wrembel is a proponent of the Django dgen [Read more]
18 days ago on Rochester City Newspaper  (Django Reinhardt) 
Severinsen finds his gypsy in latest band
Home Friday, June 19, 2009 Got a Tip? NewsWatch Weather Obituaries Blogs AP Wires Mobile Contact Us RSS Corrections Traffic Times Gas Prices Tickets News Friday, June 19, 2009 Main Page Milwaukee Waukesha Ozaukee/Washington Wisconsin Politics Obituaries Education Crime Iraq war Special Reports Watchdog Friday, June 19, 2009 Main Page Watchdog Reports Dogged Blog Public Investigator P.I. Blog No Quarter Data on Demand Citizen Watchdog Opini [Read more]
18 days ago on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  (Django Reinhardt) 
Twin Cities Jazz Festival
Singer-songwriter-producer Allen Toussaint will be in the spotlight this Friday night in St. Paul's Mears Park as part of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. But the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer has spent much of his six-decade career as a songwriter — and hit-making producer — shying away from the spotlight. Yes, definitely, my whole forte has been in the studio writing, arranging horns and strings and rehearsing musicians for artists who go out and perform. I've always considered myself [Read more]
18 days ago on Pioneer Press  (Django Reinhardt) 
Summer Jazz series set at Azalea Rec
This European jazz quartet features the music of Django Reinhardt, Dorado Schmidtt and sensual latin rhythms. Amelia Eartheart Productions, Inc. is a [Read more]
19 days ago on Tampa Bay Newspapers  (Django Reinhardt) 
Live Music and Mountaineering Guest Speakers Highlight ISIS
Burlington, VT (PRWEB) June 13, 2009 -- Today, ISIS, maker of women's outdoor clothing, announced a line-up that goes well beyond unsurpassed bargains at its first-ever Warehouse Sale in San Francisco.    The action gets underway on Friday night when The Hot Club of Marin, a gypsy jazz trio, performs live from 5 to 8pm. Well-known in the Bay Area, The Hot Club of Marin is dedicated to the music of Django Reinhardt and Quintet of the Hot Club of France. During the free performance, Bandit [Read more]
21 days ago on PR Web (press release)  (Django Reinhardt) 
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