@domecrusher Have you tried Django à la Créole?
Evan Christopher's interpretation of certain famous tunes may fit what you meant by "darker". Or not. You judge.
Those guys playing on the street are from a band called New Orleans Swamp Donkeys. Their trumpet player James Williams is basically Louis Armstrong reincarnated! The trained ear can tell he has spent years working on the Satchmo sound.
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Evan Christopher's interpretation of certain famous tunes may fit what you meant by "darker". Or not. You judge.
Here is on example:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lwC6ylz3l_g
It is starting to get pretty close. Not so much the guitar scale that this dude was using but its getting pretty dark and moody like i was wanting.
oh yes. I like this one a lot as well. Thank you.