which django songs do you play?

rottjung

i assume most play minor swing?
just curious which ones are being played a lot.
bouncing around is one of my favourites.
this version

Teddy Dupont

How about this version which has more photos:-

:roll: ...and involves a blatant bit of self promotion. :oops:

rottjung

lol.

think I'll be starting on Nuages today...



sorry henry didn't find one of yours ;-)

rottjung

56 views? and none of them play a django song? come on...!?

Tele295

Django Compositions, or songs as covered by Django? In the "orginal" dept., we do:

Anouman
Blue Drag
Blues for Ike
Clair de Lune
Dance Norvegienne
Daphne
Djangology
Douce Ambiance
Heavy Artillery
Hungaria
I'se a Muggin
Manoir de Mes Reves
Minor Swing
Nuages
Stompin' at Decca
Swing 42
Undecided

For covers, I'm always surprised to find that Django covered a particular song that I've been doing for years. Consequently, this list may not be complete, but here are some things from our inventory that I know Django covered:

All of Me
Autumn Leaves
Dark Eyes
Honeysuckle Rose
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
I've Found A New Baby
Just a Gigolo
Night & Day
Sheik of Araby

Shawn

Well, at least when I play live I like to cover the slower tunes as I think slower tempos allow a greater range to improvise over where I don't feel rushed and constricted by the rhythm section. Here is a short list of some I usually tend to play...

Danse Norvegienne
Anouman
Manoir De Mes Reves
Improvisation #2 and #4
Improv. on Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Andante
Menilmontant
La Mer
Nuages

etc...I'm sure there are more I just can't think of right now.

Shawn

redblues

Improv. on Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Andante

@Shawn, I have been thinking about doing something with this tune, do you have any sheets or such?

Shawn

I sure do redblues. I have the basic melody, and I've transcribed the solo to it (actually co-transcribed it with someone else). I play this piece without any improvisation on my part...I think Django's solo on this was probably the most beautiful piece he ever played...literally perfect in every way. I'll sound like a wuss for saying this, but I can barely listen to this song without crying.

PM me your email address or something and I'll send the sheets over to you. I've done them both in Powertab, but I can also convert them to .pdf if you don't have the powertab software.

Shawn

Joli Gadjo

Does anyone play Clouds ?

gypryurbano

....of course at least the songs in Michaels unaccompanied Django! what a great book. at least for me.

I love trying to play this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmmujItUffs

well maybe not this one, but you get the idea...Bireli is a bit ridiculous sometimes.

rottjung

looks like Anouman or Manoir De Mes Reves will be my next to learn.
NUAGES KICKS ASS!!! totally didn't expect that. after learning minor swing, minor blues and bouncing around. i thought nuages would be a bit to slow but turns out it my favourite one up till now!

@ Joli Gadjo: you silly ;-) Nuages is french for Clouds...