(Obviously, they are very difficult but you'll sound 'legit' if you can play them!)That would be super awesome, if I wasn't such a terrible chart reader. Yes, it's best if you can improvise your own flashy solos, but for mere mortals, it's pretty fun and a great learning experience to conquer some of these solos. It includes transcriptions of Don Stiernberg solos (and many others). If you want to take it to the 'next level' with some of the songs that have been mentioned, you could order Alex Heflin's mandolin Omnibook. Here it is 2016, and the Cubs have won the Series even, but Django is still unsurpassed as a guitar player, and we all having some catching up to do on his legacy of great tuneage. His virtuosity as a guitarist and his accompanying mysterious superstar personality may actually overshadow his contributions as composer/tunewriter/arranger!We can rectify that slight by jazz history by rooting out these great tunes and playing them. The incredibly prolific Django passed way before his time in 1953.

Sometimes an original lick or riff over 'rhythm' type changes, other times a completely original self contained complete melody, and not-so-conventional changes. Every so often it would be an A section from one tune combined with the B of another.

He did what other jazzers did, use harmonic sequences of pop tunes of the day and write new melodies for them. But so many of his other tunes are touchingly beautiful. I think Django is perhaps under-rated as a jazz composer. I love playing Topsy and Brazil, wish there were more opportunities to play September Song.Ī couple that haunt me that are nastier to figure out and played much less often at the Djams are Anouman and Nuits de Saint-Germain-des-Pres. Well, no, particularly a few tunes from that later era where the solos seem supercharged and inspired. I love all of it, but particularly the electric stuff. Along with the aforementioned Django and contemporary with Django tunes, you'll most likely run into Coquette, Blues Minuer(Minor Blues, as opposed to Minor Swing.)Djangology, Django Rag, I'll See You in My Dreams, Margie Then there are the ones that come up often at the Djams. Belleville, I think of as a simple lick in the A section, and a rather unscripted 'play over the changes' B section. These and many other tunes by Django and others of that era are riff or phrase oriented: one or some of the phrases will be repeated and combined with connecting material, making the memorization of the tune easier. Take a look at Swing 39, Dinette, and Douce Ambiance(which makes a nice chord melody) and Belleville. Let's see, easy Django tunes? Well, some are easier than you might think, maybe even lay out better on mandolin than they do on guitar. If you study the basis 'la pompe' or 'la pomp' or however the French spell it-it's the basic back beat rhythm, it's absolutely perfect for mandolin, and playing rhythm with another stringed instrument or two in a group is a magical experience in gypsy jazz.Įdit: there are some remarkable players on this forum that can speak better than me to this. I think the mandolin is way, way underappreciated in this kind of music and should appear more. I've attached a copy of a Django Fakebook below that has 200 tunes including the three quoted above, in printable PDF. Those three tunes are good starters, fairly similar. Thinking for the sake of a workshop they are going to be looking at the 30s style and not getting overly technical. A fair amount of the basics revolve around rhythm changes (I've Got Rhythm) although certainly more than that, but a great start and there are plenty of tunes that roughly follow this like Daphne, Swing 42 and Belleville. In the early 50s before he died he was a credible electric bebop style player. Plenty of years after when Django was recording with big bands which I'm not as crazy about. I personally prefer the mid to late 30s era when the band was really finding its voice and was raw as hell. Sort of depends upon what Django era but I have a good idea for starters. On a Friday night things tend to move down the queue quicker.

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