Jazz for aficionados
I was going to play a little Hot Club of Detroit and ran smack dab into this singer I had not heard of. With the Hot Club of Detroit…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-bGLGb-_Hw With Friends… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8htJVyavMvo A lot of good Jazz from her on youtube. |
Django Reinhardt is most definitely considered a jazz guitarist, and a great many jazz musicians have great respect for him, including a couple of very good friends of mine. Personally, I tend to dislike any form of electronic music, so the electric guitar is no favorite of mine. I believe Reinhardt also wrote quite a few good tunes, Frogman am I totally off base on that?? |
He wrote many good tunes. His best known is "Nuages" which O-10 posted a link to above; it's been recorded by many jazz greats. "Minor Blues" is another one, as is "Belleville". If this ain't jazz: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nS2ylPAUxzA What do you call this? (Notice the great similarities): http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xiWCUIY6ClQ Rok's comments about Louis Armstrong above are particularly appropriate. From The Louis Armstrong House Museum: *****In 1930, Django's friend Emile Savitry played for him Armstrong's new recording of "Dallas Blues," Accord to Savitry, when Django heard it, he broke down weeping, holding his head in his hands and exclaiming in the Romani language, "Ach moune," or in English, "My brother." Here is the recording that changed the life of Django--and the guitar--completely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=789Co-Ad1AY |
