Guardian Music — (Frémeaux)The original Quintette, co-led by Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt, inaugurated a unique form of jazz which remains hugely popular today, especially in France. Django's son, the late Babik Reinhardt, formed this brilliant, updated ... more info

Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott's, LondonIn a consonance of fives, Ronnie Scott's is currently celebrating the fifth birthday of its makeover under Sally Greene's ownership with a five-night season by Wynton Marsalis's quintet. The American trumpet star's particular mi... more info

Mercury News, California — Though he first pursued blues guitar, he found liberation in the Gypsy jazz legacy of Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of Paris. Bergara's group performs this week in Santa Cruz and San Francisco. more info

Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott's, LondonThe jazz organ trio, with saxophone and drums, is one of the most cost-effective lineups you can have: it's like a mini big band, with swirling, punchy sounds that evoke Ivy League style and monochrome 1960s thrillers. But when ... more info

Guardian Music — (Mack Avenue)Gary Burton, the finest exponent of four-mallet vibraphone-playing in jazz history, is at Ronnie Scott's next week with the first touring band he's had in six years. It's been worth the wait. Burton hired Pat Metheny when the guitarist w... more info

Detroit Free Press — The DNA of Django Reinhardt is built into the Hot Club of Detroit. Still, the band's live performances and CDs on the Mack Avenue label have documented a steady progression beyond its roots in pre-World War II Gypsy jazz to the embrace of a more... more info

Guardian Music — 1928: Number 6 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of jazz musicIn 1928, at 18, Belgian gypsy musician Django Reinhardt lost the use of the third and fourth fingers of his left hand in a caravan fire, forcing him to abandon both the vio... more info

Guardian Music — As part of our new online city guides, we asked music experts to compile a playlist to their city. Here, jazz musician Olivier Hutman charts the heart and soul of Paris from Edith Piaf to Serge GainsbourgWhile compiling our new online guides to the m... more info

Guardian Music — Pianist plays pop and jazz, both old and new, in his first performance since birth of his daughter in MarchJamie Cullum could not be described as edgy, but he loves jazz passionately and wants a lot more people to get its point. "It's only the second... more info

Guardian Music — (Material)After a few years in Pat Metheny's wake in the 1980s, Austria's Wolfgang Muthspiel became an excellent jazz guitarist with his own take on the intersections between postbop, world music and swing. His trio includes Brad Mehldau bassist Larr... more info