Favourite Django Solo?

jlander9

You mean besides Minor Swing? BLUE DRAG 1935. The intro is the classic melody using intervals leading into a bit of bending and slides over the Gm. Then he begins his solo hitting two quarter D's then a great 1/2 bends on the E followed by another D then a 1/2 bend on the G. He holds the bend just the right about of time. I mean the Master is just full of attitude here and it just sounds plane ole sexy. He has a great Horizontal Dm arpeggio run with an added 9 that just sits so well. There are also a few G Diminished runs that give the tune a spanish feel almost like a mix of flamenco and blues. I love the way he just holds the notes here very sweet. Plus Penelope Cruz and Charlize Theron dance to it in Head in the Clouds! :shock:

My Runners Up: Minor Swing (Djangology 49), Bouncin Around 1937, Tears, Body and Soul, Swing 39 (classic versions of these)

Matteo

I too like Vous Qui Passez Sans Me Voir a lot, and similar recordings. I bought the Django in Rome and Django on the radio cd boxes about six months ago and I've been listening to those records continually since then. There's so much that sounds fresh and alive. Apart from the one already mentioned, there's Artillerie Lourde, I Surrender Dear, How High the Moon, a couple of versions of Nuages and Troubland Boléro, the list goes on. Grappelly plays beautifully on those records too, as does the different clarinettists on the "on the radio" records. My vote for today goes to My Melancholy Baby, from Django in Rome.

Jazzaferri

Thanks Svannis

noodlenot

would impro #1 count as a solo? it´s a solo piece, after all. if not, maybe i´ll see you in my dreams... beaten to death, i know, but notable for its melodic development, thematic cohesion and intrinsic beauty. or sweet georgia brown...or blue drag... or... ok,, must...stop... now...

dennis

i've been working on django solos lately, i've recorded a few of my favorites here:







i hope me posting these videos don't piss rimm off hahahahahah

BluesBop Harry

Liebestraum#3

Spalo

For me it will always be 'Loves Melody' (Melodie au Crepuscle) recorded in London in 1946. The perfect mix of technique, invention and lyricism. Unrushed and absolutely beautiful. Quintessential Django!

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rimm

Dennis-great playing-your attitude remains, childish!!!

For me it has to be 'Blues Clair' -His flow of ideas in that piece amazes me. 8)

rimm

8)

swing68

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But I remember P***e, though. A dedication of 'You Rascal You' (vocal version) to him wouldn't have seemed inappropriate at the time ...

Anyway: for understatement, poise, this beautiful if unintended coda to a glorious career is hard to beat: