Django Reinhardt News

The sounds of hot music and cool vocals sizzle when Ocean County College's Arts and Community Center hosts the popular MidWeek Jazz Series .A Come hear acclaimed artists play classic jazz and swing in a single 90-minute set!A Shows run on Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. on OCC's Main Campus, College Drive, Toms River, NJ.A Please use Parking Lot #2. March ... (more)

In the sphere of improvisational guitarists one name always warrants mention: Django Reinhardt.

The Burlington Civic Music Association continues to pull in stellar groups and this was one of them.

The Frenchman who now lives in Montreux, Switzerland. has a charming, elegant approach to singing that he developed after navigating the Parisian cafs of Saint-Germain des Prs, as well as many East Coast Jazz clubs, when he lived in the US.

By Alex Browne - Peace Arch News Published: January 25, 2012 3:00 PM Updated: January 25, 2012 3:18 PM The virtuoso Romanian-born violinist has a soulful tone that speaks of generations of music tradition in his own family - and a staggering technique refined through years of classical music studies and performance.

Burlington Civic Music hits home runs now and again, and last night they parked one over the musical centerfield wall.

A true guitar virtuoso, Jorgenson co-founded the Desert Rose Band AND 6-string country legends The Hellecasters, spent six years as a member of Elton John's band and has played on countless high-profile recording sessions.

On Thursday, January 26th at 5:30 p.m., the Driehaus Museum in partnership with Jeff Lindberg's Chicago Jazz Orchestra will present Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan in a celebration of the music of world-renowned French jazz guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt.

By Alex Browne - Peace Arch News Published: January 25, 2012 3:00 PM Updated: January 25, 2012 3:18 PM The virtuoso Romanian-born violinist has a soulful tone that speaks of generations of music tradition in his own family - and a staggering technique refined through years of classical music studies and performance.

9. Clarinetist/composer Jorg Widmann performs Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, and Christa Schonfeldinger performs the NSO premiere of "Armonica" by Widmann on the glass harmonica.

Gypsy jazz guitarist Stephane Wrembel is a big fan of Django Reinhardt. The French-born guitar virtuoso, whom Rolling Stone magazine called "a revelation," has a few fans of his own: Woody Allen, David Grisman and Mark O'Connor, among others.

The 10th annual William Stafford Birthday Celebration will be at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan.

The man who became the 1st European jazz giant was born Jean Baptiste Reinhardt on January 24 1910 in a Gypsy encampment at Liberchies Belgium.

Gypsy jazz band One Leg Up plays to night at The Grey Eagle at a bash honoring the guitar great Django Reinhardt.

A certain view of jazz history has us believe that responsibility for the evolution of the music lies exclusively in American hands.