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Djangopedia — inherited chart and recording rows ↗
- Inherited notation and discographical claims; not independent verification
Composition credits and background ↗
- Writer credits and source date where supplied
Clément Reboul — practice backing ↗
- Video identity, view-count snapshot and embed metadata
Feature photograph — source collection ↗
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Illustration credit & provenance
Original Djangopedia illustration · AI-assisted, 2026
An original editorial interpretation of the tune. This is an illustration, not an archival photograph or a documented reconstruction of a recording session.
Generated with the native image-generation tool on 2026-10-08; original editorial artwork, not a historical photograph.
Prompt: Use case: illustration-story. One original editorial feature illustration for Djangopedia's guide “I've Found a New Baby”. Landscape 1536 × 1024, opaque background.
Scene: Django and a fictional clarinetist, both standing, exchange short phrases; a dark low curl unfurls into a bright open fan. The minor opening brightening into relative major is expressed by the exchange rather than a baby scene.
Musical basis from the guide: A minor-to-major swing standard with clear, recurring cadences. The shift from D minor to F major is a useful test of whether a line can brighten without losing the pulse. The supplied chart is D minor / F major; form: 32 bars, AABA in the inherited chart; feel: Swing. These describe musical inspiration, not visible writing. Historical context: I've Found a New Baby is credited here to Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams. The source date is 1926; publication, composition and later lyric adaptations may have separate dates. Do not illustrate disputed historical claims or suggest this imagined scene is an archival session.
Medium: gouache. Dominant palette: turquoise and orange. Composition: curved opposing musical gestures. Human presence: two small figures. Strong intentional design, clearly drawn/painted, distinctive material marks; keep essential subject safely within the central 70 percent width and middle 80 percent height for card crops. Maintain enough visual substance at thumbnail size.
Broad inspiration observed in old photo, ONLY scale/rhythm and never a reference image: two close guitarists; paired slanting instruments. Independently invent every pose, perspective, clothing, setting and lighting.
Avoid: No two guitarists from photo, seated pair, infant or nursery. No photorealism, archival simulation, generated text, letters, numbers, labels, fake musical notation, logo, signature, watermark, fake dates, yellowed-paper patina, recognizable artwork or copied photograph. No imitation of any named artist. Render the art edge to edge without borders, mockup or typography. Batch A diversity compensation: avoid blue sky, drifting clouds, cypress trees, moon discs, generic Paris landmarks and curving terrace backdrops unless explicitly essential to the stated scene. Keep this composition tied to its precise stated subject; do not add an unrequested landscape or city. For figure scenes keep the specified standing/walking pose; no seated centered guitar portrait. For abstracts keep purely graphic materials and forms.
Research & rights notes
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- Original key and precise composition date where not independently established
- Inherited notation, session details and arrangement variants
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