This archive heading collects several different blues performances and contexts. It is a comparative listening guide, not a claim that all six inherited rows are the same composed work. Compare the length of the first complete phrase and where the bass actually changes, one recording at a time.
If you study one thing
Choose one identified performance, map its first chorus by listening, then contrast another without copying the first roadmap onto it.
FeelSource-specific phrasing; establish the recorded pulse
MeterFollow the documented arrangement; no metre inferred from title
MusicNot established
Guide coverage8 / 12 sections present
Owner content reviewed — 2026-10-21T08:20:29Z by admin. Coverage measures presence, not accuracy. Content review does not certify rights or musical perfection.
See what is here and what is missing
✓ Recording evidence
○ Key & form
○ Chart
✓ History
✓ Playing notes
✓ Practice plan
○ Backing track
✓ Django recording
○ Django solo study aid
✓ Illustration
✓ Sources
✓ Difficulty
Django's Recordings
Django recordings for this tune. Uploader dates and take labels remain source claims; only an evidenced exact association enables a row’s Listen control.
6 historical recording entries · source text preserved
Entry
Year
Recording / session / release evidence
Listen
01
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Blues,OLA 2222-1,"Fremeaux 307, Affinity AFS 1003, Classics 762, Jazz Time 789604-2","Philippe Brun (tpt), Stephane Grappelly (cel), Django Reinhardt (g), same date"
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02
1940
Blues,OSW 130-1 ,"Fremeaux FA 310, Classics 831, Jazz Time 252707-2, Music Memoria 31005, Jazz Archives 157222, Mosaic MD6-190(6 CD Set).","1/10/40 - QHCF - Paris - Hubert Rostaing (cl), Django & Joseph (b)Pierre Fouad (d), Josette Dayde (vo)*, Reinhardt(g),Francis Luca,"
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03
1946
Blues,"Fremeaux FA 313, Suisa JZCD 376, Vogue 228E 6005, RCA 74321 237692, Vogue 668003-1","10/11/46 - Chicago - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra featuring,Django Reinhardt (elg)"
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04
1947
Blues,OSW 453-1 ,"Fremeaux FA 313, Classics 1001, Jazz Time 789103-2, Mosaic MD6-190(6 CD Set).","26/3/47 - Paris - QHCF - Stephane Grappelly (v), Django & Joseph Reinhardt, Jean Ferret (g), Emmanuel Soudieux (b)"
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05
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Blues,Not issued on CD.LP La Roulotte MA-3,"Same date - Jam Session - Django Reinhardt (elg), Aime Barelli (tpt), Michel Attenoux (ss), Hubert Fol (as), Benny Vasseur (tb),"
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06
1953
Blues,Not issued on CD. (LP La Roulotte MA-3),"1/2/53 - Paris - Django Reinhardt (elg), Acc. by Tony Proteau et son Orchestre"
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A dash means no video has been associated with this exact historical recording. Tune-level listening resources remain available above.
History & Listening
This archive heading collects several different blues performances and contexts. It is a comparative listening guide, not a claim that all six inherited rows are the same composed work.
Tune details
Music:
Documented in archive: 1940
Original key: Not established
Study level: Intermediate listening work; advanced arrangement and source awareness
Melody & head
Compare the length of the first complete phrase and where the bass actually changes, one recording at a time.
Generic title alone cannot establish form, key, composer or identity across these six rows. Unresolved dates remain unresolved.
Compare the length of the first complete phrase and where the bass actually changes, one recording at a time. Source-attributed credits: Exact work credit remains unverified; no composer invented.
Chart & Form
Establish the melody, bass arrivals and actual phrase length before assigning chord functions. Choose one identified performance, map its first chorus by listening, then contrast another without copying the first roadmap onto it.
Inherited notation retained exactly. No new complete chart, concert key or take-specific transcription is certified.
No readable chord chart has been added for this title.
Play along
No backing track has been added.
Study Django's Solo
Performed studies, transcriptions, TAB, notation and lessons for studying Django’s solo. Inclusion does not certify note-for-note accuracy.
No Django solo study aid yet. Know a useful resource — or want to record a study of this solo?
Similar tunes
Follow a shared key, a harmonic idea or a familiar form. Keys refer to this site’s chart editions; other recordings may use a different key.
Related chord movement
No sufficiently supported harmonic comparison has been added yet.
Same chart key
No match is established in the current chart metadata.
Same form
No match is established in the current chart metadata.
Behind the illustration
Owner-selected illustration. Three spare overlapping human silhouettes pass a single blue musical phrase from trumpet to guitar to clarinet. A quiet shared blues conversation across differing historical ensemble settings, no falsely specified session or date.
Original AI-assisted editorial artwork inspired by the tune; not a documented historical scene.
Original AI-assisted illustration created for Djangopedia
Selected performances by notable Gypsy Jazz players and ensembles. Inclusion is editorial and does not imply an objective popularity ranking.
Notable Gypsy Jazz performances are being curated.
Improvisation
Target notes & voice leading
Compare the length of the first complete phrase and where the bass actually changes, one recording at a time.
Sing the destination before adding an approach note.
Pitch choices
Establish the actual harmony before choosing a scale. Begin with the melody and the destination note; no tune-wide scale formula is asserted.
Choose one identified performance, map its first chorus by listening, then contrast another without copying the first roadmap onto it.
Comping & voicings
Establish the particular recording’s bass arrivals first. Use sparse guide-tone dyads rather than assuming a universal twelve-bar accompaniment.
Voicing note sets
Establish the particular recording’s bass arrivals first. Use sparse guide-tone dyads rather than assuming a universal twelve-bar accompaniment.
Keep the accompaniment clear
First rehearse the specific phrase entry and release described above; add a chord pulse only when it supports that phrase.
Generic title alone cannot establish form, key, composer or identity across these six rows. Unresolved dates remain unresolved.
Practice room
Slow phrase practice, adjusted to the chosen source; no historical BPM asserted
Your assignment
Choose one identified performance, map its first chorus by listening, then contrast another without copying the first roadmap onto it.
Loop these changes
Choose one identified performance, map its first chorus by listening, then contrast another without copying the first roadmap onto it.
Establish the particular recording’s bass arrivals first. Use sparse guide-tone dyads rather than assuming a universal twelve-bar accompaniment.
Metronome
Use a quiet quarter-note click for short loops. Keep the preceding rest and the next entry in the loop; remove the click briefly to test internal time.
Transposition
After learning the chosen fragment and its actual harmony, move that fragment to one nearby key by naming the target notes. Do not transpose an unverified progression.
Gilles Rea’s virtual score-following study of the 1937 Blues with celesta and trumpet. This is not a filmed guitar recreation or a mapping of all six archive rows.
Creator-labelled 26 March 1947 Blues guitar/TAB study. A comparison resource for this Blues collection, not Blue Skies or an exact recording_ref association.
At the session
Confirm the composition identity, concert key and complete arrangement before calling the tune. Agree pickup and ending together.
Start together
Use the chosen recording’s entry cue only after checking its phrase length.
Finish together
Agree a plain final arrival and a visible cutoff; do not assume a live video’s tag is universal.
Generic title alone cannot establish form, key, composer or identity across these six rows. Unresolved dates remain unresolved.
Generic title alone cannot establish form, key, composer or identity across these six rows. Unresolved dates remain unresolved.
Arranging the tune
Solo guitar
Begin with the melody alone, then add only independently established bass arrivals. Establish the particular recording’s bass arrivals first. Use sparse guide-tone dyads rather than assuming a universal twelve-bar accompaniment.
Trio or larger group
Establish the particular recording’s bass arrivals first. Use sparse guide-tone dyads rather than assuming a universal twelve-bar accompaniment.
Vocal considerations
Follow the song’s breathing where a vocal version exists. Establish the singer’s key independently; lyrics are not reproduced here.
Sources & credits
This player guide combines inherited recording evidence and editorial study notes. Musical study notes are editorial suggestions; compare them with the recording.
Work/arrangement identity, source credit and recording context; inherited rows retained.
Illustration credit & provenance
Original AI-assisted illustration created for Djangopedia
Original AI-assisted editorial artwork inspired by the tune; not a documented historical scene.
Generated with the native image-generation tool on 2026-10-26; original editorial artwork, not a historical photograph.
Prompt: Use case: stylized-concept. Create one finished original landscape 1536x1024 (3:2) raster illustration for Djangopedia, tune Blues.
Tune context for interpretation only: This archive heading collects several different blues performances and contexts. It is a comparative listening guide, not a claim that all six inherited rows are the same composed work.
Scene: Three spare overlapping human silhouettes pass a single blue musical phrase from trumpet to guitar to clarinet. A quiet shared blues conversation across differing historical ensemble settings, no falsely specified session or date.
Art direction: Refined 1940s jazz-poster serigraph: bold silhouettes, unexpected scale and visual wit, architectural geometry, abundant unprinted paper. Palette: vermilion, mustard, deep petrol teal and warm ivory. Subtle dry ink and paper texture, controlled print misregistration. Make it an artwork with a memorable singular idea, readable as a thumbnail and rewarding at full size; vary viewpoint and composition.
Constraints: entirely original composition, not a copy of an artist's print. No title, words, notation, logos or watermark. No photorealism, glossy 3D, gradients, airbrushed romantic haze, generic sunset or decorative hearts. If Django appears, swept-back dark hair, pencil moustache and a distinct mature individual face; period clothes, no ethnic stereotypes. Respect plausible instruments and hands, keep key subjects within frame. Use strong flat ink shapes rather than photorealistic rendering.
Research & rights notes
Generic title alone cannot establish form, key, composer or identity across these six rows. Unresolved dates remain unresolved.
Complete chart, concert key and full form remain unverified.
No new exact historical recording_ref/video association is asserted.
No qualifying tune-specific backing selected in this bounded search; no generic or wrong-work backing substituted.
No complete performed Django solo recreation selected. Any score-following or partial study is labelled explicitly.
