Django Reinhardt, the Gypsy jazz guitarist whose centennial fell early on this year’s calendar, infuriated his closest friend and best collaborator, Stephane Grappelli, with stereotypically Gypsy-ish ...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic — She’s a big personality from a country where gypsies are persona non grata. Vera Bila belts out her trademark fusion of gypsy music laced with Latin, jazz and pop influences ...
“I like to be traditional but I don’t like to be a bitch about it. It’s fun to rock out, you know?” said Molly Reeves, the curly-red-haired lead guitarist and vocalist of the Red Skunk Band, an ...
No doubt you’ve heard strains of Gypsy Jazz as background music in films or on TV. “For many people when they hear it, it will sound a little familiar," said Jake Myers. "Most people have heard it ...
When La Pompe Jazz’s singer and guitarist David Lawrence first started learning how to play gypsy jazz, he had to break some old picking habits. Lawrence, who had spent many years playing the blues, ...
Mobile Symphony Orchestra presents "Csardas" featuring The Kalman Balogh Gypsy Cimbalom Trio When: Saturday, March 15 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 16 at 2:30 p.m. Where: The Saenger Theatre, 6 S.
KRWG Music Spotlight 311 starring The Gypsy Feet Band. KRWG Music Spotlight 311 starring The Gypsy Feet Band. The band features musicians: Greg Renfro, Charlie Alfero, Jeff Ray, Paul Hotvedt, Paul ...
At any given time, there are a few acts on the jazz scene who lovingly imitate the legendary Quintette du Hot Club de France. That band's innovations in the 1930s, driven by guitarist Django Reinhardt ...
Buddy Miles, who co-founded and played drums in Band of Gypsys with Jimi Hendrix, died Tuesday in Austin. He was 60. By Jonathan Cohen, The Associated Press Buddy Miles, who co-founded and played ...