Make the soloist soar with Django’s exciting chord hits, tremolos, and other rhythmic and harmonic devices. Transcriptions of Django’s comping rhythms, chord scales, and riffs are discussed. Also includes an entire chorus of Django style comping for the song All of Me. 9 notated and MP3 audio examples are included. 7 pages of text (from my Gypsy Jazz column in Just Jazz Guitar May, 2006).

For more info or to download go to: Lessons Online

Greetings Gypsy jazzers!!!

Here’s what’s new this month at DjangoBooks.com:

Video Archive:  I’ve put up five new free video clips. These include some very rare performances by Dorado Schmitt and Samson Schmitt. See: Video Archive

Audio Archive:  I’ve put up a rare performance of Etienne “Patotte” Bousquet . See: Audio Archive

CDs: New CD titles this month are:

Andreas Oberg with the Hot Club de Finlande

Boulou & Elios Ferre – Parisian passion

Bireli Lagrene with Andre Ceccarelli and Joey DeFrancesco – Avenue Des Diables

Hans’che Weiss Ensemble with Martin Weiss – Erinnerungen

Hans’che Weiss Ensemble with Martin Weiss – Vis-a-Vis

Stuff Smith – Time and Again 2 CD Set

Stuff Smith – 1943 CD Set

Reynold D. Philipsek – 25

Marcel Azzola – 3 Temps Pour Bien Faire

Joe Venuti, Zoot Sims, Bucky Pizzarelli, and more – Joe & Zoot & More

Duo Fenix with special guest Bireli Lagrene – Karai-ete

Mito Loeffler – Swing for My Friends

See: CDs

Books:

Romane – La Pompe

Django Reinhardt – Improvisations 1935-1949

Pierre Blanchard – Le Jazz au Violon, Vol. 1

See: Books

DVDs:

Bireli Lagrene – Live in Paris

Stephane Grappelli with the Claude Bolling Big Band – First Class

See: DVDs

Guitars:

Cordoba Gitano D-5

1985 Anniversary Edition Gibson Johnny Smith

See: Guitars

Picks:

John Pearse Sarod Pick – Bone

See: Picks

For updates or questions please visit my Gypsy Jazz Forum. See: http://www.djangobooks.com/forum/

Keep playing!


-Michael