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 ...

Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys made their debut appearances with a series of concerts held on Dec. 31, 1969, and Jan. 1, 1970, at New York City's Fillmore East. Unfortunately, it wouldn't last. By the ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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, ...