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Melodie Au Crepuscule

A beautiful Django ballad. Many bands stumble on this one.  The song form is more complicated than most gypsy tunes with 4 separate sections.  It is not quite as difficult as it seems though if you can take a “step” back and see the more general chord progression “trends.” Learn

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I’ll See You In My Dreams

This simple melody is often done in the gypsy jazz style. Mechanics: Note that the chord progression starts on the IV chord (Bb) and not the actual overall tonic (F).  I personally follow the chord changes pretty closely on this one.  There are not a lot of short-cuts you can

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Babik

Babik was Django Reinhardt’s son.  I’m told the name means “little one” but I have no verification of that.  Our gypsy jazz group Babik considered ourselves “sons of Django,” so adopted the name, and had to put this tune in our song list.  It leans toward the BeBop vein more

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Bossa Dorado

This well written tune, by contemporary guitarist and violinist Dorado Schmidt, has become a staple with Gypsy Jazz bands.  It is usually played with a Latin music-based Bossa Nova feel (with eighth notes will be straight and not swung). The chords to the intro/outro sound much like James Bond movie

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Django’s Castle

This Django tune seems to go by many names and is commonly played either as a bossa nova (Latin, straight eight’s) or ballad (slow).  I personally like it as a ballad and think it is very beautiful.  On the original Hot Club recording, Django played the melody on guitar with

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Daphne

Another Django Reinhardt tune.  Babik has arranged this one as part of our symphonic show.  The story I’ve heard about this song is that Django was goofing around by imitating the way Stephane Grappelli tuned his violin with harmonics and they came up with this melody.  The first 4 bars

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Douce Ambiance

According to the online translator I used, the title of this song means “Soft Ambience” …but for a long time now, most of the bands I’ve played it in have jokingly called it “two smells!”  Either way, it’s a good example of the gypsy jazz sound. The intro/outro has some

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