Django Reinhardt - Blues for Ike

[Ryuushiwa]

clouds

[RobertRossBand]

Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell, and George Benson (not his pop records).

[MZVIRB]

Are there any clips of him playing chairs?

[ikeman37]

hell yeah

[benji6b]

At 0:30 we can hear a mouse click ! :o

[MrtnRohdes]

@benji6b yea, Django was very ahead of his time..

[donottawaguitar]

what greatness !!!

[likearollingstone257]

Jeez, why's everyone fighting? Some prime tunes are playing, man. Just sit back and enjoy this phenomenal musician instead of going back and forth making asses out of yourselves.

[mattplaysgames]

It's as though there's a sound to the Spring coaxing dew from individual blades of grass

[gabri3l367]

Grande logica nell'esposizione delle frasi e swing a go go. Unico nel suo genere e grande genio della chitarra. Hanno un po decelerato ma è sempre meglio che accellerare come fanno molti oggi. Ascoltare i grandi si imparano milioni di cose

[janderson2000]

Stop believing the lies...Django had 10 fingers on each hand...

[zalman595]

Django's influence is incalculable. I was recently checking out the guitar work of Hank Garland, a legendary session player from the fifties whose career was tragically cut short. His playing bridged both Nashville and Swing Jazz, and one can clearly hear the effect Django had on Garland's playing. I recommend checking out his solso work on Patti Page's "Just Because" (up here on Youtube) His solo on this fifties pop tune has mind-blowing creativity and is VERY Djangoesque, to my ear. .

[KieranM1000]

I really like this guy's skills and songs and I'm only 14 (Not to grab attention by stating my age).

[gr0mithtimon]

@KieranM1000

then what was the point of stating it? *_*

[KieranM1000]

@gr0mithtimon Sorry. I'm just making sure people know that I'm not lying. I do like this sort of music.

[garciahouse8]

@KieranM1000 shut the fuck up your just trying to be cool and no one gives a fuck that your 14.....if your 14 you shouldnt be allowed to listen to this music its too advanced for you ........bitch

[KieranM1000]

@garciahouse8 Jesus. I thought good music fans would want young people to like this. I've always been a fan of 70's music and was only trying to go further and I hate modern shite. If you find that painful then that's your problem.

[edn172]

@KieranM1000 lol what?

[Derricisgreat]

i looked up this guy because i'm a big fan of Tony Iommi (those that know Iommi would know why he got me curious). i gotta say, this guy is one of the best guitar players i've ever heard. does anyone have any recommendations for other jazz guitarists or artists with a similar style?

[NOTHINGTOSEEtheband]

@Derricisgreat thers this epic band group called animals as leaders, check out their songs modern meat, point to point, on impulse, and every thing else by them

[bobslob69]

@Derricisgreat Django is the man with the gypsy soul (and so glad he inspired Tony to stick with it), but I recommend checking out George Benson and Tal Farlow too. Their playing is related.

[bigmuddy1]

@Derricisgreat Oscar Aleman is a very good player of Djangos era, today try Tchavolo Schmidt or Fapy Lafertin, two of the best.

[mcreinhart]

@Derricisgreat ,bireli lagrene,stochelo rosenberg,harri stojka,just to name three.

[theplanetking]

@Derricisgreat

I looked him up because his name featured in a crossword lol

But I know what you mean about Tony " Fingertips " Iommi.

[Rafzorz1]

@Derricisgreat

check out the Rosenberg Trio or imho Jimmy Rosenberg in particular, he was supposed to be the one who would carry on Django's legacy. But he got addicted to drugs and ended up in rehab.

oh and be sure to check out this: George Benson playing "Breezin'"

Solid gold ;)

[stephenoconnor78]

you could check out oscar peterson on piano, not the same style, but a true virtuoso

[rumpledilskin]

@Derricisgreat No one had the same style as Django, their sound was very new at the time. Not exactly the same feel, but definitely check out Les Paul and Mary Ford. Les payed for Django's tombstone, and Django's wife gave Les his favorite guitar when he died.

[jinajack]

django....you put me to a sweet sour sleep....may the gods rest your soul

[MOFOSHONOHO]

django is god

[watadoo]

I could listen to Django all day long. His playing, stylings and sense of swing were perfect. I wonder who the piano player is on this track?

[JoeHeinrich]

django rules!

[Lorando2oo8]

yeahh django reinhardt the king of gipsy jazz

[ArbyWanKenobi]

Django:Guitar::Art Tatum:Piano.

[oldGNRfan23]

I'm just getting into this guy. He's superb. Did he ever release any studio albums?

[GuyKornowski]

@oldGNRfan23 Many, actually

[TheBobnalyd]

This is the first time I`ve heard Django play electric guitar. Of course the historians say he never made a successful transition and I just believed that but listening to this blows away that theory.

[jeddak5]

@TheBobnalyd I don't know that anyone said he COULDN'T play electric. My understanding was that he did an American tour playing electrified and just played uncharacteristically poorly.

[oclero]

Django > McLaughlin

[MegaYoshitsune]

Sound like Fallout 3 music, which is is awsome

[timmyti9]

@MegaYoshitsune You mean Fallout 3 music sounds like this. This guy pretty much defined that era.

[oryandymackie95]

@MegaYoshitsune

I was disappointed that Django didn't feature in the Fallout 3 world; I suppose since his works don't inspire small ironies of annihilation and the breakdown of civilisation (see 'I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire', 'Civilization') he didn't make the cut. But I can imagine sitting in an abandoned diner somewhere in the Wasteland watching the sun go down over D.C to this music.

[goldenchopsticks]

@oryandymackie95 Maybe they couldnt afford to buy the rights to use it in the game? I mean they had some nice instrumentals (look up Rhythm For You, it was nearly gypsy jazz like django)

[gorkitan]

Django = perfection

He is a "Bach" for guitar playing in 20th century

[darrenmyers1]

django is the shit

[blah148]

just posted a new django reinhardt lesson video for guitar

check it out!

[Tillmann187]

Yeah, baby :)

[viniguitarjazz]

very , very good  !!!

[electricchaos]

holy fuck man this guy was midblowing lol.

[guitar19904]

i prefer djangos electric performances they sounds so nice and clean

[chgodong]

he almost only played more modern jazz on the electrics like on this one. i think both of them he played with awesome tone. his accoustic maccafieri or selmer is just the right choice for the gypsy style songs.

[SnackPalle]

WORLD CLASS !!!

[Buddhamybrotha]

genius!

[JacquelineGaertner]

he would have turned 100 a few days ago, maybe thursday or something.

great guitar playing! (not to mention the twofingered technique he had to develop).

[geebs46]

This was a new one to me . . gave as much joy as the other tracks I have. Great stuff!

[Baddoggone]

GREAT!

[putitupmike1]

Who started that quick picking, him or Les Paul? Know who took off on it? Richie Havens... Different, in that it's a take off on acoustic riffs, but the speed....

[ZINEDINE05]

Brilliant !

[evanfrmheaven]

@ZINEDINE05 Brilliant indeed!

[villi184]

he is an sinti gypsie. and he can play :D

[justsixstrings]

he's playing those lines at 0:40 - 1:20 with 2 fingers.... think about that for a second

[divanola]

thanx for sharing Django with us!...what make /model guitar is he playing?

[aaronentresz]

I'm not 100% sure, but it sounds like he's using his Selmer-Maccaferri with the Stimer pickup. Regardless of what he's using, that's an amazing tone.

[divanola]

sounds like an L5....that's why i asked...

[HigherGround86]

who's Ike?

[rumpledilskin]

There was plenty of tarnish in that so called "Golden Age".

McCarthyism, the Korean War, CIA support of military dictatorships in South America, Iran,... some would even say the oppressive air of the 50's set the stage for the 60's.

"Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious..."

[kirbygene]

Amen to that!

Add blatant racism to your list. I get so tired of conservs telling me how "great" it used to be.

Think I'll just sit back and groove on this blissful music of the genius

[AllBobsAllTheTime]

@rumpledilskin Good point - ultimately the late 60s/early 70s were extremely oppressive; much more so than the 50s.

[walt7500]

@rumpledilskin Are you mad?

[LucienLachance007]

@walt7500

hahahahahahahahahahahaahahahah­a

[rumpledilskin]

@walt7500 No, not mad. It's just that when I hear someone hail their time as the "Golden Age" and talk like the leaders and people of their time were all saints, I have trouble holding my tongue.

[slingblade98]

@rumpledilskin "nationalism is imperialism" "isolationism is a guise for war"

[perfume444]

@rumpledilskin And what does this have to do with " Blues for Ike ?"

That statement was so far out oif left field, has nothing to do with this piece of music and the fact that it got 26 thumbs up shows how clueless you guys are !

[rumpledilskin]

@perfume444 It sounds like you didn't get to see the original comment that my statement was about. It was voted down.

And I never attacked anyone personally, insulted them or their intelligence. I don't assume to be anymore or less clueless than anybody else. I just shone a little light from my perspective.

But it also sounds like you've got it all figured out...

[rayjr62]

@rumpledilskin Patriotism is the last refuge (or refuse, depending on whom you ask) of the scoundrel.

[prescient8]

@rumpledilskin - you sound just like some troll called 'jeffmaylor' who adds pseudo-moralistic comments on every posting of Beach Boys stuff, blaming them and their generation for everything wrong with the world today. This is a posting which celebrates the musical virtuosity of one of the greatest guitar players of all time. Pick up your soapbox and leave and take your 27 'followers' with you.

[rumpledilskin]

@prescient8 All I did was try to shed a little light from my perspective, which thanks to the Constitution of this great nation so far I'm still entitled to.You begin with a personal attack comparing me to someone else you think I sound like, and summarily condemn not only me but anyone else who happens to agree with me. That speaks volumes towards your own character. But what the hell do I know. Perhaps me and all these other people that I don't know from Adam should go back where we came from?

[EdVidz]

@rumpledilskin Well actually most of the communists brought up before congress were communists; research "Heir to an Execution", about the Rosenbergs' grandchild searching for a ray of hope - Julius' codename in Moscow was "Liberal". You might learn from that but since you are a useful idiot I doubt it. Btw, the 50's were a darned good time to raise kids in the US. People had survived the Great Depression and World War II, and wanted peace and quiet. You don't know history at all cupcake.

[Lyddonick]

@EdVidz I think you're both missing the point of this music upload....

[EdVidz]

@Lyddonick

You are polite sir, and I agree with you 100%. Sorry about that. Let the music play.

[Tommyfazz]

@EdVidz erm...i think the considered view of most is that you, Edvidz, are talking bollocks.

[EdVidz]

@Tommyfazz I responded to someone who makes a political pawn out of music sites. It annoys me too because I like the music and don't get too excited about Bush or Obama and don't have them taped to my eyeglasses for perspective what have you. When clowns talk trash about how great the communists are I just let them know that my family's experience certainly wasn't Leninist heaven.

[Tommyfazz]

@EdVidz  all the worlds best and greatest musicians were either- Marxists, Communists, Socialists, Anarchists or left leaning liberals.

[EdVidz]

@Tommyfazz And those who were not Marxist, Communists, Socialists, Anarchists or left learning liberals...now I get it, Lets see, let me remember the tune, ah! "Every cop is a criminal, and all the sinners saints!" 1969? Altamonte?

[TheGerthax]

@Tommyfazz mike portnoy aint any of those :D

[rumpledilskin]

@EdVidz Sounds like I may have struck a nerve...

I never made any of this a personal attack. I simply tried to shed a little light on someone's comment from my perspective. The fact that you feel the need to insult my character and my intelligence is most revealing of your own.

Thanks for the history lesson. I'll be sure to do all that research you suggested ASAP.

[silvi01977]

@rumpledilskin 50 years from now the historians will look back at this era and see the real cost of electing unproven street agitators to high office. The secret arms deals, continuation of wars that they pretended to oppose, the open compromise of national security, the fetish of the "president" to grovel on the world stage while trying to act like a tough guy at home. The country would be on a better footing if they picked a random name from the DC telephone directory for the job.

[Kimaero]

@rumpledilskin

Was there something that prompted this? Is there any reason this is in the top "likes" of this song?

I don't understand.

[rumpledilskin]

@HigherGround86 Dwight D. Eisenhower, aka "Ike".

[taildragger51]

The thing that seperates Reinhardt from the rest of the great gypsy guitarists is his left hand "handicap". Babik Reinhardt once said that Stochelo was close to his fathers style BUT then how would Roseberg play with just two fingers? Django's style, sound, personality were unique.

[concertmaster2]

awesome !!!

[onmyouzaHT]

very good ^^

[kniphofiarufa]

like him so much, acoustic or electric...

[kookykooky9090]

Django's awesome. Pushed on despite losing senses in his three other fingers. Bravo. Made him into a great musician. :)

[369711623]

I bought my first Django Reinhart album in 1953.

It was the same month that he died. Always have

loved Blues for Ike and Nuages. I still have my album. juju

[scaryperson27]

Two fingers did all of that? Wow. Great player

[novastyleNL]

this is really good, ofcourse django is awesome as always, but the rest of the band and especially the pianist deserve to get some credit aswell, very nice playing by all!

[philipatoz]

Some are so gifted and innovative at a talent that you know they were created by God to do that one thing better than almost anyone else. Yet, Django was born to be a musician first, and a guitar player second. I use that order because his mind-blowing technique is always subordinate to his awesome sense of melody and inspired phrasing. He always compliments and enhances, never overplays, and stays focused on the musical whole of a piece. If a band is a team, Django was the ultimate team player!

[clockface59]

@philipatoz Although we all wish this were true, in reality, Django was an extremely selfish player. He always hogged the spotlight and he couldn't take playing with another superstar. He was a textbook overplayer. Take his relationship with Stephane Grappelli for example. At the end of it, they werent even talking anymore because of his concieted playing and personality. Dont get me wrong, he remains one of the best players EVER and he continues to blow my mind almost daily.

[Maxharddrive64]

@philipatoz Can't agree more. He understood completely the impact of notes and how to deliver them. Where they fit even in the most simple form. StevieRayVaughn in my humble opinion was another that was born to be a musician and guitar player.

[samuelshepard]

ok just so you people know, this was real close to his death. he was asked by LES PAUL, who was crazy about django, to record this album in 1950 and django reinhardt got OUT OF HIS DEATH BED to do this. we're all lucky to hear this. the will of a man. the end. epic. you're welcome.

[jazzadellic]

The album was recorded in 1953. There is no mention of Les Paul, where did you get this information? Django died suddenly from a stroke in may of 1953, so your claim that he left his "death bed" to make this recording doesn't make sense. There is no mention of him dying for an extended period of time, it was sudden.

[samuelshepard]

no django was old and knew he was gonna die soon, and he recorded an album with les paul and somebody else who i dont remember

[taildragger51]

samuelshepard: You appear to be very young , Sam. To you Django was old but to me (at 58 yrs old) Django was very young when he died at just 43 yrs old. I have to say though, you are listening to the best musicians and for a youngster that's great to see. Keep that up man!

[samuelshepard]

i didn't write that. django was born jan 23rd and was ONLY 43 when he died. i know thats young (my mother is 63) and yes i know that django not only WAS the best, but is STILL the best to listen to. great guitar at its best moments. i only wish their were live recordings and the technology they have now back then... things are wasted on "music" now-a-days but i think someone will bring it back... maybe even me! :)

[ProfitTheKing]

hes amazing but Steve Vai all the way :-D

[PhetaMorgana]

psh yeah. and yngwie and satriana and all the REAL, TRUE, LEGENDARY guitar players such as....

[quarentine99]

Listen to Tosin Abasi aka Animals As Leaders

[SimonSez83]

not the same league...

the man plays with two fingers...

[Inciferz]

@ProfitTheKing can't compare.. not the same style and time..

[samuelshepard]

what happened was sudden. he knew it was coming, he talked about it interviews. i'm right

[taildragger51]

samuelshepard: One thing you got right was that Les Paul was a huge fan of Reinhardt. The true account of Django's life can be found in Charles Delauney's biography. Delauney knew D.R. very well and his documented details of his death reveal it was sudden although there was a faint "ennui".

[samuelshepard]

i dont get why people unliked this comment. led paul asked him to do the fucking album, and he got out of his death bed to do it. thats what happened. not a matter of opinion its just what fucking happened...?

[OscarPetersonFan]

I didn't know this Django's tune. It's very bebop!

[mahoose6]

dat's one MEANNNN riff at 0:40 !!!

[HighZombiesRule]

Smooth...I don't like Django for the technicality(Though he is good), I like him for his use of colour and texture. Real smooth. Good stuff.

[NAFTALI2]

What do you mean technicality? Do mean that he plays a lot of notes? That's manouche style. And besides if you look at the picture closely, you'll see that he only has two fingers on his right hand. The other part of the hand was badly burned in a fire.

[HighZombiesRule]

For anyone who isn't familiar with Django. Yes, I know. I didn't mean a particular style of speed, just technicality. I'll say it like this, if you like music just for how hard it physically is to play, that's boring. If it's harmonically complex, that's cool. But alot of notes just for the sake of speed is boring to me. Django plays with feel.

[adamkotta888]

The first guitar hero...and he could still hang with the best today.

[caribe4045]

And some.

[Robokiller80]

This seems just as brash as Mingus's "Fables of Faubus"

[bigbutlittlebrother]

what's up with his left hand??? or is it just an optical illusion>?

[allmydeadcats]

His left hand was burnt at some point.

[bigbutlittlebrother]

not that bro... I mean his pinky look at it... is it small or is it an optical illusion? the palm is too big I think...

[beavertoof]

not an illusion... it is deformed becouse of severe burns he suffered earlier in his life.

[bigbutlittlebrother]

wow!! and he can still play like that!!? AMAZING!!!

[beavertoof]

If you are interested, the internet is rich with stuff about him. He died way too young, but lives on thru his music.

it is amazing what he did with that left hand, but his incredible right hand picking technique was his real weapon.

For guys still alive playing in his style, check out Stochelo Rosenburn, Angelo Debarre, Josco Stephen and a slew of others.

[bigbutlittlebrother]

well then I'll check out those clips later... ^_^ cheers!!!

[LordBoognish]

And don't forget the American: John Jorgenson...he's not as busy as the other guys, but Django didn't play like the new gypsies are playing today...JJ emulates Django just as well in my opinion, if not better. The Authenticity is debatable though, as some believe you have to be a gypsy to play this stuff... Frank Vignola also plays very well, but he plays various styles.

[samuelshepard]

what about stochelo? :/

[MarioMaccaferriRules]

It's STOCHELO ROSENBERG :)

[beavertoof]

of course it is... sorry for the typo!

[mahoose6]

AMAZING!!!

[eugenecraddock]

the last tracks django recorded were really innovative. New sound, new guitar approach far from the manouche gypsy style. the man was a genuis and nobody can play like him.

[Adwillem2]

From which album is this song?

[RikCastle]

Questo è il django che più amo. Senza nulla togliere al monouche, peraltro imitabile. qui diversamente è rappresentata l'evoluzione in continua ascesa di un genio! La parte non scimiottabile o replicabile di django! basti ascoltare le note che infila in un giro di blues senza mai toccare le scale classiche delle blue note; trite e ritrite Unico!

Ciao

Riccardo

[NickRatnieks]

Maurice Vander- piano, Pierre Michelot-bass, Jean-Louis Viale- drums. I was given an album on the Barclay label in 1977 with this track.

[minisergium]

This song was recorded in march 1953. All the themes of that session are amazing, you should hear them all. At that time, only a few months before his death, Django wasn't playing exactly an electric guitar, but a gypsy selmer with a stimer pickup and a tube amp. Absolutely great sound, performing, everything. For me, the best of all times (and with 4th and 5th fingers of his left hand burned and paralized...

[minibikedude04]

ha,

total shred fest,

and yeah, tube amps are way warmer,

so it doesn't sound all digital and crappy like the solid state amps of our day.

[Doumbeck]

Any guess who is in the rhythm section?.. a nice piano solo.. good bass..

[jazzplayer11]

jaco pastorius

[minaees]

What a genius! That opening phrase to his solo is so thrilling and beautiful - like a firework bursting across the sky. No one I've heard has played like Django does here.

[Vercetti92]

un genio, mitico, fantastico

[erictheangrypenguin]

It's the missing link... from Django, to Charlie Christian. Wow, fantastic! Thankyou!

[bakinek]

damn Hendrix is hero for me, but this man is totally amazing...

[AtrixAlpha]

did you know Hendrix also admired Reinhardt, influencing him to name the "Band of Gypsys" after him?

[bakinek]

Yes I read it from some comments here

[jsebsteelguitar]

I love the sound of Django Reinhardt on an electric guitar !!! It seems like the late Django (1950, just before he died) always played with an electric guitar !

Musicality, swing, virtuosity, invention : all that is in Django's music.

He was a real free musician in improvisation.

Thank you for sharing this wonderful music.

[b5b9]

Thanks for posting. Great stuff from Django - as always. Are we hearing the 52nd Street influence on Django here, the Bopster influence? I believe he was in New York at this time, and being an ear musician, he must have picked up on some of the great sounds of the time. As for amplified guitar, it was necessary in the clubs. Just ask Charlie Christian.

[sanduuuu]

ow, django does something to my soul =)

[pokbacsi100]

astro, he's still shaking things up for anyone

willing to listen. I know many kids even, who've learned to play listening to Yngwie Malmsteen, Herman Li, Ritchie Blackmore, Ed Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughn, etc., even your overrated by the hippie generation Hendrix, but once they heard Django their entire approach to playing changed, that is after their jaws dropped. BTW the greats I cite were all influenced by Django too.

[torres399]

Stevie ray, yngve malmsteen. You can' t comapare that shit with this.

[NoNnAPaApErA]

stevie ray vaughan shit????

[MarioMoreno]

its stupid to call others shit just because there was someone better

[tommy2toonz]

THE FATHER OF IT ALL...TOMMY2TOONZ

[646879]

wonderful stuff..

[astrocelestial]

Django was a musical genius and an innovator and it is only natural that he would experiment with electric guitars as they became available and evolved. He probably would have LOVED Hendricks. So sad he died young, at age 43. He certainly would have shaken things up still had he lived longer. His work is an inspiration to all jazz musicians and guitarists and astounded everybody else. Bless you Django and all of you disciples.

[ingyz69]

Hendrix rocked my world and now rocking my two generations of children. He is history and will continue to "shake up" the music world. A hundred years from now, he may be a timeless standard along with the other greats.

[bnapoleonc123]

I agree, a pity Jimi and Django did not both li9ve longer, would loved to ahve heard them do an album together, that would ahve been some mind blowing stuff.

[111weedman111]

I dont want to anger anyone cause i would be the last person in the world to claim they know ANYTHING about the history or the technique in playing jazz but from what ive heard i enjoy it without the electric guitar more.

[Seanthomson8888]

A lot of people called Django "Judas" because they felt betrayed when he picked up the electric guitar....

But I think it's wonderful. Thanks for the upload!

[steofairc]

Where did you hear that? are you sure you're not confusing Django with Bob Dylan. I've never read that in any biography.

you are right about it sounding wonderful

[Seanthomson8888]

I remember a friend telling me this....

[bifaybump]

haha thats bob dylan