Favourite Django Solo?

Bones

Yeah, his version of the head plus his accompaniment behind Stephane is amazing.

AmundLauritzen

I don't like to choose. I have not heard one mediocre performance by Django. All his solos are mind blowing. And then you hear different takes of the same song and they are so radically different the song is completely different(in a good way).

But nevertheless here are the ones I listen to a lot these days:

L'Oiseaux des iles
Tweltfth Year
Them There Eyes
Shine
Rose Room
After You've gone
My Blue Heaven


But as I said, every solo Django ever played was great. He was really something else...

Mitch

Où es-tu mon amour...

Svanis1337

I gave a listen to "To Each His Own" from 1949, and it's up there, along with Ou Es, I surrender dear and La Mer from the same sessions.

Shawn

Favorite solo's, well, just about anything from the 1949 Rome sessions. My all time favorite is Django's solo on "Improvisation on Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Andante". Everytime I hear it I'm just about in tears.

Aside from that...

Coquette
Echoes of France
Impromptu
Deccaphonie
Vamp

Jim Kaznosky

Bones wrote:

Hey Rimm,

Did you ever transcribe that version of Swing guitars?

Ditto what Gonzalo said about the rhythm!! Awesome!

I was going to vote for this one (Dark Eyes version).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua-MWLJvGvM

thanks

I've been transcribing that Swing Guitars solo this weekend. Great solo.

Tele295

Troublant Bolero

Bones

Hey Jkaz,

Post it if you don't mind after you get it done (if you write up the tab). I'd like to do it myself but working on Mabel right now and plus sometimes I get lazy :-)

Thanks!

Art-T

Hi, am new to this forum. My favourite django is Seul ce Soir for the feel and approach more than technical reasons. Also World is Waiting for the Sunrise has a great swinging solo.

Jim Kaznosky

Bones wrote:

Hey Jkaz,

Post it if you don't mind after you get it done (if you write up the tab). I'd like to do it myself but working on Mabel right now and plus sometimes I get lazy :-)

Thanks!

Sure. I'm not exactly sure about how to notate certain timing, so I'm giving it my best shot. I'm also trying a program to help me do it, so it is a little slow going. I'm done with the first pass through the form, so I'm thinking I'll be done this weekend if I don't have any gigs or major home events happening.