Talking on Django's tunes ....

cjl

Been bothering me for ages ...... any idea who it is that talks?

... and while we're about it - who does a similar thing on Oscar Aleman's records?

DragonPL

You don't like that guy LOL? I think the "oh yeah" on Minor Swing is great LOL..

Teddy Dupont

Depends which recording. Sometimes it's Django. Sometimes Louis Vola and on one occasion, it's Charles Delaunay. There may be others that I can't remember for the moment.

Teddy Dupont

There is an acetate made at Jean Sablon's home with Sablon, Django and Naguine playing, singing, talking "Blue Drag".

Buco

Oh this is just too good! Thanks for digging it up, never heard of this.

adrian

There are three tracks from this session on Integrale 4, disc 2:

1. La jambe en bois (some talking plus Django doing some solo guitar noodling)
2. Miss Otis Regrets (actually most of it is Blue Drag...)
3. Blue Drag (a separate take, the one in the YouTube video above)

cjl

Thanks for the comments.....

I suppose the "Yeah!" at the end of Minor Swing must have sounded cool as anything in 1937, I've always thought it was the cheesiest thing I've ever heard on a record!

So the other voices are all sorts of people? Seems reasonable ....

... and thanks for the Blue Drag clip .... a revelation!

DragonPL

Not a cool as Jimmy Rosenberg-Frank Vignola live cd where at the end of Sheik of Araby Jimmy yells "c'mon let's kick some @$$"

Teddy Dupont

On the 1937 "Minor Swing", it has to be Django during the tune and Django loudest plus the others at the end.

Matteo

Oh, I thought a loud "Oh yeah" at the end of Minor Swing was as mandatory as a cough at the right moment when you play Body and Soul? But you mean to say that it's not so hip anymore? So it's probably better to keep quiet? :-)