When you look at all the best guitarist ever polls. Django never gets a mention but you can bet your bottom dollar. That in 200 years time when all greatest guitarists ever are long forgotten and there will be a new bunch of greatest guitarists ever. Who will in turn be forgotten. Django will still be astounding aspiring guitarists. He is just to good to be forgotten
Wow, thanks for this share..it´s almost like the "holy grail" to see the wife, the daughter and all the fellows of Django. Django was and is still my biggest inspriation! Amazing!!!!
I am Rromnichil and am proud of Django he made the world aware of Rroma and there worth to the world. He is a Hero ! I know what he had to go through in order to break out of his shackles!
J' ai vu , et surtout entendu monsieur Grappelli , a Comblain la tour! Festival de jazz organise' par Joe Napoli , G I , qui avais fait la bataille des Ardennes! Souvenir imperissable! La classe a l' etat pur! C' etait en 62 63 ou 64?
Django musicien exceptionnel et Grappelli le rappelle très bien. Stéphane est un bon musicien mais il n'a pas évolué de ses débuts à la fin.Django a développé et évolué dans son style. Sur les enregistrements en commun, Grappelli a de la peine à tenir tête à son compagnon, le niveau musical n'est pas le même. Django créé, Grappelli se répète sans cesse. De plus Django n'a pas joué que dans le style du 'Hot Club'. A la fin de sa vie il était très en avance harmoniquement. On l'oublie un peu avec les hommages qui passent souvent cette période à la trappe... Django ce n'est pas seulement 'Nuages' et 'Minor Swing...Il est allé bien plus loin dans ses improvisations et ses composition ne l'oublions pas. Merci pour le reportage.
Stephane wasn't Manouche! He had a very different training ground. To say he didn't evolve is Absurd. It took him at least 10 years to Absorb the music of Django, but he certainly did. His recordings of the early 60's prove that. He plays Minor Swing very differently than he did in the early recordings, and you can check out my Transcriptions to your satisfaction. Not only did Stephane absorb Django but he absorbed Bud Powell and Oscar Peterson, Debussy and Ravel. He evolved the most intricate use of Chromaticism in all of Jazz and he did it on the Violin, not the Piano or a Guitar, which is child's play.
