Gypsy jazz — that wonderfully infectious style of music played in smoky Parisian jazz clubs and swanky dance halls during the 1930s and ‘40s — is making a comeback. The man who is credited with ...

Harmonious Wail — standard-bearers for Americana-infused gypsy jazz/swing music in Madison and beyond for 30 years — had a May 8 gig at Stoughton Opera House postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Hayes and Nauman found each other by happenstance, as Nauman had recently taken up the style of music and formed a band in Billings, the Rimrock Hot Club, and Hayes, who has been playing in a gypsy ...

Richard Smith’s virtuoso finger-style guitar skill makes his six-string acoustic instrument sound like a miniature orchestra. Nonetheless, Smith plays well with others. A native of England, Smith ...

Rhythm guitarist Dave Francis has formed a new trio called Rue de la Pompe, his latest tribute to gypsy jazz and their three-fingered hero, Django Reinhardt. The trio features bass aces Steve Meashey ...

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, ...

On a recent Saturday afternoon, guitarist Evan Perri rested on a sectional sofa that consumed most of his bachelor pad in Grosse Pointe Park. Perri fiddled with the strings on his new acoustic guitar ...

The new release is called "I Love Paris," and it features Denver vocalist Kristi Stice. The band's website calls it a "tribute to The Hot Club of France, French music and swingin' Jazz." And the songs ...

With the release last June of its captivating debut album “Aires de Cambio” ( doubleOone Records), Barrio Manouche returned the national spotlight to the Bay Area’s creatively charged Gypsy jazz scene ...

Tapping toes and singing along much of the time was the call-of-the-day when the Afternoon Music Club of Phoenixville recently met to host “Songs You Know and Love” performed by Jim Stager, bass, and ...

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Gypsy jazz -- recalling the 1930s heyday ofguitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli -- is the specialty of the Hot Club of Davenport, which will play at 9 p.m. Thursday, June 30, at ...