"Latches" Yorgui Loeffler, Gino Roman, Steeve Laffont and Chris Campion. Perform Django's "Minor Swing" at the Django Reinhardt Festival 2008 in Samois. Enjoy! Ferenc Illés
non of others have this talent what we gypsies have! gypsies have the bless of music in their blood and not just some pretty words but we really play music more than 1000 years! (it's a cultural thing more like the language)
Wow! Hope everyone appreciates how much time out of their lives these gents sacrificed so we could hear the impossible on the guitar. Better yet, thank you Django fo infecting so many guitar player who wish to immulate you style of guitar picking. Remember, Django did it with 2 (or 2 1/2) fingers! Bravo!
FInally someone who has seen the light! haha, i showed this to my extremly metal friend two weeks later he had all of django's material haha, it's soo good!
I've seen over 20 diferent versions of Minor Swing on youtube and this is the best one in my opinion. Every second of this performance is interesting and attention worthy. They really know how to build tension and resolve + this video contains all my favorite licks. Big like. :)
I agree with you regarding the licks, some are very unique and great sounding, but some of the execution is also sloppy as hell. My favourite version is by Stochello Rosenberg and Joscho Stephan
after seeing hundreds maybe even thousands of renditions of minor swing(those of you gypsy jazz fans know exactly wat im talking about) this is truly one of the greatest
Agreed.. His opening phrase was well thought out and oozed musicality. Then he proceeds to go, " Hey, I can play fast and technical too!", and ties it all together with some great chord work. Very Django!
Yorgui Loeffler is an amazing guitar player, but I think my favorite out of those 3 soloists was Laffont, because he can transition from note to the other so smoothly. Another thing is that he spent most of his solo going at a pretty steady speed instead of breakneck fast, like the other two.
I did not quit hahaha I've been playing for about 18 years now. switched to predominantly acoustic 10 years ago, dropped the pick altogether about 6 or 7 years ago, and started piecemeal "composing" stuff in earnest about 5 years ago
They all have great skills and it is amazing, but I don´t like most parts of the second guy and some parts of the first guy. Both can play really good and fast but in my opinion it´s sometimes too much, almost metal shredding on a acoustic... The third guy plays less notes but carrying more emotion with his improvisation. He seems like the experienced one, who doesn´t have to show big nuts by playing that fast. At least no one can beat the original Django solo, the first guy starts with.
le plateau des musiciens très bon, mes jais une petite question es que ces encore du partage de musique , ou ces devenue un concour des celui qui joue le plus vite , moi personnellement je ne vois pas un vrais partage , ces mon opignon , django quand etais sur une scene avec d autre musiciens , personne ne montré qui etais le meilleur ou me plus rapide , on voyer un belle echange , dommage
I love gypsy jazz but I hate the way every single solo collapses into the same old shred-fest.. The second guy was just playing really fast exercises for more than half of his solo! Impressive technically, but not musically..
Holy shit they are halfgods. Three of the best guitar players I ve ever seen. Incredible these skills are incredible. They are not human! xD great great great
