Favourite Django Solo?

thrip

Matteo wrote:

My vote for today goes to My Melancholy Baby, from Django in Rome.

An excellent choice! I just happened to have done a transcription of that solo if you're interested:

http://timrobinsonguitar.com/lessons/le ... choly.html

dennis

rimm wrote:

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i saw yourwhole text buddy... first of all, relax i was only teasing... second of all, you were the first toopen thecan of worms , i just played along...

second of all i suspecct u removed your text because u realized u had thewrong person, i was not the person being threatened, it was another dude (really great playerby the way).. and it s great that u defended him.. the most iever got was a dude who cyber stalked me because i didnt give him tabs haha..

laslty , if we ever run into eachother, i would t feel awkward, as ihave no ill feelings toward u.. like i said, just making funwhich is what i always do... i probably do too much of it but hey that s me... childish? definitely, just look at my avatar

ps i would be sent thisby pm so as nottopollute this thread but my ipad isnt being too friendly at the moment... sowith that said let bygones be bygones...

rimm

Agreed*





*Offers toffee from back pocket

Jazzaferri

Hands shaken so to speak... .....back to the topic.

I learned the Blues Clair solo pretty much note for a few years ago with, if my memory is right, many thanks to Dennis for saving me several hours of work. that must mean something, but try as I might every time I try to answer this question I come up with a different answer :oops:

Even heard some from this thread I hadn't heard before which I really like. Oh Well, my wife has told me I have the attention span of a gnat. :shock: poor gnats 8)

Matteo

Thanks Tim! I will definitely have a look at that. You're right about the Parker quote; I haven't thought about it before.

By the way, you have already helped me develop my playing. I downloaded a couple of your arpeggio exercises, perhaps a year ago, and have memorised two of them, I can't give you anything but love and Djangology. I still use them for warm up etc. Brilliant stuff! Thanks again.

I'd like to mention another one of my absolute favourites today: Lentement Mademoiselle (31 March 1942). Perfectly structured, very melodic, rhythmically exiting and fantastically beautiful tone!

Joli Gadjo

Always incredible Dennis. Thanks for sharing those amazing recordings.
It sounds like you're the only one who could come up with a real accurate note-for-note transcription Bible of Django's solos.

Bob Holo

Yes - Dennis' transcription is spot on. Another great reference for general song transcription, if you don't already have it - is JP Watremez / Max Robin's book. I forget the name, but it has Django in the title... a big paperback book with a tannish-yellow cover. Michael has it I think, but somehow a search didn't bring it up - I must be misspelling something. It's this guy, though. http://www.watremez.com/ And his new album Nympheas is absolutely a stunner. So tasteful and musical it almost hurts.

Joli Gadjo

http://shoppingcart.djangobooks.com/repertoire-and-play-along/complete-django-django-reinhardt-s-100th-birthday-special-edition-hardcover-with-cd---complete-django-special-edition.html

There used to be a paperback version indeed.

Ahab

Bob Holo wrote:

Yes - Dennis' transcription is spot on. Another great reference for general song transcription, if you don't already have it - is JP Watremez / Max Robin's book. I forget the name, but it has Django in the title... a big paperback book with a tannish-yellow cover. Michael has it I think, but somehow a search didn't bring it up - I must be misspelling something. It's this guy, though. http://www.watremez.com/ And his new album Nympheas is absolutely a stunner. So tasteful and musical it almost hurts.

I have the same book and if you can get the hardback edition it's a real treat, each of Django's tunes has a little bio with lots of fascinating anecdotes. And JP Watremez's album is great too! His version of Django's composition Nympheas is beautiful.

Phil

"I wonder where my baby is tonight"
'Them there Eyes"
"Sweet Georgia Brown" the version with Django w/Grappelli on piano..like Blues Claire it's another piece where chorus after chorus, his flow of ideas amazes.