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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.
3 historical recording entries · source text preserved
Entry
Year
Recording / session / release evidence
Listen
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Mabel,X2LA 1997-1 ,"Fremeaux 306, Affinity AFS 1003, Classics 762, Jazz Time 789604-2, Mosaic MD6-190(6 CD Set)."," Cizeron Out, Stephane Grappelly (v) replaces three violins"
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02
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Mabel,X2LA 1997-2 ,"Fremeaux 306, Mosaic MD6-190(6 CD Set)."," Cizeron Out, Stephane Grappelly (v) replaces three violins"
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03
1940
Mabel, 13/12/40, OSW 151-1,"Fremeaux FA 310, Classics 852, Jazz Time 252707-2, Music Memoria 31005, Mosaic MD6-190(6 CD Set)."," - Paris - QHCF+ - Hubert Rostaing (cl), Alix Combelle (cl,ts) Django & Joseph Reinhardt (g), Tony Rovira (b), Pierre Fouad (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
The archive preserves alternate takes and a later 1940 entry. The publisher credits Django for Mabel; none of those take identities is collapsed in this guide. The 1937 booklet credits Reinhardt and Grappelli jointly, while the later track table lists Reinhardt alone; that version-specific credit difference is kept visible.
Tune details
Music: Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
Documented in archive: 1940
Original key: Not established
Study level: Intermediate; melody, pulse and arrangement awareness
Melody & head
A Django tune for comparing alternate takes and building short phrases from the head.
A melody-with-TAB tutorial is a melody aid unless the creator explicitly identifies a Django solo transcription.
Compare the opening head in two versions before learning a long solo. Mark which phrases recur unchanged and where the harmony or ending differs. Check the video key before playing with the chart.
Chart & Form
Compare the opening head in two versions before learning a long solo. Mark which phrases recur unchanged and where the harmony or ending differs.
No complete verified chart is supplied. The exercises are listening and practice suggestions, not a substitute score.
No readable chord chart has been added for this title.
MABEL (100BPM) THE STEPHANE WREMBEL BAND - PLAY ALONG SERIES
Stephane Wrembel
Swing · 100 BPM · 2m59s · 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.
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
A poised adult jazz singer in a simple evening dress, a vintage microphone and upright bass, three strong tilted colour planes create an intimate club.
Original AI-assisted editorial artwork inspired by the tune’s mood. It does not depict a documented historical event.
Original AI-assisted illustration created for Djangopedia
Compare the opening head in two versions before learning a long solo. Mark which phrases recur unchanged and where the harmony or ending differs.
Sing the destination note before playing the connecting phrase.
Pitch choices
Begin with the named chord tones. Add passing notes only after the melody and cadence are secure.
Learn the first head phrase, sing its destination, then improvise a two-note answer. Record one chorus and check that every phrase begins in the same place.
Comping & voicings
Use a relaxed four and short chord releases. Leave the head’s internal syncopation to the lead instead of doubling it.
Voicing note sets
Use a relaxed four and short chord releases. Leave the head’s internal syncopation to the lead instead of doubling it.
Keep the accompaniment clear
First establish an even pulse; add rhythmic variation only when the melody leaves space.
A melody-with-TAB tutorial is a melody aid unless the creator explicitly identifies a Django solo transcription.
Practice room
80–120 bpm, then increase gradually
Your assignment
Learn the first head phrase, sing its destination, then improvise a two-note answer. Record one chorus and check that every phrase begins in the same place.
Loop these changes
Learn the first head phrase, sing its destination, then improvise a two-note answer. Record one chorus and check that every phrase begins in the same place.
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
Confirm the chosen arrangement key; Confirm the complete form. 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.
A melody-with-TAB tutorial is a melody aid unless the creator explicitly identifies a Django solo transcription.
A melody-with-TAB tutorial is a melody aid unless the creator explicitly identifies a Django solo transcription.
Arranging the tune
Solo guitar
Keep the melody uppermost and begin with a single bass note under each harmony. Use a relaxed four and short chord releases. Leave the head’s internal syncopation to the lead instead of doubling it.
Trio or larger group
Use a relaxed four and short chord releases. Leave the head’s internal syncopation to the lead instead of doubling it.
Vocal considerations
No vocal arrangement is prescribed; use the instrumental melody as the phrasing reference.
This player guide combines inherited recording evidence and editorial study notes. Musical study notes are editorial suggestions; compare them with the recording.
Joint Reinhardt–Grappelli attribution for the 1937 Mabel takes.
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 2026-10-19; original editorial artwork, not a historical photograph.
Prompt: Use case: stylized-concept. Asset: horizontal 1536x1024, 3:2 Djangopedia tune illustration for Mabel. Original scene: A poised adult jazz singer in a simple evening dress, a vintage microphone and upright bass, three strong tilted colour planes create an intimate club. Medium: authentic-feeling 1950s silk-screen editorial print, flat separate ink layers, boldly simplified shapes, long expressive angular silhouettes, spare wiry line accents, off-register overlaps, small areas of crosshatching, slight dry ink and paper texture. Strong asymmetric composition with generous negative space; witty and musical, sophisticated rather than children's cartoon. Limited palette: ochre, brick red, ink navy and warm cream. All heads and instrument bodies wholly inside frame unless otherwise specified. No letters, words, numbers, captions, borders, logos, watermark, realistic shading, gradients or photographed paper. Invent an entirely new composition, not a reproduction of any existing print. No claim of a documented historical scene.
Research & rights notes
Exact video-to-matrix/take associations are not established. Historical rows remain inherited evidence.
No complete chart is present in the inherited archive. Learn from one verified arrangement and establish its roadmap before a jam.
No chart key is asserted; verify the concert key of the chosen recording or accompaniment.
The original composition/publication year has not been independently established for this guide; recording years are separate evidence.
No qualifying Django solo-study recreation selected. Other players’ solos and melody lessons do not fill this gap.
MABEL (100BPM) THE STEPHANE WREMBEL BAND - PLAY ALONG SERIESStephane WrembelSwing · 100 BPM · 2m59s · 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
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