Nuages - Django Reinhardt

[dropclutch1]

So incredibly tasteful and yet blistering fast when he wants to...and with only his index and middle fretting fingers!

[TheDollarCasual]

This music is unbelievably incredible. More people in my generation need to be exposed to Django Reinhardt.

[tristramshandy3]

2:21- I'm crying

[mtibberon]

OMG he's playing harmonics!

[alsharpton666]

my underwear... is soiled...

[ColHambone]

@MrFuckyouintheneck: It's called the I've got nothing to lose I don't give a fuck of the post WW1 era in Europe thus I'm gonna live for today because tomorrow might literally not come. And after Sept 1, 1939 this was very true for any given date. Uncertainty breeds haunting disembodiment and devil may care choices.

[ThrashAttack98]

@rod3067 ditto.

[MrFuckyouintheneck]

I always find old jazz recordings to be especially haunting, I dont know what it is but I love it.

[2emeraldeyes]

@MrFuckyouintheneck yep, there's nothing like it is there. Simply wonderful.

[wepmajoe]

that horn is so haunting

[Supermabelina]

Muy buenooo!!!

[FrontKidA]

check out django django by the other tribe. fantastic...

[GatameOne]

@FrontKidA Hey do you know who is playing with Django. The clarinet player, the piano player, and such.

[uneedtherapy42]

oh that's the stuff

[ErnieHollerhagen]

Are you sure there's nothing lacking at the beginning???

[n64wilbert]

1:34 Those harmonics are flabbergasting.

[Chibiharlz101]

@n64wilbert I couldn't agree more!

[connberkshire]

Sublime...

[ibtreehuggin]

dreamy

[dewallis]

Django le magnifique !!! ou le Génie Django !!! ou Django les doigts d'or !!! ou etc...

[TravellerInTime1987]

When I die someday don't search me, I'll be in the place where this music is being played

[pongboy1100]

@TravellerInTime1987 you mean the club 2 bloks away from my house?

[TravellerInTime1987]

@pongboy1100 no, there are many places that play it but I don't mean that club :P

[pongboy1100]

@TravellerInTime1987 i know what you mean! LoL Send Django my manny thanks when you find him!

[lorenzotrojan]

to the uploader: I definetly do!

[jshannon2k8]

If this song doesn't make you happy to be alive you might want to check your pulse

[TheHurff]

i coulnt even press play... my computer blew up from the awesomeness

[223Hadoken]

@tristramshandy3 Exactaly people dont know what good music is

[jpfb94]

I just don't understand how it's possible to dislike anything this heavenly

[tristramshandy3]

@jpfb94 not everyone has the same taste as you. No big deal- more Django for us :)

[223Hadoken]

perfect music for spending a day somewere in europe

[valentin83150]

They pressed "dislike" for "dis-I-Like", that's it !

[garfinorbit]

okay, 6 dislikes prove that monkey can click the dislike button

[IbanezFreysi]

@garfinorbit

If I were a monkey and a fan of Django I would feel a bit offended by that, be careful with what you say on the internet.

[jojocat66000]

6 personnes ont un problème auditif.

[AEOuriel]

anyone know what recording this?

i know django released countless versions of all his songs, but I like this one much better than the one I've got.

[flaviolima91]

who needs fingers?

[StephenFiorentini]

The Master

[StephenFiorentini]

The Master

[jafigueroa41]

wow... no words

[msharvell]

6 people have perfectly functioning fingers, but terribly defective ears..

[enalazzydog]

@msharvell so true

[2emeraldeyes]

@msharvell Yes i agree - Sick, just plain sick are they. :(

[rod3067]

i´m usually a metalhead, but a good manouche swing is always good when i had a hard day at school!

[TheDTH224]

@rod3067 For me it's the same ! :D

[n64wilbert]

@rod3067 What type of metal do you like Black Sabbath or Metallica?

[rod3067]

@n64wilbert LOL no way i'm gonna listen to metallica, maybe their first albums but i'm not a fan of them, sabbath is ok, but i listen mostly to death,nevermore,nile,amorphis,­cacophony,sanctuary,mastodon,C­OB,maiden,priest, you know, just metal, but i don't listen to metallica.

[n64wilbert]

@rod3067 Do you listen to prog rock?

[rod3067]

@n64wilbert amm, not really, i listen to Yes and other bands, but prog rock it's not my fave like, now, i do listen to a lot of prog metal, like nevermore, opeth,animals as leaders, etc. but i pretty much listen all kinds of music as long as it's good music, what happens is that metal comes to be my favorite kind of music :D

[n64wilbert]

@rod3067 Do you like Death Metal there's some funny ass shit on YouTube including death metal version of Rebecca Black !!!

[rod3067]

@n64wilbert who is rebecca black?

[n64wilbert]

@rod3067 A crappy pop singer!!

[rod3067]

@n64wilbert i looked for her, yeah i didn't like it, but i don't spend times on things i don't like, i prefer to use my times in things that are worth :D

[n64wilbert]

@rod3067 Did you check Django's improvisation pieces it sounds like Rachmaninoff or Debussy composed it man?

[aswesee]

@rod3067 That makes two of us bro, LONG LIVE THRASH DEATH AND JAZZ

[rod3067]

@aswesee don't forget about shred :D

[Goath35]

Perfect Song, perfect solo!!

R.I.P.

God bless you!!!!

[Marcello1938]

are you sure than is Django ?

[Tjavsify]

Who's the clarinetist on this recording? I apologise if this has been answered earlier.

[burrencrawler]

I echo that "Fuck those 5 that dont like this" well said, Sylvain.

[lesselp]

@burrencrawler It`s 6 who don`t like this.

[peel432]

@lesselp

Good for you. You can read numbers.

Ever stop to think that maybe it hasn't always been six dislikes? It's seven today. Shall I, in turn, correct you?

I hate when people don't think before commenting.

[SilvaneDarkness]

Fuck those 5 who don't like this

[Kariazz9]

Wonderful , such a brilliant piece of music, or should I say just Magic ! Thx

[Shanaalvarez]

Beautiful so so beautiful...

[Ystadcop]

Thanks.............

[stealydann]

the master art his finest...with the Hot Quintet of France

[MegaYoshitsune]

Nobody and I mean NOBODY, knows who Django, Charlie Christian,Wes Montgomery, or Jose Felicano is in my school apart from maybe a couple of people, (teachers don't count) I even knew someone who didn't know who JIMI HENDRIX was! Pop music today is so bad in comparison.............

[P1ER3]

@MegaYoshitsune Yeah, and the other thing is. there's a guy at my school who didn't even know what a les Paul was!

[ADAP7IVE]

@MegaYoshitsune Yep, had that problem in high school.  A guitarist girl I met didn't know Hendrix or Lennon. Wes Montgomery FTW!

[ordio1]

The Best version of Nuages.

[leonelescamilla]

Beautiful!

[177coc]

so beautiful !

[nirvana613]

such class such beauty

[dylanthomaszimmerman]

he makes me a proud human

[7lucky777777]

he makes me a proud gypsy

[drockmuthafucka]

that he should my friend.

[jebidiahtaylor]

This is the embodiment of class, simply beautiful.

[crucifixxband]

He makes me a proud Belgian man!

[Stingerfyle]

He makes me a proud guitar player!

[LordOctemeus]

wow... these are some of the most beautiful sounds i have ever heard.

[anniejapannie]

Which recording is this? Is he playing an electric guitar? It must be a very late recording. I'd love to know where I can buy it.

[SSpike86]

It's acoustic guitar of course and clarinet in this song. This song was originally recorded in 1940, newer recordings may be from this year to 1950.

[sinestemusic]

I think, actually he plays on an electric.

(Or an acoustic Selmer with mic Stimer)

But anyway, he's a genius.

[SSpike86]

He started to play on electric guitar from 1946 and only sometimes. And I think it sounds differently.

[FERRILLES]

bon annif Django , le plus grand des gypsy!!!!!!!!

[yabonchichon]

Bon Anniversaire Django...

100 piges ca s'fete mon gadjo :)

[matthieujoly]

magique & magnifique.. dans l'ordre que vous voulez!

[bolanodesinrocks]

vive django et vive le jazz manouche

bravo a gilles tordjman pour son bel article

[trydreamin]

Played clarinet since the second grade and this is one even I can play - the clarinet part.  I'ld like to see someone play the guitar like this. And I don't hear any "wrong note". Please point it out for our untrained ears.

[badoluis]

superr.. the best

[rodcrippler]

i always wondered who came up with the sweet notes in jazz guitar playing, it stands out against any other genre!

[mcaivoire]

Beau ! que c'est beau ! 1/2 siècle que je l'écoute et je ne m'en lasse pas.

[rosedick]

i just want to say it once more. I listen to it again and again and i still think it's more than wonderful!

[OlymPigs2010]

As far as perfection goes...you can only try to approach it - for to achieve it is left strictly to the domain of the gods!!!

[Limelite7]

Those runs starting at 1:57 are unbe-friggin-leavable! Bravo Monsieur Reindhart!

[xanderthegreatt]

@Limelite7 those are actually easier than some of the arpeggios and stuff. you can just tremolo pick one string and go up chromatically, it takes a bit of effort to get the timing right, but it's easier than most of django's arpeggio licks

[c4rv3r]

Who's the clarinet player on this one ?

[68shamoa]

eccezionale!

[rosedick]

i would say that Django really flirts with perfection

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Just like with Charlie Parker, you never get a scene that he ever played a wrong note.

[licoricestic]

define a wrong note in jazz

[Morahman7vnNo2]

A note played that didn't go well with the main melody, harmony, rhythm, or just wasn't played well.

[munkeey1123]

lsiten to ben monder

[zonedout245]

you make some sense. there are no wrong notes in music, only dishonest mistakes. If the not played was not the note that was meant, then in a way, it can be said that it is wrong. the other guy makes sense too though. but nice song, really relaxing.

[licoricestic]

im talking about jazz, of course in "classical" music there is a strict adherence to a composer's intentions be it pitch, rhythm but in jazz can we really hear a solo or performance and say there are wrong notes?? this is assuming the pros are playing like reinhardt obviously

[zonedout245]

yeah, that's what i meant. the listener can't determine whether or not the note is wrong, only the player.

[VernWellington]

@zonedout245 Agreed. It's the Achilles' heel of many musicians especially with a lot of the greats in jazz.

[Chewy7771]

hhahahahah

[endlessummer79]

@licoricestic

The entire catalogue of Kenny G.

[wookieface]

There is no such thing a wrong note when you are Django Reinhardt.

[ennybm]

Nice said ^^

[Mattycnw]

@rosedick possibly the best comment I've ever read...

[silicon43]

I have this on a 45 :)

[Klindza]

dear lord lemme sit on a balcony just for 10 mins smoking a cigar and drinking scotch while looking at a jungle of the skyscrapers and listening to this kind of music. Id be ready to die then. Its a shame i lack skyscrapers here...

[guitaristavista]

quite simply, its perfect......

[Catexpoint]

Is Hubert Rostaing on clarinet? Or Andre what-his-face? Or someone else?

[Prophiscient]

"Nuages" (Reinhardt)

Genève, Ocober 25, 1949.

André Eykan (c); Francois Vermeille (p); Django Reinhardt (el-g); Jean Bouchety (sb); Gaston Léonard (d)

[da19lila38]

Nuages was Django wife's nickname.(clouds)

[astrodelacumbia]

Genius

Amazing

God

[jonduff77]

Remember this amazing musician had only 2 useable fingers on his 'fret' hand!

[willy4u4u]

django could school you with one finger and flip you off with the other..

[llbuono]

@willy4u4u nah he wldnt flip you off hed just sit there and look at you...youd know what he means

[dunch34]

well yes and no. Django did mainly use two fingers, but he only used just two fingers for solos. He could use the others, but it hurt, so he saved them for chords. He is still amazing though.

[sotonemuel]

Yes. That's correct!

[Appleye]

He used his thumb sometimes too, wrapped around the top to hit the low E string, hence those 3 note chords.

[szymoncb]

the time will gone, the same as people, but perfect music never die, its our pleasure to be close to and hear absolute now

[flackbish]

i don't know what this comment means but it sounds awesome and i want it on a shirt

[fifijojo69]

my dad is teaching me this on the guitar, i was at Django fest in fountainbluae, i love all this music. my friends think its old and boring, well i know their so wrong.

[semiauto25]

I understand how you feel. I can't possibly get anyone I know excited about this type of music either. It's kinda sad really.

[poolpig]

Its not sad its good its yours

[consityis]

you got stupid friends then i got all my friends into this and there the hip hop type people

[eatme765wes]

i am in your same postion, at least we can all respect this type of music ;)

[Leondale]

well it ain't excitment music.

it's that contented music,

real chilled and smooth,

it's a drink and a sly smile!

I'm on top of the world! smiling and happy...

that's how it feels to me....

[Xenomus]

@semiauto25 it'sbecause of the sound quality... if this was recorded today it would blow everyone's mind : ) lol

[poolpig]

@Xenomus WRONG it cant be recorded today 1 because Djangos dead (obviously) and 2 no one has what it takes 3 it would be all over produced with no humanity

[Xenomus]

@poolpig um... I said the sound quality is what's keeping people from liking it... my point was it satisfy people's expectations for a song. I don't mean the song isn't good though, it's just that people don't know how to see past the "old" and just enjoy it. oh and R.I.P Django

[poolpig]

@Xenomus fuck em

[swineheart1]

@poolpig right on bro, this shit is history

[F0nkyNinja]

@Xenomus

Really? I like the quality. Doesn't sound bad to me, it just gives the instruments a different timbre.

[Xenomus]

@F0nkyNinja yeah... I like it too but if it was modernised and someone through in some lyrics people would like it... sad but true... I mean listen to the crap we have now... most of it IS old stuff with either different messed up lyrics or a song that wasn't suppose to have lyrics with lyrics in it... or maybe if this stuff was in a video game/movie people would enjoy it... that's my point

[F0nkyNinja]

@Xenomus

Media is a complex and odd system, indeed. It just shows that -mainstream- music is going downhill, people are losing imagination and humanity is losing the overall musicality. There are good music out there, awesome music infact, it's just that.. That kind of music will never hit mainstream because it doesn't have a drug- or sexually explicit theme in the lyrics, or it doesn't have any lyrics at all. People nowadays suck at looking back. History is so very important, even in music.

[Xenomus]

@F0nkyNinja very well explained! couldn't have said it better myself

[swineheart1]

@F0nkyNinja check out some Carlos Jobim

[F0nkyNinja]

@swineheart1

Alright.

[F0nkyNinja]

@swineheart1

Thanks for that. Carlos Jobim is great! How did you know I loved Bossa Nova?

[swineheart1]

@F0nkyNinja It's all in the heart and soul. Both men felt what was important in life the "moment" and not the hype. Happy listening my friend!

[F0nkyNinja]

@Xenomus

I know good music when I hear it. Look at it like this - people who don't understand good music is just inferior to those who do. Some people appreciate art, some don't and rather have grafitti around. It's still art - to them. I'm not talking about normal grafitti though. I'm talking about grafitti in places people don't want it. I don't listen to mainstream music very much. It just doesn't appeal to me.

[F0nkyNinja]

@Xenomus

But maybe one day, we'll get past this obstacle of bad music and live concerts with mimicking singers just dancing about. Maybe someone will create an entierly new music genre. Make a new revolution in music, like the Beatles did in the 60's. Maybe it can work. But perhaps this global era makes it harder. Classical music took so many hundred years to develop into something new, or get less popular enough to stop being mainstream. From baroque to romantical to... Ragtime? Hm.. One day.

[F0nkyNinja]

@Xenomus

As for a movie or video games... I suppose it doesn't matter, as long as it makes people understand the beauty of this music. I admit - I never knew of Django and probably never would unless I had played that one video game many years ago. Even if I hadn't, I still would have liked this, though. Because I'm not -mainstream- you know. But what's next in music history? Black music on european instruments created Ragtime and Jazz and Blues which developed into modern music. Genius needed

[then00best]

@Xenomus don't forget heavy drum machine back beats..

[AngelTorresMusic]

@then00best yeah true

[niallos123]

@Xenomus im fairly sure theres some jango in the original mafia game

[RubyXTidus]

@niallos123 oh that's interesting I didn't know that... although I wouldn't know because I never played that game

[chadkops]

@niallos123 yes there is.

[poolpig]

Arent you glad its yours, popularity is horrible shhhhhh ;)

[tomgamble100]

I can understand how first off you might think "this music sounds old and boring", but once you've studied it you see its genius

[poolpig]

how the hell do u get that from what I wrote I take great offense to this!!!!!!!!!!! I told some kid its good that this music was'nt mainstream!

[tomgamble100]

sorry, you mis-interpreted my comment, I meant when one is trying to explain to ones friends..... not you personally. anywho.... Django 4 ever!!!!

[laszlosirsom]

AWESOME!!Kind Regard Laszlo Sirsom Australia.

[hobofury8]

nice vibrato on the clarinetist, and django, always amazing

[93N39]

Who's playing the clarinet?

[Solivago]

maybe hubert rostaing...

[jtrumble]

Benny Goodman

[kiddyyapper16]

its actually Hubert Rostaign

[robertojimenez204]

This is what Brazilians define as "Saudade" I call it bitter sweet live. Dajngo was one of the chosen. I Thanks God for his Music.

[danohrly]

Music has now gone to a decline, and pieces like these are taken for granted.

Lovely piece

[DjangoReinhardtJazz]

Yeah, today music isnt that good, Django=best

[RamblingsOfGarDyual]

I don't really agree. maintstream music has always blown chunks IMO. though I suppose it has gotten worse.. but only because they produce more of it. and yeah, the shit django played was always amazing.