Article: Blood and fire: passing the torch of gypsy guitar.(guitar music history)(includes related articles on the Maccaferri-Selmer 1933-53 'gypsy jazz guitars; and on 15-year-old gypsy prodigy Jimmy Rosenberg)

Dictionary definition: bal musette
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English;      262 words ...bal musette noun phrase plural bals musettes E20 French . In France: a popular dancehall (with an accordion band).

Transcript: Interview: Michael Dregni discusses his new biography of ...
Talk of the Nation (NPR);  December 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... does that mean? Mr. DREGNI: Django was a Romany word that meant ... do to survive. CONAN: And Django eventually becomes a musician ... he was hired to play in a bal-musette, one of these sort of underworld ... a tour around Europe. And Django returned one night after playing ...

Article: `Django' returns -- with his Spaghetti Western angst ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 4, 2000 ;     700+ words ...`Django' returns, with his Spaghetti Western angst ... Service Friday, February 4, 2000 The name Django doesn't mean a lot to Americans, unless they are fans of the famous jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. But when director Sergio Corbucci ...

Article: Django Reinhardt. (guitarist) (3 Faces of Acoustic Genius)
Guitar Player;  May 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... surrounds the amazing Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhar whose recording career spanned ... determining whether the guitar was a rhyt Django's single-note choruses exhibited a ... and shortly thereafter was dubbed "Django." His mother was a dancer and actress ...

Transcript: Profile: Jazz musicians John Lewis and Django ...
NPR All Things Considered;  October 2, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Profile: Jazz musicians John Lewis and Django Reinhardt, and John Lewis' musical composition Django Host: LINDA WERTHEIMER, NOAH ADAMS Time ... signature tunes was Lewis' composition Django. It's also one of the NPR 100, the most ...

Article: Local guitarist in tune with Django
Redlands Daily Facts;  July 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... longtime idol, gypsy jazz-guitar virtuoso Django Reinhardt. Ever since Jorgenson was a ... having first been introduced to the Django (the "D" is silent) style while performing ... someone who could recreate the fidelity of Django's original recordings, he sought out ...

Transcript: Profile: Seattle band uses the old sound of Django ...
NPR All Things Considered;  May 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Profile: Seattle band uses the old sound of Django Reinhardt Host: NOAH ADAMS, LINDA WERTHEIMER ... city and another era. (Soundbite of Pearl Django) WERTHEIMER: The band is Pearl Django. Sounds a little like another more famous Seattle ...