Tune details
Music: Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
Documented in archive: 1940
Original key: Not established
Study level: Intermediate; advanced where the inherited roadmap needs reconstruction
A blues-shaped song form with an eight-bar A-major bridge. It combines familiar twelve-bar motion with a larger roadmap that should be called explicitly at a session.
Internalise the 12–12–8–12 roadmap.

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Django recordings for this tune. Uploader dates and take labels remain source claims; only an evidenced exact association enables a row’s Listen control.
Django Reinhardt
source-described; accuracy not independently verified
Uploader identifies this as Django Reinhardt’s performance; recording date and take require comparison with the discography.
| Entry | Year | Recording / session / release evidence | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 1940 | Swing de Paris, 17/12/40, OSW 155-1 ,"Fremeaux FA 310, Classics 852, Affinity AFS 1003, Jazz Time 252707-2, Music Memoria 31005, EMI 780671-2, 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)" | — |
| 02 | 1947 | Swing de Paris, 8-13/11/47, "Fremeaux FA 315, Vogue 228E 6007, Kardum GLO 139, (Vogue 668003-3 ""Swing de Paris"" is Swing '41)"," - Paris - Souvenirs de Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt (elg), Gerard Leveque (cl), Eugene Vees (g), Emmanuel Soudieux (b), Andre Jourdan (d)" | — |
| 03 | 1938 | Swing From Paris,4210-HPP ,"Fremeaux FA 308, JSP 343, Classics 777, Conifer HD 165, Music Memoria 87948, Jazz Archives 157222, Suisa JZCD 376, Gitanes 159 853-2","14/6/38 - Paris - QHCF - Stepane Grappelly (v), Django Reinhardt (g), Joseph Reinhardt, Eugene Vees (g), Roger Grasset (b)" | — |
A dash means no video has been associated with this exact historical recording. Tune-level listening resources remain available above.
Swing de Paris is credited here to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli. The inherited archive lists 2 recording entries, with dated entries spanning 1940–1947. These are archive rows, not a claim that every entry is a distinct released take. The linked recording rows preserve the original discographical wording. Compare their dates, matrices and personnel when choosing a performance to study.
Music: Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
Documented in archive: 1940
Original key: Not established
Study level: Intermediate; advanced where the inherited roadmap needs reconstruction
Listening task: Keep the blues-shaped phrases intact rather than forcing them into eight-bar units. Mark the key, pickup, phrase lengths and ending before comparing another version.
Swing de Paris, 17/12/40, OSW 155-1 ,"Fremeaux FA 310, Classics 852, Affinity AFS 1003, Jazz Time 252707-2, Music Memoria 31005, EMI 780671-2, 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)"
Compare the first and last listed entries for tempo, instrumentation and arrangement. Do not infer identical takes from a shared title. Internalise the 12–12–8–12 roadmap.
Swing de Paris, 8-13/11/47, "Fremeaux FA 315, Vogue 228E 6007, Kardum GLO 139, (Vogue 668003-3 ""Swing de Paris"" is Swing '41)"," - Paris - Souvenirs de Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt (elg), Gerard Leveque (cl), Eugene Vees (g), Emmanuel Soudieux (b), Andre Jourdan (d)"
The inherited chart is in C major; A-major bridge. Confirm the backing track’s sounding key, pickup and complete form before playing; an instrument label may describe a transposed score.
C moves to F7 and returns through Dm7–G7. After two twelve-bar sections, Bm7–E7 reaches A major for the bridge; Dm7–G7 restores C.
Chord symbols and source cell divisions are preserved from Djangopedia. Slashes mark rhythm; 0 is inherited diminished notation whose exact voicing should be checked against the melody. This is a chord reference, not a melody transcription.
[[Image:Swing_paris.gif]] | C/// | C/// | C/// | Gm7/ C13b9/ | F7/// | F7/// | C/// | C(E)/ Eb0/ | Dm7/// | G7/// | C(E)/ Eb0/ | Dm7/ G7/ | | C/// | C/// | C/// | Gm7/ C13b9/ | F7/// | F7/// | C/// | C(E)/ Eb0/ | Dm7/// | G7/// | C/// | Bm7/ E7/ | | A/// | Em7/ E7/ | A/// | Bm7/ E7/ | A/// | Bm7/ E7/ | A/// | Dm7/ G7/ | | C/// | C/// | C/// | Gm7/ C13b9/ | F7/// | F7/// | C/// | C(E)/ Eb0/ | Dm7/// | G7/// | C(E)/ Eb0/ | Dm7/ G7/ :||Original source ↗
Jimmy Grant
The inherited chart is in C major; A-major bridge. Confirm the backing track’s sounding key, pickup and complete form before playing; an instrument label may describe a transposed score. · 2:49
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Performed studies, transcriptions, TAB, notation and lessons for studying Django’s solo. Inclusion does not certify note-for-note accuracy.
Django Reinhardt (uploader-attributed transcription) · From Music
Uploader: complete Swing de Paris transcription; exact Django recording/take not established. · Owner selected and authorized publication. YouTube identity and visible resource type checked; exact take and musical accuracy not independently verified.
Owner-selected Swing de Paris transcription with scrolling notation/TAB over a historical Django photograph. No new guitarist performing a recreation was visible in the inspected sections. Distinct from Swing From Paris.
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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.
No sufficiently supported harmonic comparison has been added yet.
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An original imagined Paris street plan rendered as actual low facades and a narrow bridge: three long blue pavement bands joined by one shorter red crossing, a tiny musician far away. Blues-shaped sections and the eight-bar contrasting bridge become an urban rhythm; no landmarks.
An original editorial interpretation of the tune. This is an illustration, not an archival photograph or a documented reconstruction of a recording session.
Original Djangopedia illustration · AI-assisted, 2026
Illustration credits & provenance →Selected performances by notable Gypsy Jazz players and ensembles. Inclusion is editorial and does not imply an objective popularity ranking.
Rosenberg Trio · North Sea Jazz Archive
1994 · North Sea Jazz, The Hague, 8 July 1994 · YouTube title, uploader metadata, player availability and visible presentation checked 2026-10-06. Independent interpretation; proposed order awaits owner decision. No full-video or note-for-note audit claimed.
Stage 4M private performance. North Sea Jazz, The Hague, 8 July 1994. Official festival archive; Stochelo, Nous’che and Nonnie Rosenberg.
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Rosenberg Trio - 'Swing De Paris' | North Sea Jazz (1994)Rosenberg Trio · North Sea Jazz Archive1994 · North Sea Jazz, The Hague, 8 July 1994 · YouTube title, uploader metadata, player availability and visible presentation checked 2026-10-06. Independent interpretation; proposed order awaits owner decision. No full-video or note-for-note audit claimed.Stage 4M private performance. North Sea Jazz, The Hague, 8 July 1994. Official festival archive; Stochelo, Nous’che and Nonnie Rosenberg.✓ Featured
Benjamin Herman & The Robin Nolan Trio - Swing de Paris [live at North Sea Jazz 2016]Benjamin Herman and Robin Nolan Trio · Marlon Domingus2016 · North Sea Jazz, 9 July 2016 · YouTube title, uploader metadata, player availability and visible presentation checked 2026-10-06. Independent interpretation; proposed order awaits owner decision. No full-video or note-for-note audit claimed.Stage 4M private performance. North Sea Jazz, 9 July 2016. Live alto saxophone and guitar trio.Select video
Mauro Albert Trio - Swing de ParisMauro Albert Trio · MAURO ALBERT GYPSY GUITARLive trio with Fernando Caramori and Gabriel Vieira · YouTube title, uploader metadata, player availability and visible presentation checked 2026-10-06. Independent interpretation; proposed order awaits owner decision. No full-video or note-for-note audit claimed.Stage 4M private performance. Live trio with Fernando Caramori and Gabriel Vieira. Artist-channel concert footage; exact date unestablished.Select videoCount 12, 12, 8, 12 while playing only the first chord of each section. Then practise the two joins into and out of A major as separate loops.
Keep the blues-shaped sections relaxed and make the A-major bridge arrival clear. Count the twelve-bar sections independently from the eight-bar bridge.
Start around 100–140 bpm; increase only after the form stays secure
Count 12, 12, 8, 12 while playing only the first chord of each section. Then practise the two joins into and out of A major as separate loops.
Begin with four quarter-note clicks. Halve the click rate and hear beats 2 and 4 while maintaining the same phrase lengths.
Swing de Paris — C major; A-major bridge; 44 bars: 12 + 12 + 8 + 12 in the inherited chart. Agree the pickup, tempo and ending before counting in.
44 bars: 12 + 12 + 8 + 12 in the inherited chart. Keep the head and solo chorus lengths explicit at the count-in.
Start with melody and bass only. Add the following colour without interrupting the melody: Hear C♯ over A major after C natural in the home-key material.
Keep the blues-shaped sections relaxed and make the A-major bridge arrival clear. Count the twelve-bar sections independently from the eight-bar bridge. Agree the full roadmap and signal the last head before it starts.
This guide focuses on the instrumental arrangement; any lyric adaptation needs separate credit and a chosen key.
This player guide combines inherited recording evidence and editorial study notes. Musical study notes are editorial suggestions; compare them with the recording.
Djangopedia — inherited chart and recording rows ↗
Composition credits and background ↗
Jimmy Grant — practice backing ↗
Feature photograph — source collection ↗
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 “Swing de Paris”. Landscape 1536 × 1024, opaque background. Scene: An original imagined Paris street plan rendered as actual low facades and a narrow bridge: three long blue pavement bands joined by one shorter red crossing, a tiny musician far away. Blues-shaped sections and the eight-bar contrasting bridge become an urban rhythm; no landmarks. Musical basis from the guide: A blues-shaped song form with an eight-bar A-major bridge. It combines familiar twelve-bar motion with a larger roadmap that should be called explicitly at a session. The supplied chart is C major; A-major bridge; form: 44 bars: 12 + 12 + 8 + 12 in the inherited chart; feel: Swing. These describe musical inspiration, not visible writing. Historical context: Swing de Paris is credited here to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli. Do not illustrate disputed historical claims or suggest this imagined scene is an archival session. Medium: geometric architectural gouache. Dominant palette: grey blue vermilion and white. Composition: three streets and one bright bridge. Human presence: one tiny figure. 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: single profile at painting; vertical canvas; close scale. Independently invent every pose, perspective, clothing, setting and lighting. Avoid: No easel, portrait, Eiffel Tower, nightclub, readable street labels. 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 B diversity compensation: make light and midtone areas substantial; avoid near-black dominant backdrops, violet monochrome, empty chair/stool/bench compositions, repeated sunset terraces and generic cloud panoramas. Preserve the stated tune-specific scene. Human figures remain standing or peripheral except an explicitly named ensemble; no centered seated Django portrait. For graphic images use clearly plain colour shapes, no ruled parallel staffs, circles with stems, note-like marks or typography.
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