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Any gypsy guitar/vocal duets out there?
dellartehommage2005
Northwest NJNew
I am looking for some guitar/vocal duets done in a gypsy style. I would love to hear any such recordings of Django if they exist but I'll be happy with any gyspy jazz guitarist. I have been looking and can't seem to find anything.
For reference, something like Joe Pass/Ella Fitzgerald but if it were done with a gypsy guitarist.
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There’s a great version of I can’t give you anything but love with a vocal on it and then the other one that comes to mind immediately is, Nagasaki. There’s a few other good ones, someone else might chime in, those two are both male vocalist I’m not too sure who’s singing
Thanks! I had never heard that tune "Nagasaki" before. However, I'm really trying to find something with only a guitar and vocalist. I believe "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" has a bass, two guitars and violin. "Nagasaki" has at least one guitar and a bass, too.
Not a duet but vocals and quartet:
I love the way Marina sings, her smoky timbre and her dynamic phrasing. This one here is closer to the duet you are looking for:
Laura Dauzonne & Christophe Astolfi.
https://www.youtube.com/c/MelkoniProject
Christophe is the waltz master! Very much enjoy his playing.
Thank you both so much! This is exactly what I was looking for and it sounds awesome!
If anyone is aware of Django doing anything like this, I would love to hear that too.
Ulrike Haller and Titi Bamberger
Then there's me!
I made some home recordings with a friend for a project unfortunately immediately abandoned. Not the best you can find but guitar and vocals.
I'm pretty sure we don't have any recording of Django alone with a singer.
The closest thing I know of is a session with Jean Sablon backed by Django and a piano in '35. On one of the tunes ('Un Baiser'), Django does some comping, with a few fills thrown in. I feel this part could stand on its own without the piano. Check around 0'50.
It is interesting to see that he doesn't play what would be called later a gipsy jazz style comping. He uses a more 20s, Lang-ish approach, with bass lines and triads. He was already using hot club style pompe at the time (this is a few days after the famous Dinah take). So this was a deliberate choice, which I think is interesting to think about.
Duo Gadjo: https://www.duogadjo.com/
Their recordings include more people, but they play all the time (and used to stream) as just a duo. The singer also played Rhythm guitar.