UNPOPULAR OPINION

Tydides · July 26

Tea for Two Take 3 is the best solo Django ever recorded

Teddy Dupont · July 26

There were two takes with the HCQ on 22nd March 1939 and a single take on the 17th May 1939. Never 3 takes at the same session. Also one with Michael Warlop and a solo version both in 1937. Which one do you mean and why?

Tydides · July 27

Have you tried typing tea for two take 3 into YouTube?

Teddy Dupont · July 27

That's the single take recording from 17th May 1939.

voutoreenie · July 27

OP, that's definitely a hot take. My favorite Django solo outside of the usual suspects will always be his playing on HCQ Strut - just love his phrasing so much, gets hypnotic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3wVoCLPMvY

Tydides · July 27

https://djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/118002#Comment_118002

Thanks, I didn’t know that. I didn’t label it as take 3, figured that was the way people would know which one I meant

Tydides · July 27

https://djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/118004#Comment_118004

No joke!

billyshakes · July 28

@Tydides Anything specific you like about this version that makes you like it above the others? Or is it just a vibe?

Tydides · July 30

https://djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/118007#Comment_118007

Yeah, the vibe, the emotion. It’s just been striking me lately how beautiful it is. Has a quality you can’t explain, transcending style or technique. We all have Django recordings like that that just feel personal on a level that seems impossible to explain. Thought it might be nice to have a post about that, see if people chime in.

Teddy Dupont · July 30

During that period Django played some beautifully restrained, inventive and melodic solos in a way that still remains uniquely his. The tone of his guitar was often quite incredibly pure.