I think Ninine’s “1940” is a contrafact over the 32 bar A section of “Tchavolo Swing”, it’s even got the same descending 8 bar intro and bII7 chord starting the last 8 (all transposed to A minor). I should do a chord & lead sheet for it & surprise the guys in the new Glasgow jam session.
I do, I confess, perhaps prefer the “bebop on an archtop” school of Parisian gypsy jazz that the Garcias, Gresset, Moignard et. al. are currently playing.
It’s a song that the Sinti play in church, they sing it in different languages depending on where they live (France, Germany, Netherlands), a close translation of the title would be “come quickly” (“Awen Sik” in the Sinti language)
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Also, where is the mic in that video, lol?
Yes I'm curious about the tune as well? Anyone know this one?
It sounds like a contra fact to Joseph Joseph
Yes it does. . .
Like this one too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyPsjkyjhXY (not as old, but nice tune . . )
I think Ninine’s “1940” is a contrafact over the 32 bar A section of “Tchavolo Swing”, it’s even got the same descending 8 bar intro and bII7 chord starting the last 8 (all transposed to A minor). I should do a chord & lead sheet for it & surprise the guys in the new Glasgow jam session.
I do, I confess, perhaps prefer the “bebop on an archtop” school of Parisian gypsy jazz that the Garcias, Gresset, Moignard et. al. are currently playing.
It’s a song that the Sinti play in church, they sing it in different languages depending on where they live (France, Germany, Netherlands), a close translation of the title would be “come quickly” (“Awen Sik” in the Sinti language)
The basic translation of the lyrics:
A section
God was put on the cross
He gave his life to take our sins away
B section
Come quickly, come quickly to our Lord
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For me the A section of Tchavolo Swing (as played in Latcho Drom) is a 4/4 version of La gitane's A section.