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Django Reinhardt: Memorial album review by David Rickert, published on June 10, 2006. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz!
Carter is revisiting the music of Reinhardt again, but giving the songs an urban push, this time with the James Carter Organ Trio, which he’s led since 2001.
Another big fan of Django Reinhardt is Actor/Writer/Director Jon Favreau, who selected TWO of his songs as part of his Guest DJ Project set. Hey! Did you enjoy this piece? We can’t do it without you.
One by Willie Steve Gunn on Django Reinhardt, Trigger, and Willie Nelson’s “Hands on the Wheel” The Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist celebrates two of the greatest ...
The music is inspired by the first celebrated European jazz musician, guitarist Django Reinhardt, who, along with violinist Stephane Grappelli and their Quintette of the Hot Club of France, played ...
Dreyfus Jazz celebrates the 100th Birthday of one of the most influential guitarists--Django Reinhardt--with an expansive series of new albums by today's jazz guitar masters. The French jazz label ...
Instead of focusing on the emblematic style of playing that he created, her latest album highlights the music of Django the composer, with her own original lyrics and arrangements.
When a modern ensemble pays tribute to Django Reinhardt, it’s usually the same setup: a Django-obsessed guitarist leads a gypsy jazz group through material that Reinhardt made famous with the ...
The band will perform The Django Experiment VI in its entirety and other songs from the Django canon as well as a few original compositions by Wrembel.
While I have heard editions of the Django Reinhardt Festival group that played louder, faster, and more aggressively, I don’t think I’ve ever heard better… ...