... I'm totally unfamiliar with. Does anyone here play them on a regular basis
or think any deserve to be played more often?
Thanks--Joel
Blues for Barclay
Cavalerie
Del Salle
Deccaphonie
Double Whisky
Fat
Féerie
Folie à Amphion
Gaiement
Gin Gin
Gypsy with a Song
Just For Fun
Moppin' The Bride
Naguine
Pêche à la Mouche
Souvenirs
Stockholm
Swing 41
Swinging With Django
This Kind of Friend
Twelfth Year
Vamp
Vette
Comments
The only one on this list that I play regularly is Double Whiskey. It's basically just rhythm changes in C, but the head has that cool lick that goes to C# instead of C that makes it unique.
There are some good tunes in that list - Stockholm is amazing, also Souvenirs, Swing 41, 12th Year has a real Western swing vibe. Vamp is one of Django's loveliest melodies and belongs in the same company as Nuages, Manoir, Anouman. There's a lot more to discover about Django as a composer than the handful of tunes we all jam on. If you can still find a copy, the Complete Django book is essential. (Not all of these tunes are Django's though - Gypsy with a Song for instance.)
There are some good songs on this list - Vette I think is becoming more regular, This kind of friend (what kind of friend?) is a great rhythm changes tune, vamp is totally beautiful.
Thank you everyone. I'll be checking out your suggestions.
Pêche à la Mouche is a great tune. It's kind of like an upside-down rhythm changes. Really fun to jam on, and has maybe the best Django outro, ever.
Here's a sparring version with Bireli and Stochelo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzfKyGQhbEU I dig that classical sounding thing Bireli does on the F#- bridge (~1:10)
Django '47 version here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5jLmVjrYtE
Souvenirs and Twelfth Year!
Another beautiful song is Please Be Kind.
"Another beautiful song is Please Be Kind."
New to me & I really like it. Thanks. This should be played more.