Favourite Django Solo?

Bones

Hey JK,

Yeah, I know it is hard to notate some of the nuances. I am usually just happy to get the pitches right and then the timing comes from the recording.

What notation program are you using?

Thanks

Bones

Dang, this one kills me too! Great comping over the theme plus his solo. I need to work on this one.

Bones

Oh, and of course the classic intro and chorus to When Day is Done.

Archtop Eddy

Many, many excellent solos. Too many to count. One of my favorites is Honeysuckle Rose -- the live version on electric guitar with Duke Ellington, 1946. AE

MichaelHorowitz

Archtop Eddy wrote:

Many, many excellent solos. Too many to count. One of my favorites is Honeysuckle Rose -- the live version on electric guitar with Duke Ellington, 1946. AE

I also like that solo and the whole concert in general as the live recording format allowed him to play more than the three choruses or so he was usually confined to. These recordings are proof that Django stretched out a lot more when playing live than his studio recordings would indicate.

Passacaglia

Michael Horowitz wrote:

Archtop Eddy wrote:

Many, many excellent solos. Too many to count. One of my favorites is Honeysuckle Rose -- the live version on electric guitar with Duke Ellington, 1946. AE

I also like that solo and the whole concert in general as the live recording format allowed him to play more than the three choruses or so he was usually confined to. These recordings are proof that Django stretched out a lot more when playing live than his studio recordings would indicate.

This is from the Integrale, V. 13, right?

MichaelHorowitz

yes, vol. 13

Steveareno

Agree about the live Duke Ellington recordings. He swings pretty hard with a good tone. Generally, I find the older recordings somewhat annoying due to the poor fidelity. Probably just one mic in the middle of the room, aimed at the whole group. The playing is great, but the sound quality sucks. For some reason Selmac guitars sound so much better with modern recording technology. Doesn't bother me on electric guitars, particularly Charlie Christian and others on Gibson ES 150's. The flat, acoustic tone buried in the mix on the old stuff doesn't work for me. It would be amazing to hear Django playing with the clarity of modern players like Stocehello, Jimmy, Rocky Gresset, etc. They've made so many advances in getting a good sound out of acoustic guitars in the last 20 years. The Rome recordings have about the best sound quality I've come across so far. To have heard him play live in a small club, must have been amazing. He did really well with what he had to work with.
Swang on,

jimvence

The aforementioned Rome '49 sessions are fantastic, and his Minor Swing solo in that release is one of my all time favorites.

I recently gigged with a fellow board member recently; and we both commented on hearing his solo on Limehouse Blues as our first exposure to Django's music.

If I had to select only one above all, I would say it is his remarkable interplay with Stephane on I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight.

Passacaglia

jimvence wrote:

The aforementioned Rome '49 sessions are fantastic, and his Minor Swing solo in that release is one of my all time favorites.

I recently gigged with a fellow board member recently; and we both commented on hearing his solo on Limehouse Blues as our first exposure to Django's music.

If I had to select only one above all, I would say it is his remarkable interplay with Stephane on I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight.

Just got the last of the Integrale, can't wait. I have the Rome session and bits and pieces of later Django stashed among individual CDs and small sets, but to hear all the latter recordings, having started with the late 20's musette accompaniment, will be fantastic.