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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.
No Django listening resource has been added.
1 historical recording entries · source text preserved
Entry
Year
Recording / session / release evidence
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1949
I'm In The Mood For Love, Jan-Feb 1949, CW 46 ,( unissued )," - Rome - Django Reinhardt (g), Stephane Grappelly (v),Gianni Safred (p), Carlo Pecori (b), Aurelio de Carolis (d)"
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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
McHugh and Fields wrote this 1935 standard. Its title is distinct from Are You in the Mood; similarly named search results were excluded. A reliable Django-listening upload remains unconfirmed.
Tune details
Music: Jimmy McHugh
Words: Dorothy Fields
Source-attributed publication / composition: 1935
Original key: Not established
Study level: Intermediate; loop dm, dm(maj7) and dm7 using a sustained d on top and c-sharp–c as the moving voice
Melody & head
A useful C-major ballad study in chromatic inner voices and gentle dominant resolution.
Are You in the Mood is a different tune. The inherited recording claim is retained as archive evidence, not independently authenticated here.
The C-major grid mixes secondary dominants with diminished passing chords. Hear D–F–A over D minor, then the changing inner voice in Dm–Dm(maj7)–Dm7; keep the bridge’s B7–Em resolution distinct from the home key. Check the video key before playing with the chart.
Chart & Form
The C-major grid mixes secondary dominants with diminished passing chords. Hear D–F–A over D minor, then the changing inner voice in Dm–Dm(maj7)–Dm7; keep the bridge’s B7–Em resolution distinct from the home key.
Inherited archive chart retained without harmonic or notation edits. The playing notes below discuss this particular version, not a definitive score.
I’m In The Mood For Love Bass Line Play Along Backing Track
MrSunnybass
Swing · 108 BPM · 6m27s · Video available when checked; creator-described attribution.
Creator-provided play-along; instrumentation and feel vary by selection. Check the key and full arrangement before joining in; the guide chart may use another key. Tempo is the creator’s stated value.
The C-major grid mixes secondary dominants with diminished passing chords. Hear D–F–A over D minor, then the changing inner voice in Dm–Dm(maj7)–Dm7; keep the bridge’s B7–Em resolution distinct from the home key.
Sing the destination note before connecting it to the preceding chord.
Pitch choices
Begin with the named chord tones. Add passing notes only after the melody and cadence are secure.
Loop Dm, Dm(maj7) and Dm7 using a sustained D on top and C-sharp–C as the moving voice. Then place that sound back into the full A section.
Comping & voicings
Keep the descending minor-chord voice audible with small voicings. Do not replace every passing diminished chord with a loud six-string grip.
Voicing note sets
Keep the descending minor-chord voice audible with small voicings. Do not replace every passing diminished chord with a loud six-string grip.
Keep the accompaniment clear
First establish an even pulse; add rhythmic variation only when the melody leaves space.
Are You in the Mood is a different tune. The inherited recording claim is retained as archive evidence, not independently authenticated here.
Practice room
60–100 bpm
Your assignment
Loop Dm, Dm(maj7) and Dm7 using a sustained D on top and C-sharp–C as the moving voice. Then place that sound back into the full A section.
Loop these changes
Loop Dm, Dm(maj7) and Dm7 using a sustained D on top and C-sharp–C as the moving voice. Then place that sound back into the full A section.
Metronome
Count quarter notes first. Then place the click on beats 2 and 4 at half the click rate, keeping the phrase length unchanged.
Transposition
Move one short cadence to a nearby key by naming its chord tones, then return to the chosen study key.
At the session
C; 32-bar AABA in the inherited chart. Agree the arrangement, pickup and ending before counting in.
Start together
Count a clear tempo and use the final cadence of the agreed arrangement.
Finish together
Cue the final tonic together; agree any tag before starting.
Are You in the Mood is a different tune. The inherited recording claim is retained as archive evidence, not independently authenticated here.
Are You in the Mood is a different tune. The inherited recording claim is retained as archive evidence, not independently authenticated here.
Arranging the tune
Solo guitar
Keep the melody uppermost and begin with a single bass note under each harmony. Keep the descending minor-chord voice audible with small voicings. Do not replace every passing diminished chord with a loud six-string grip.
Trio or larger group
Keep the descending minor-chord voice audible with small voicings. Do not replace every passing diminished chord with a loud six-string grip.
Vocal considerations
Choose a comfortable singing key and transpose the accompaniment as a whole; lyrics are not reproduced here.
This player guide combines inherited recording evidence and editorial study notes. Musical study notes are editorial suggestions; compare them with the recording.
Existing chart and discographic rows; retained as inherited evidence.
Illustration credit & provenance
Original AI-assisted illustration created for Djangopedia
Original AI-assisted editorial artwork inspired by the tune’s mood. It does not depict a documented historical event.
Generated with the native image-generation tool on 2026-10-18; original editorial artwork, not a historical photograph.
Prompt: Original 1536x1024 horizontal 3:2 editorial serigraph for the jazz tune i m in the mood for love. An anonymous guitarist beneath a flowering balcony at dusk, two warmly lit windows and a gentle crescent. Match the Stage 6C visual vocabulary: bold simplified angular silhouettes, asymmetrical negative space, flat limited ink palette of wine red, dusty pink, midnight blue and cream, rough ink edges, tactile paper grain, restrained whimsical mid-century shapes. Handmade silk-screen print, crisp graphic design, no gradients, no photorealism, no text or lettering, no border. Entirely original scene, no claim of historical event. Keep all heads and musical instruments inside frame.
Research & rights notes
Exact YouTube-to-matrix/take associations are not established. Historical rows remain inherited archive evidence.
No reliable Django-listening video was confirmed for this exact title.
No qualifying new Django solo recreation was confirmed in this bounded search.
I’m In The Mood For Love Bass Line Play Along Backing TrackMrSunnybassSwing · 108 BPM · 6m27s · Video available when checked; creator-described attribution.Creator-provided play-along; instrumentation and feel vary by selection. Check the key and full arrangement before joining in; the guide chart may use another key. Tempo is the creator’s stated value.✓ Featured
I'm in the Mood for Love - Backing Track with Sheet Music for Tenor SaxYasuhiro Fujii4m3s · Video available when checked; creator-described attribution.Backing with notation for tenor saxophone. Written tenor-sax pitches are transposed; guitarists must check concert key before using the displayed score.Select video
Fapy Lafertin, Paulus Schäfer & Nico Schäfer - I'm in the mood for loveChristien van HeldenVideo available when checked; creator-described attribution.Performer attribution follows the video title and channel description. Proposed listening selection; no popularity ranking implied.✓ Featured
I'm in the Mood for LoveJimmy Rosenberg - TopicVideo available when checked; creator-described attribution.Performer attribution follows the video title and channel description. Proposed listening selection; no popularity ranking implied.Select video
I'm In The Mood For LoveDate BrothersVideo available when checked; creator-described attribution.Performer attribution follows the video title and channel description. Proposed listening selection; no popularity ranking implied.Select video