Guitarist Stéphane Wrembel was a fan of Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd as a teenager, but after hearing Django Reinhardt, his musical life took a new direction. He became a leading exponent in the ...

Django Reinhardt (1910-1953) practically invented jazz guitar. A product of gypsy culture and music, living and working in Paris in the 1930s-40s, he and his group, the Hot Club Quintet, which notably ...

A bar fight breaks out during a pivotal scene in Django, the musically crisp yet mournful new wartime drama by Étienne Comar. As the fracas unfolds, the band keeps playing, with a blithe bemusement ...

The Gypsy jazz guitarist, who would have turned 100 this weekend, is the toast of tribute albums and festivals. John Jorgenson on Django Reinhardt: “It was so underground. Nobody knew anything about ...

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 ...

Before the coronavirus outbreak, Wrembel visited the Fresh Air studio to talk about his musical influences and to play, with his trio, songs from his new album, Django L'Impressionniste. This is FRESH ...