bebop gypsy scales ?

Joli Gadjo

Dear all,

Like there are some favorite b6 and b9 in most standard harmonic progressions throughout Django's early compositions, I was wondering if there are some alterations that are also favorite in Django's style during the bebop era or if the scales and progressions that he uses are more standard of a more typical bebop genre.

spatzo

Hi Froggy!

How are you?

b6? maybe b5...

have a look here: http://books.google.it/books?id=QD1eWg9 ... op&f=false

spatzo

There is also this book a very interesting one on Django's "modernity" :

http://www.priceminister.com/offer/buy/ ... Livre.html

Heavy Django

I realize this is an older post, but one thing that I definitely hear in Django's "late period" playing is much more chromaticism in his lines, which is also a key component of the bebop style.