Avalon - Django Reinhardt

[rockinredneck57]

Chet was right. They were playing it too slow! More nervous!

[benkushigian1987]

The horn line backing Django's solo at 1:00 is priceless.

[BlinJe]

@benkushigian1987 hahah thanks i'd have never noticed that =]

[MyNuages]

Nonpareil !!!!! One the true geniuses of the guitar !!!

[miklukas11]

good old Grapelli

[jptothetree]

Love this song!!

[jerrysoh619]

Damn, is it me? Or does Django look high as fuck on this picture? LOL 

[HumpDeBump100]

@jerrysoh619 thats not cigarette :P lol

[moravos]

@HumpDeBump100

ye watch his eyes :D green is the way xD

[8House]

The trumpet player is probably Bill Coleman, an African American from Kentucky who moved to France for the first time in 1935, and worked with Django Reinhardt..

[JohnnyLeyenda]

I'm 20 years old, living in South America. I couldn't love this music more. We need more artists like him, with a classic, old school style, acoustic instruments and not that autotune crap.

[jackram2h2]

@JohnnyLeyenda Couldn't have said it better myself.

[khmoney2021]

He is smoking a joint, and looks quite stoned.

[SmeeGuitar]

I'm 2 and I love this, plus I can write

[hep2jive]

@SmeeGuitar is not it annoying that people are like ..im 14 and i love this. maybe if they werent so fucking stupid, they know that jazz is for everyone. so no one gives a fuck how old you are.

[SmeeGuitar]

@hep2jive true^^

[SmeeGuitar]

the point is the age has absolute nothing to do with it. Most ppl just don't care about "real" music, they just want to have some backgroundsound to their live and maybe something to dance to, only a small part of all ppl really listens to "real" music.

[Guitar1hero23]

@hep2jive your so right. i say that ALL THE TIME

[hep2jive]

@Guitar1hero23 UGH! i know!! lol half those people who are like..im a 12 year old boy with blue eyes and i like this stuff...is prolly just some old creep anyway.

[agento86]

@vasilgrozny

I believe that is Arthur Briggs of trumpet. Well known during this era and a respected and accomplished musician.

[vasilgrozny]

@agento86 Wow, yes. I listened to some of Briggs' other recordings from the 30s, and this very much does sound like him. There is in Briggs such a heavy influence of Armstrong -- imitation almost -- but, relistening now to Avalon, I note that it's not quite exactly Armstrong. Many of the same stylistic flourishes, but the phrasing seems different, perhaps not quite as refined. Or maybe that's just my bias towards acknowledged fame over relative obscurity.

[terrryc]

This totally kicks ass!

[vasilgrozny]

Louis Armstrong on trumpet? Yeah, 100% sure it's him. Either that, or someone trying very, very hard to imitate him, which I can't imagine being done back in the day. An amazing recording! The great jazz masters of the age swing like there's no tomorrow. And I swear Grappeli's violin must've caught fire!

[Therion202]

I never liked jazz at all; then I listened to Django.

[DreadLordBalnazaar]

I got loads of music like this... on PC of course. HELLUVA mess to download it and then sort it properly. I had migraine for weeks...

[gagasaurio12]

omggggggggg i cant find a song from django and stephan i heard it once and i fall in loooooveeee with it, , it starts with the violin ands its dam awsome !!!!!!

[TheBlueBandYTAccount]

@gagasaurio12 Please tell me if you've found it! :D

[tresojos]

gypsyjazzzz

[tmf945]

Pretty amazing for someone that used only 2 fingers....I have been listening to Django for 60 years and always hear something new in every song

[ericstom]

Django is great, great tune also. Like the version of Django with Coleman Hawkins and Arthur Briggs you should hear it

[bobbybellsupreme]

@rockstar2192

this is the classic Avalon also recorded by Les Paul and Chet Atkins

[nevermind1701]

5 guys missed the Like button. They are either blind or... deaf

[Demendred1605]

Games like Bioshock and Fallout are the best for bringing the old classics so a new generation can behold its splendid wonder. The music of old will never die, if trends keep up :)

[alexwindsormusic]

Thanks

[liquidjorge]

thank you

[slingblade98]

My grandpa was in a jazz band and after he died we had a party in a huge club called the avalon, imagine finding this after all these years.Its like a gift from beyond.Rip joe(grandpa),django, stephane, and music.

[WSenator1]

Damn!  Django can STROKE!

[n0tanym0r3]

fuck yea bioshock!!! best game ever!!! (and #2 of course)

[ctmale1956]

Perfect - period.

[Medyshel]

I heard this song in BioShock! Amazing song, amazing videogame, and amazing OST!

[guerrero89holy]

BIOSHOCK !!!

[olgachefugge]

I love I am lost in a dance in this place that I feel

[Miryr]

Well it seems Biosock has revived these old tunes...

[Brancina]

hehehe yes it seams. but i don't recall this song in the game.

[foxycorredor]

I'm feeling like watching tom & jerry  ^^

[billyhotrod7]

@foxycorredor I think you making a mistake man...

[billyhotrod7]

@foxycorredor HAha This swing is more class than the Tom and Jerry swing, this is not the same vibe

[Nounours821]

That swings on 440 volts !!!!. Many thanks to

DjangoReinhardtJazz.

[mmilovan]

This is wonderful! Besides Django, anyone heard that sparkling, clean and beautiful trumpet solo???

[liquidice1980]

Heard this song in BioShock! Amazing.

[FaustyFob]

this one is in bioshock!?

[liquidice1980]

@FaustyFob

Yeah, towards the end on one of the vinyl players.

[666EldiosPerro]

@liquidice1980  yeah!

[retroF88]

@liquidice1980 Can you remember in which part of the game?

[liquidice1980]

@retroF88 I THINK, it's the part where you walk past the dukebox and it goes off.

[Nevilleness]

@liquidice1980 I love this type of music because of Bioshock too and the Boardwalk Empire a bit later.

[JokersSmile82]

flawless

[bluenergy2009]

yes it is wonderful to hear it sorry when my english is not good but i am from austria and haven't been good notes in english good song it makes me funny(:

[Procrustes22]

LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA­LALA!

Crewwstube, i agree. my thoughs exactly... would you kindly go to the jonas bros house and kill the basterds!

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Who's the Trumpet player?

[NickinDK]

Arthur Briggs, me thinx.

[1729n]

@Morahman7vnNo2 Sounds a lot like Louis Armstrong on the trumpet though no one is credited for trumpet on this recording.

[THEJerrman]

Would you Kindly...

[Crewwstube]

Django will rape the J brothers with his 2 fingers.

[lcpuche]

ahh, that sure sounds sweet, bioshocky.

why isn't music quality these days

btw im 17.

[altfreak2]

so am i, and i think this music is awesome :)

[oggecool]

This song was actually going to be featured in Bioshock, but it was cut in the last minute... :(

Although there were lots of other songs by him in the game, so it's all good. :D

[clarinet001]

No, Avalon is in there. A different version, though, I believe.

[oggecool]

Maybe the Ps3-version?

Anyway, that's really awesome!

[clarinet001]

no, 360--Farmer's Market, after the big turret and as you go down the steps where the vending machine is.

[oggecool]

Oh! You meant a different version of the song...?

*Goes to Farmer's Market*

Right you are!

[FaustyFob]

i think its realy cool how often djangos music is in popular culture, and me, being a guitarist for 14 years only heard of him less than a year ago.... better late than never! :)

[InuSasha99]

this song is in it!!! i've heard it before in the phonographs :D

[MrsRandomMadeMeDoIt]

im pretty sure that this exact song is in the game. i remeber it :) great game bioshock. looking forward to bioshock 2.

its amazing how much this music dose to the mood of the gameplay. games like fallout 3 and bioshock make use of this to name a few :)

[USSHuNk]

i agree. =]

[omrifin]

"britney spears ftw!"

[tc0w]

Let's do a Django Reinhardt vs. Jonas Brothers thing.

Now THAT would be a tough decision.

[kmathisk]

i think Jonas Brothers would be much better.... if i were deaf!!!!

[primeribs1]

lol! I loled so hard lol!!!!

[metalhead326]

4 thumbs down??? hes being sarcastic assholes

[tc0w]

Maybe they just really like the J-Bros?

[cowgunmaster]

this is better than the Benny Goodman version I've heard...

[sherriffflood]

Django,you are will always be my favorite gypsy.

[7lucky777777]

rap is the thing boy thats swing but this is super love

[GothStormFragment]

It's unbelievable how a man with only two fingers were able to do this.

And how the improvisation done by a simple few violin notes were able to achive excellence in its entirety

Django Reinhardt + Stephane Grappelli = Awesome

One of the best two man groups in the 40s- 50s, if not ever.

I also appretiate Bioshock for giving me this kind of music to add to a collection.

Somehow I feel nostalgic of this as if I heard it in the appropriate era itself...

Even though I'm only 14.

[happytalk94]

my young friend. listen to Gary Potter on utube. at your young years you will be amazed.i first heard him when he was 11 years old. magic.

[noone123567]

bokma7 COULDNT AGREE MOREEEEEEE

[prestonparish]

ah.. Django.

[bokma7]

LOVE THIS SONG.

its a darn shame that people don't appreciate real music like this anymore...

[insaneguitarfreak]

@bokma7 have you listened to tommy emmanuel and doyle dykes playing this :) ?

[hooplablahblahblah]

@bokma7 What exactly qualifies as "real" music? I believe it needs a beat, a melody, and a message. Correct me if I'm wrong :)

[eagle0468]

@bokma7 I'm a "people" and I appreciate it immensely!!

[Defeshh]

@bokma7 People WON'T forget good music, I'm 18

[CAM465123]

@bokma7 I'm 14 and I'm pretty sure that I appreciate this.

[TrumpetRed114]

@bokma7 you should say a shame that "some" people don't appre.......... cause people like you and I apparently do. =)

[Mailman900]

this is EPIC

[minitacomanofdoom]

Screw Rap

[SonnyREast]

Django was truly a mutherfugger...And i mean that wityh upmost respect.

[Beam09]

Other way around. Late 40th or early 50th :P I meant.

And now I checked. it was 1953.

[Beam09]

Are you sure? It's only that Bioshock plays in 1960 and the musician died in the late 50th or the early 60t, no?!?

[jay2rocks]

the reason rapture has music from the 1930's and 40's is because it was suposed to have been built after the second world war and after it was built obviously no knew music was brought in so i believe thats why they have that old music in the game

[RadovanEdmond]

i know da song from bioshock....its for PC too :D YAY =)) Great Game....Gotta Get It

[sturmtigerDMW]

every time i hear this, i have to grin :P don't know why

by the way, i don't think most kids like this kind of music. usually they write it off as 'dull' or 'old-fashioned'. it might be old-fashioned, but it's beautiful

[dexter81195]

@sturmtigerDMW im 14 and i am actually a collector of this music. I have alot of benny goodman and a couple django vinyls.

[then00best]

@dexter81195 nice!

[BuyBenco]

@dexter81195 Same here my company is 14 today

[mjemspark]

very nice

[Galenskapt]

First I heard Django was in the PC game Mafia. :)

[Crewwstube]

farmers market?

[crisco21c]

yes

[Kooovin]

wtf is bioshock lol.

[nolifegamerguy]

bioshock is a game for xbox360 and ps3.its about a underwater city and a whole bunch of other stuff good good game

[The1Rausch]

obviously... nowadays the only way 2 educate kids are computergames.... better than nothing ;)

[Ixtilion]

oh, you call education to listen this kind of music?

kids? oh geez...

[Jahoobano]

If they put you in touch with good music like this i can only see that as a good thing

[funkyvice]

Absolutely amazing!!!!! True good jazz!!! I love that!

[jay2rocks]

is this the django song in bioshock when you enter the farmers market?cause i remember a crazy violin solo in some when entering the farmers market at the begining of the level

[EWGFus3r]

ty bioshock!

[GohanTheAvenger]

Thanks to Bioshock, i heard it on the game. **

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Hey! Trumpet!

[Peario]

heard it on bioshock

[stormgd3]

I still think Stephane Grapelli is the only jazz violinist who really swung. Yes, and I know about Ray Nance, Stuff Smith, Joe Venuti, Jean-Luc Ponty, Leroy Jenkins,and Regina Carter. Not sure what it is about the violin, but I don't hear jazz violinists playing behind the beat like other jazz musicians. Grappelli, on the other hand, swung like hell.

[jerrysoh619]

I agree, they're amazing, but they just dont have that swing that grapelli has huh.

[Evahrab]

Remember, Stephane Grappelli deserves credit too for his fantastic violin solos.

[McShaggswell]

Indeed, Violin is a tough instrument to master. Exactly why I gave up trying to play it.

[Paddy3443]

FANTASTIC!!!! Brilliant tune!

[lordofweasels]

I am impressed, not a single stupid or mean comment, keep it up guys!  Thanks to the poster of this wonderful music, three cheers for the gypsy of jazz!

[Agra20]

hehe rox :D:D

[ThaSchwab]

Thanks to BioShock.

[SyberkaPL]

I have this on cd

[tavodh]

I just keep playing it again and again.

[KarloR27]

Yeah so do I. My favourite one of that is the orchestra one. Love that.

[msc81]

Thank you.

[CaptainPommby]

OMG! :D

[GoodLittleSister]

it's so....... AWESOME!!!