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Helmut Eisel - Clarinet - Gypsy Jazz and Klezmer

AndyW — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:19:00 +0000

I'm enjoying German clarinettist Helmut Eisel's collaborations with gypsy jazz guitarist Joscho Stephan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9iZ67jKCHI

Manoir De Mes Reves ('Django's Castle') · Gerry Mulligan The Concert Jazz Band

AndyW — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:53:56 +0000

Manoir De Mes Reves ('Django's Castle') · Gerry Mulligan & The Concert Jazz Band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_owQ5pH_Tkc

I Surrender Dear · Buddy DeFranco on clarinet …

AndyW — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:38:14 +0000

Buddy DeFranco, bringing his bebop sensibility to 'I Surrender Dear'

https://youtu.be/X53LIGIHBoE?si=xRfbuGLt2j9WIXxQ

Bb Lead Sheets

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Michele Marini: clarinet

AndyW — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 18:20:49 +0000

Michele Marini: clarinet, with The Maurizio Geri Swingtet on "Hunn, o Pani Naschella" (Titi Winterstein + Lulu Reinhardt)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH_TMc3jgR8

I always love a clarinet & guitar & accordion front three ;-)

Nicola Giammarinaro clarinet on "Songe d’Automne" and "Fou rire"

AndyW — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 12:51:28 +0000

Sicilian clarinettist Nicola Giammarinaro is one of my favourite players, - great technique, all the right ideas and a beautiful sound:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQvU8wjOulI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC5wMuFUrrc

he has his own youtube channel & instagram .

Phil Woods, alto sax with Harry Leahey, guitar, et. al. - "Django's Castle"

AndyW — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 23:49:50 +0000

From another forum... a beautiful alto sax solo on this old Django standard. -A-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSlR9JG7xuA

Konrad Wizniewski , saxophone.

AndyW — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:53:01 +0000

Glasgow-based saxophonist Konrad Wizniewski , with local Gypsy Jazz quartet Rose-Room ::)]:
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Django Reinhardt Prize 2020

AndyW — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 11:33:29 +0000

congratulations to French saxophonist Sophie Alour [www.sophiealour.com] on winning the 2020 prize, awarded by the 'L’académie de jazz de France' and named for the famed guitarist.

https://www.selmer.fr/en/beyond-the-sound/category/artists/sophie-alour-wins-the-django-reinhardt-prize

former winners since the prize's inception in 1954 are listed here, I've no idea how many "jazz manouche" players are in the list, or have been in contention over the years - perhaps not very many.

http://www.academiedujazz.com/les-laureats-depuis-1954.html

Barney Wilen "Nuages"

AndyW — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 16:21:51 +0000

This is rather nice treatment of Django's tune.

Frenchman Barney Wilen covered a lot more of the GJ repertoire than most, it's easy to find his versions of Swing 39, Minor Swing, Menilmontant, et. al.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGeB5a4cPBM

Jazz Clarinet blog by Samantha Wright featuring Hubert Rostaing et. al.

AndyW — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 15:10:13 +0000

nice to see a talented young British jazz musician talking about Django-collaborator Hubert Rostaing alongside many other great clarinettists.

She's making transcribed solos available - hear her music on instagram too.

https://samanthawright.co.uk/blog

https://www.instagram.com/samanthaclarinet/

Live podcast with Giacomo Smith

MattHolborn — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 17:14:59 +0000

Im interviewing Giacomo for my new podcast, we will be going live from 6.30pm GMT 1st April 2020.

Follow this link for the stream....

https://linktr.ee/mattholborn

New music with the London Django Collective with Giacomo Smith

MattHolborn — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 11:10:29 +0000

Hey guys, hope you enjoy this video featuring Giacomo, he plays a killer solo over this original tune by Jeremie Coullon!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=olV9ecNxin8&feature=emb_title

Get the whole EP via the link below

https://smarturl.it/hrtxv4

"Hearing Brazil's Choro" series

AndyW — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:20:43 +0000

A recent series of five videos from Jazz at the Lincoln Centre's excellent education series.

In part 4 , Anat Cohen discusses the role of the clarinet in Choro

I chose this one video because "Ternura" is such a beautiful tune, and I like to play it in the gypsy jazz [latin] style.

[ DM me for a clarinet lead sheet, if you need ]

Anat Cohen is a tremendous player, too, with beautiful tone & improvisational ideas

The other videos talk about the instrumentation & roles of the other players, the music's history, etc, check out all five parts.

-Andy-

https://youtu.be/-DuG6H4i8zw

Gypsy Jazz Vibraphone

EliPorter — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 20:35:23 +0000

Hello DjangoBooks! I'm a vibraphone player who recently got into gypsy jazz! I know vibes aren't woodwind but I figured it was the closest section since if I were to play in a gypsy band I would be playing basically the same role as a woodwind player. But how does one start with gypsy jazz other than guitar or bass? I can't find any tutorials! What does one do differently in a I guess "standard" swing situation than a gypsy situation. I was able to fiddle around with the pedal on my vibes and get kind of a la pompe sound but there is no way to get the percussive aspect of it so I'm guessing comping on vibes in a gypsy situation is out of the picture (I do play with 4 mallets so I comp a lot when I play jazz). I found the gypsy vibes album by the Joscho Stephan trio ft. Matthias Strucken on vibes. Any help is appreciated.

Ken Peplowski & Diego Figueiredo - Cherokee

AndyW — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 10:28:48 +0000

Ken Peplowski (clarinet) & Diego Figueiredo (guitar) - Cherokee -
(I know it ain't quite pure gypsy jazz- but - enjoy!)
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Clarinet intro's

Carlo Gentenaar — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 08:47:33 +0000

Hi, does anyone know of any nice clarinet intro's for any song in the general gypsy jazz repertoire and in particular Swing 42 and Stomping' at Decca. We're looking for the riff type like Django's Belleville intro's and/or something like the violin intro on Thomas Dutronc's Veish a no drom. Thnx, C.

Evan Christopher

NylonDave — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 11:23:55 +0000

Quadro Nuevo - Tu Vuo' Fa' l'Americano -

AndyW — Fri, 18 May 2018 08:25:24 +0000

with Mulo Francel on soprano sax

Anyone recognize this trumpet player?

cbwim — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 22:51:21 +0000

Trumpet player, most likely Jazz, from Paris circa 1934 or later. Anyone recognize this player? Person probably stood 5'6" - the Donald Duck suit he is wearing as well as the hat is at the Museum of Whimsy in Astoria OR. Am helping them try to ID the player.

"Seresta" -

AndyW — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 15:32:51 +0000

Many will know Levy's tune from the version by the Rosenberg Trio-
here it is for guitars & clarinet from Grupo Seresta who are from Colombia.

"Fou Rire" [Richard Galliano] - Petar Taneski on clarinet

AndyW — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:18:11 +0000

Ken Peplowski on clarinet: "China Boy", with Dorado Schmitt

AndyW — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 13:29:56 +0000

[from the same album as the James carter track]

James Carter - "Melodie au Crepuscule"

AndyW — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 22:57:37 +0000

Bernard Berkhout, clarinet, with The Rosenberg Trio on "Dinette"

AndyW — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 18:45:19 +0000

Bernard nails it ;-) I must transcribe this...

Connie Evingson & the Hot Club of Sweden - with Tony Balluff on clarinet

AndyW — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 09:33:30 +0000

Quintet HCF with clarinet - Transcriptions

PapsPier — Fri, 27 May 2016 16:39:28 +0000

Hi all the clarinet players of this forum!!
I have started this project of transcribing the solos of clarinet from the recordings of Django in Quintet formation.
I do it because it helps me to read music, to strengthen my rhythmic skills and to see how they improvise in clarinet. I write down the solos using Lilypond.
I already have a couple ready Danse Norvegienne and Folie a Amphion, from 1947, Blues, Swing 41 from 1940. I also have some other that should be ready soon.

Let me know if some of you are interested by that. It may be interesting for clarinet players who know how to play but are beginners to jazz language.

What's your setup and doubling

Jazzaferri — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:16:04 +0000

I always enjoy finding out what others are playing and such being a complete gearhead.

My horn is a Keilwerth black nickel SX90II soprano with a Joe Giardullo (SopranoPlanet.com) Open Sky mpce and Hemke 3 reeds.

She's a fussy bitch on the palm keys with a gorgeous rich chocolaty tone. I work very hard to eliminate any trace of ancestry to ducks or geese. I once had a jazz critic make the mistake of thinking I played clarinet (probably the colour and bad ears). Sometime next year I will get an R & C Saxello which I have been told by those who know them will be perfect for the sound I try to get.

My main instrument is guitar which I have been playing for more decades than I will admit to. I play a custom built Michael Dunn that was finished on January 23, 2010. I am very fortunate to have this one as it turned out to be a very special guitar with a lovely rich timbre and lots of GJ style power and sustain when picked hard. Michael thinks it one of his best.

Poll ......Which sax do you like in GJ

Jazzaferri — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 23:09:26 +0000

I am interested in hearing any thoughts as to whether you guitar players or other instrument have a preference for soprano, alto or tenor saxes in GJ.

Is there one range of notes that you think inherently works better than the others.

I play tenor or alto in R & B as needed, tenor in big band and while I have my thoughts on GJ, I am much more interested in others. Going to DIJ and will be working up for that in the new year.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts on on this. If I new how I would make it a poll

Eflat charts

Eugene — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:07:58 +0000

Where could I find charts for alto clarinet had a chance to jam with some gypsises and it works really good but I dont transpose very good.