Django Fakebook 20??

bbwood_98 · September 2020

Hey - did we add the Samson Schmitt tune Gipsy Swing (Gypsy Swing) - great tune, super fun to jam on. . . ?

bbwood_98 · September 2020

oh, one more thing - I just noticed . . . .

Balkan Triptich (not sure we need all three, but they are super worthwhile tunes and fun to try! - For sure the Doina should be played more!)

3 songs -

Doina

Hora De La Banliue Sud

Balkan Valse

(really that Doina is super pretty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfUCkBA91dk)

chrisfargen · September 2020

@bbwood_98 Doina is a lovely piece. I had not heard that one before. It has a sort of arranged, orchestral feel to it. I'm a bit hesitant to include it in a jam book--but it would be a great pick for a "change of pace/items of interest" tunebook. Perhaps that can be the next project!

Update on progress: I've completed lead sheets for the following tunes:

all of me
anniversary song (Selmer 607, etc. arrangement)
billet doux
blues en mineur (G min)
confessin (Stephane Wrembel, etc. arrangement)
dinah (G maj)
double whiskey
dream of you
i cant give you... (G maj)
i love you
mademoiselle (Rocky Gresset)
my serenade
some of these days
sweet georgia brown (G maj)
take the a train
there will never be another you (Gonzalo, etc. arrangement)
vette (Selmer 607 arrangement)
the way you look tonight (Rocky Gresset arrangement)
what is this thing called love?
yours and mine

Completed charts: [ https://airtable.com/shr40B7VtlgS1fEdU ]

Here are the next ones I will focus on:

all the things you are
chega de saudade
cherokee
clouds
donna lee
georgia on my mind
how high the moon
isnt she lovely
made in france
mademoiselle
swing 41
webster
well you needn't

Full list of possible tunes: [ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lmY9LoKX36QdOd97TyCKXfHo-tvtLX56rJMb2eoxk7Q ]

Those tunes are low-hanging fruit with lots of well-known recordings and existing charts to help inform the transcriptions.

But after those charts are done, we still have a list of 120+ tunes. For nearly all of those, I do not have charts or recordings to work from. For anyone who can help with that part of the process, PM me and I'll share edit privileges with you.