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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.
1 historical recording entries · source text preserved
Entry
Year
Recording / session / release evidence
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1935
Ultrafox, April 1935, P 77354 ,"Fremeaux FA 303, JSP 341, Classics 727, Conifer HD 206, Rhapsody RHCD6"," - QHCF - Stephane Grappelly (v), Django Reinhardt, Roger Chaput, Joseph Reinhardt (g), Louis Vola (b)."
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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 inherited archive places Ultrafox in April 1935 with the Quintette du Hot Club de France. Universal’s distributor metadata for the existing listening reference credits both Reinhardt and Grappelli. The proposed Charlie Roman Hot Club performance names its guitarists, violinist and bassist, providing a clearly identified modern ensemble comparison. Search results for bands named Ultrafox playing other songs have been excluded.
Tune details
Music: Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
Documented in archive: 1935
Original key: Not established
Study level: Intermediate to advanced; moving bass and bridge modulation
Melody & head
Listen to the original quintet’s balance, then compare how the Charlie Roman group places the violin against the lead guitar.
The band name Ultrafox is not evidence that a video performs this composition. The inherited slash-chord ambiguity also needs checking.
Listen to the original quintet’s balance, then compare how the Charlie Roman group places the violin against the lead guitar.
Session evidence
Ultrafox, April 1935, P 77354 ,"Fremeaux FA 303, JSP 341, Classics 727, Conifer HD 206, Rhapsody RHCD6"," - QHCF - Stephane Grappelly (v), Django Reinhardt, Roger Chaput, Joseph Reinhardt (g), Louis Vola (b)."
The F-major A section moves through F7 over E-flat and a B-flat area before returning home. The bridge visits A major and then C, using diminished passing chords between stable destinations. Follow the bass and the melody as separate lines. The inherited B-flat-minor-over-D notation is unusual; confirm that voicing against the chosen arrangement instead of treating it as unquestionable. Check the video key before playing with the chart.
Chart & Form
The F-major A section moves through F7 over E-flat and a B-flat area before returning home. The bridge visits A major and then C, using diminished passing chords between stable destinations. Follow the bass and the melody as separate lines. The inherited B-flat-minor-over-D notation is unusual; confirm that voicing against the chosen arrangement instead of treating it as unquestionable.
Inherited chart is preserved verbatim as historical study material, not silently corrected or newly authenticated. Check the specific caveats below and match the arrangement and key to the selected video. External teaching material remains on its creator’s site.
Swing · 160 BPM · 5m · 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.
C-sharp establishes the A-major bridge area; C natural marks the later C-major arrival.
Follow the opening F–E-flat–D bass motion while keeping the top line smooth.
Pitch choices
Begin with the named chord tones. Add passing notes only after the melody and cadence are secure.
Play the opening bass notes alone, then add the melody without full chords. Isolate the bridge’s A-major and C-major arrivals and connect them with one short motif. Only then increase the tempo.
Comping & voicings
Keep the bass movement audible without over-accenting each inversion. Use economical strokes and give the violin or guitar melody space.
Voicing note sets
Reduce inversions to bass plus two upper voices; verify the unusual B-flat-minor slash chord before adding extra tones.
Keep the accompaniment clear
First establish an even pulse; add rhythmic variation only when the melody leaves space.
The band name Ultrafox is not evidence that a video performs this composition. The inherited slash-chord ambiguity also needs checking.
Practice room
Begin at 90–110 bpm; proposed tracks 160 and 180 bpm
Your assignment
Play the opening bass notes alone, then add the melody without full chords. Isolate the bridge’s A-major and C-major arrivals and connect them with one short motif. Only then increase the tempo.
Loop these changes
Play the opening bass notes alone, then add the melody without full chords.
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
F major (inherited chart); 32-bar AABA study grid. 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.
The band name Ultrafox is not evidence that a video performs this composition. The inherited slash-chord ambiguity also needs checking.
The band name Ultrafox is not evidence that a video performs this composition. The inherited slash-chord ambiguity also needs checking.
Arranging the tune
Solo guitar
Keep the melody uppermost and begin with a single bass note under each harmony. Reduce inversions to bass plus two upper voices; verify the unusual B-flat-minor slash chord before adding extra tones.
Trio or larger group
Keep the bass movement audible without over-accenting each inversion. Use economical strokes and give the violin or guitar melody space.
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.
Recording attribution and, where supplied, distributor credits; not a verified take association.
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: Create an original horizontal 3:2 editorial serigraph illustration for the jazz tune ultrafox. A nimble geometric fox darts between abstract guitar strings and angular city rooftops, a witty visual metaphor for a quick swinging tune. Mid-century jazz screen-print: strongly simplified geometric silhouettes, inventive asymmetry, broad flat shapes, limited ink palette of burnt orange, cream, midnight navy and sage, rough ink edges, restrained paper grain, playful sophisticated poster design. No gradients, no photographic rendering, no text, no border. Original composition only. Subjects and instruments stay inside frame.
Research & rights notes
Inherited B-flat-minor/D symbol needs musical confirmation.
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