PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In a nod to their musical idol, the members of the jazz manouche band Minor Swing managed to turn a hobby into a display of a vintage genre that is as passionate as the European ...

Manouche Jazz, commonly known as "Gypsy Jazz," is a blend of traditional Roma music and swing jazz. Originating in Paris in the early 1930s, it was first popularized by the Quintette du Hot Club de ...

Djoin a djam on a street corner or catch a performance in honor of Belgian jazz pioneer Django Reinhardt during the five-day festival. A previous year’s DjangoFest Northwest ends in an all-instruments ...

Gypsy Jazz or Manouche was the invention of Django Reinhardt whose sound came from old gypsy tunes played with a swing rhythm. During the inter-war years, Django heard Louis Armstrong and Duke ...