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Are there transcriptions available for ALL of Django's Minor Swing solos?
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Wikipedia says there are 6 recordings. I'm wondering if there are transcriptions for all of them. I've located 3 unique pdfs. I found one that's listed as both the 1948 and 1949 but they appear to be the same solo and mislabeled.
- Paris, 25 November 1937: Django Reinhardt, guitar; Stéphane Grappelli, violin; Joseph Reinhardt & Eugène Vées, rhythm guitars; Louis Vola, double bass
- Paris, March 1947: Django Reinhardt, guitar; Eddie Bernard, piano (French Radio broadcast; as "No Name Blues")
- Paris, 29 August 1947: Django Reinhardt, guitar; Maurice Mernier, clarinet; Eugène Vées, rhythm guitar; Emmanuel Soudieux, double bass; André Jourdan, drums
- Brussels, December 1948: Django Reinhardt, guitar; Hubert Rostaing, clarinet; Henri "Lousson" Baumgartner, rhythm guitar; Louis Vola, double bass; Arthur Motta, drums
- Rome, January–February 1949: Django Reinhardt, guitar; Stéphane Grappelli, violin; Gianni Safred, piano; Carlo Pecori, double bass; Aurelio de Carolis, drums
- Rome, April–May 1950: Django Reinhardt, guitar; André Ekyan, clarinet; Raph Schecroun, piano; Alf Masselier, double bass; Roger Paraboschi, drums
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Benjamin Givan transcribed all of Django’s solos and made them available as free pdfs so I’d start there - you should be able to google his name to find them.
He didn't transcribe ALL of them. That would be a Herculean feat.
I found a couple by Givan that I already have, but I did see he has transcribed a huge amount of other Django tunes. Thanks for telling me about him. I'm wondering if someone can point me to an audio for the Minor Swing called "No Name Blues" that wikipedia lists.?
That was from a radio broadcast which appears in this collection:
Here's one from the '48 Brussels radio broadcast (disclaimer - all my son's work, not mine)
https://www.facebook.com/reel/709184450840934
Let me know if you want the pdf, I can export it from Soundslice
I'd like to see that transcription, thanks! There are a lot of great moments, but Django sounds unusually tentative at times in his solo.
According to wikipedia the radio broadcast one is from 1947 and it's called "no name blues". Unless I'm mistaken, that's the only one I haven't heard and I'd like to hear it.