Best key for "after you've gone"

rgrice

Key of G. Good for my vocals.

Bob Holo

Jazzaferri wrote: »

It is easy to forget that in the early and mid 30's in Europe, people were still trying to figure out what jazz was. Django got it pretty early but not many others.

Some critics/writers would say that the only non black guys who "GOT" jazz in the late 20's early 30's were Bix Beiderbeck and to an extent Frankie Trombauer.

Bix & Tram !! I had a "Bix Lives" bumper sticker in highschool, Jay - and no one "got" that either, ha ha. Friends would look through my record collection and shake their heads. Motley Crue filed next to Miff Mole and Lyle Mays.

As for A.Y.G. versions, Rome is my favorite. I don't mind the others... though '34 does require a bit of historical context as you alluded.

Jazzaferri

Bix and Bechet are still two if my all time faves Bob. Both nowhere near as well known as they should have been. So sad Bix died at 29. Such an unhappy life.

Jon

@Wim Glenn - are you serious? Freddy Taylor not a great singer? The 1936 version is one of my all time favourite Django tracks - a defining acoustic Hot Club take. Django is great, Grapelli swings harder than almost anywhere else, the band is awesome, and Freddy Taylor kills it! It must be just over 20 years since I first heard that, and the way he sings the "some-day" line still has me in fits - just those two notes...the placement is perfect, and his tone is like no other. Mostly I'd agree with you about singers "interpreting" too much and losing the song, but here, it's like he makes it better. This is the version that I hear in my head when I think of this tune. Actually, pretty much all of the Taylor Hot Club takes are in my top 20 Django tunes...except maybe Nagasaki I wish there were guys around today who could sing like that. I'd be very happy

On the subject of keys, I like it in D (first chord G) for the register it puts the melody in, but G seems to be the most common, or Bb in trad bands.

Barkonator

I really enjoy the Freddy Taylor tracks with the Hot Club. I tried to find other recordings with Freddy Taylor about a year ago and didn't have any luck. Does anyone know of any other recordings out there?

Jazzaferri

Shine

AndrewUlle

Funny, whenever I hear Shine, I imagine a female vocalist...

David Lawrence

This is a version of Blue Drag with him.
All though I think we are stretching away from this post haha

Ampsmasher

What Marc said, learn it in all keys. Learn to play it as a solo piece (Check out Joe Pass on Virtuouso) I believe there is a verse too.

And lets not forget music is subjective.

-Jimmy