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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 ...
One minute, Django Reinhardt, seventeen years of raw Manouche talent and nervous pre-nuptial jitters, was breathing the familiar fug of his caravan, the scent of woodsmoke and Gauloises thick in the ...
On the weekend of March 20, the Carrboro Django Reinhardt Festival returns for its fifth edition, bringing acoustic jazz, communal jam sessions, and a rare slice of European musical culture to local ...
NORTHAMPTON — Just hearing the word “Django” may bring thoughts of music or dance for some. And they would be right. “Django” is a 1954 jazz standard written by John Lewis as a tribute to Belgian-born ...