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When Willie Nelson bought his iconic guitar, Trigger, in 1969, he was trying to emulate the guitarist he considered "the best ...
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
G ypsy jazz guitar extraordinaire Django Reinhardt (1910-1953) was the star of the remarkable Quintet of the Hot Club of France (1934-39), the most original European contribution in the history of ...
@paulmccartney @georgeharrisonofficial @johnlennon." In the video, the record plays the outro of a Beatles cover of Django Reinhardt's "Sheik of Araby." Frith obtained the records from the former ...
Brimming with shiny harmonies and almost a sunny jazz feel, the new single from Louisville indie band So It Was is called "In A Rose". It's the title track to their upcoming EP which was recorded at ...
[Reinhardt] also played and listened to a lot of classical music, so there’s all that influence, plus the American jazz,” Gabriel Pelli, the festival’s coordinator said. “It’s like this ...
Charlie Byrd jammed with Django Reinhardt, recorded with Woody Herman, studied with the great Segovia, and with Stan Getz introduced the Brazilian bossa nova to international audiences. He then ...
Evening Features Two Sets of Music: One Focused on Reinhardt’s Guitar Style, with Guitarists from the U.S., the Netherlands, and France, Including Django’s Great-Grandson Simba Baumgartner; and One ...