L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In the year that marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Gypsy jazz pioneer Django Reinhardt, Southland fans will have reason to celebrate with several Southland appearances later this week by contemporary Reinhardt devotee John Jorgenson. The gu... more info

All About Jazz — The government of France generated a storm late last week when news broke of its expulsion of Gypsies to Romania and Bulgaria. President Nicolas Sarkozy defends the policy as part of his administration's drive for law and order. Critics say that the ... more info

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All About Jazz — The much-admired trumpeter and flugelhorn player Harry Beckett died this afternoon after a stroke on Tuesday. His last gig was Big Band Britannia with Guy Barker's orchestra last month (Photo credit: Roger Thomas). The roll-call of bands he was in m... more info

Guardian Music — (Caprice)Josefine Lindstrand, the Swedish singer, is a graduate of Denmark's Rhythmic Music Conservatory, the innovative establishment where Django Bates put his own special spin on the role of professor. But though she's been a key member of Bates... more info

All About Jazz — Freelance Writer Eugene Holley, Jr. takes a look at a new generation of guitarists performing at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival NEWPORT, RI--In Oklahoma in the 1930s, Charlie Christian plugged in, and was the first to swing the body electric. Half... more info

All About Jazz — The Edinburgh Jazz Festival celebrates the guitarist a century after his birth. If there's a gig at any jazz festival which is guaranteed to attract and delight punters who ordinarily wouldn't touch jazz with a five-foot pole, it's the one with the... more info

The Telegraph — The gypsy roots of Jazz Manouch still sound fresh at a Django Reinhardt centenary concert. Rating: * * * * more info

Guardian Music — (Leq)This triple-CD set contains some truly astounding music. The sheer virtuosity often beggars belief, but it's the inventiveness and creative abandon in the playing of such masters of the genre as Lollo Meier and Sébastien Giniaux, and especially... more info

Guardian Music — (Download from cadizmusic.co.uk)As might be expected from the work of untameable Bromley guitar legend Billy Jenkins, this trilogy contains demented guitar solos, vocal choruses like a pub on a Saturday night, and chirpy kids attempting to sing throu... more info