I have tried to figure out which major scale related arpeggios are best when playing leads like how Django himself did, with two fingers. I have come up with two basic arpeggios that you need to know to develop this technique. The first one is a Cmaj7 arpeggio that is very two finger friendly when played in the two finger decending pattern that I show. The second is a C6 pattern that is also perfect when played with just the first two fingers on the left hand.

—————–7-8–|-7-8—————————
—————8——|—–7-8———————–
————-9——–|———8-9——————-
——–9-10———-|————-9-10————–
—7-10—————|——————9-10-6-7—–
-8——————–|—————————7-8-
———————4-5-
—————–4-5—–
————-4-5———
———4-5————-
—–6-7—————–
-7-8———————

Even though these are both major patterns, they should not necessarily be used over the same major chords. Make sure that you are aware of using the 6th and the 7th and its effect over the top of the chords that the rhythm player is using, which are quite often EITHER maj7 chords or maj6/9 chords.

This particular run is the ever important E minor seventh flat 5. Note that this run has 2 separate arpeggio patterns that I have outlined here in the key of F major. This run will probably also play over the keys of Bb major, which is the fourth of F, or G minor, which is the 2nd chord in F major. Try playing it, at slow speed, over Minor Blues, Ill See You In My Dreams, Night And Day, or Douce Ambiance, which all might match the key of G minor.

————-6——————————-10——————-
———5-8—8-5———————-8-11—-11-8————–
——-7———–7—————-7-9————–9-7———-
—5-8—————8-5———-8———————-8——–
-7———————–7-6-7-10————————–10-7-6-
——————————————————————

The trick to this is the start the minor 7 flat 5 scale on the note just beneath the key your in on the 5th string. So, in the key of F, start on the E, which you see, is the first note in the pattern above.

This year I wasn’t able to get complete set lists because I was paying more attention to the performer and less attention to keeping my list, but I managed to get some things and here they are. I have probably made many mistakes here, but I think it is better than nothing. If you see anything let me know and I will fix it.
Thursday Night, Oct 2nd
Hot Club Of Langley
1. Billet Doux?
2. Undecided
3. Out Of Nowhere
4. Sovenier de Venage?
5. Latcho Drom
Ross Bliss Trio w/Shelley Park and Eric Lipshulz on bass
1. Dinette
2. Lambeth Walk
3. Please Be Kind
4. Ill See You In My Dreams
5. ?
6. ?
7. Chez Jacquet?
Hot Club Sandwich
1. ?
2. Sweet Sue
3. Kevins Waltz?
4. Brazil
5. Digga Digga Do
6. HC Strut
7. Russian Lullaby
8. ?
9. ?
10. Viva Plapawawa?
11. False Valse
12. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
13. Two Guitars
14. Estoy Navarado
Friday Night, Oct 3th, 7:30pm
Swing Gitane (from Chicago)
1. Djangos Tiger
2. Mademoiselle de Bucharest
3. Tzangankia
3. Harlem Nocturne Medly?
4. Rythm Futur
5. Avalon
6. Djangos Castle
7. Litos Place
8. For Luna
9. Short Motzart piece?
10. Limehouse Blues
11. Dark Eyes
12. It Dont Mean A Thing
Pearl Django w/Patrick Sassois
1. Swing 42
2. Ive Found A New Baby
3. Minor Swing
4. Ill See You In My Dreams
5. Manoir des mes Reves
6. Jo Jo Swing
7. Belleville
8. Nuages
9. Avalon
10. All Love (by Babik and for Babik)
11. Just One For Babik
Robin Nolan
1. Number One/Djangos Tiger
2. ?
3. Nuages
4. Meditteranean Blues
5. Flora
6. Heavy Artillery
7. Wild Rice !!!!!
Saturday Night, Oct 4th 7:30pm
Swingamajig
1. Take The A Train
2. All Of Me
3. Swing 41
4. Autumn Leaves
5. Song by Stuff Smith?
6. Kushdi
7. ?
8. Ain’t Misbehavin
9. Pineapple
10. ?
11. I Found A New Baby
12. Dotsy
Robin Nolan w/Ari Munkres from HCSF and John Fredrichs
1. Number 1/Djangos Tiger
2. Blues Clair/Swing de Paris?
3. ?
4. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
5. Nuages
6. Meditteranean Blues
7. September Song
8. Douce Ambience w/Michael Frasier on violin
9. Summertime
Angelo Debarre, Serge Camps & Rick Leppenan
with Patrick Saussois
01 – Venez Donc Chez Moi (written by P. Misraki)*
02 – What Is This Thing Called Love
03 – Dinette
04 – Fantasie
05 – Swing Gitane
06 – Montagne St Genevieve
07 – La Gitane
08 – Melodie Au Crepuscule w/Saussois
09 – Twelfth Year w/Saussois
10 – J’attendrai w/Saussois
11 – Out Of Nowhere w/Saussois
12 – Giri Giri w/Serge on vocals
13 – Unknown title
14 – Clouds
Sunday Oct. 5 7PM
The Hot Club Of San Diego
1. Yes, I’m In Love
2. I Found A New Baby
3. Search Is Over
4. Fapy Musette
5. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
6. Shapes Of Things To Come
7. Take The A Trailer
8. Corsica
9. Sweet Sue
10. Unknown Title
The Hot Club Of Mars
01 – Memories Of Grappelli
02 – Fata din Moldava
03 – Flor de Santidad
04 – Gypsy Mood
05 – Djali to Django Suite
06 – Romanian Rhapsody
07 – Manoir de Mes Rêves
Angelo Debarre, Serge Camps & Rick Leppenan
with Patrick Saussois
01 – Venez Donc Chez Moi (written by P. Misraki)*
02 – What Is This Thing Called Love
03 – Dinette
04 – Fantasie
05 – Swing Gitane
06 – Montagne St Genevieve
07 – La Gitane
08 – Stompin’ at Decca w/Saussois
09 – Melodie Au Crepescule w/Saussois
10 – J’attendrai w/Saussois
11 – Twelfth Year w/Saussois
12 – Clouds
13 – Giri Giri w/Serge on vocals
14 – Unknown title
* Thanks to Matt Gibbons and Rick Leppenan for help with these lists.

It turns out that I just bought my first Favino guitar. I found it at Lark Street Music in New Jersey. He had petite bouche Favino #448 in stock and someone came in and traded it for grande bouche Favino #902. Originally I was thinking about buying the oval hole but it sold before I could decide and when the d-hole showed up, the decision was a bit easier. The guitar was bought around the year 2001 from Patrick Bitane in Amsterdam, and thats almost all that I know about it. It also has a name written inside but I cannot decipher it although it looks like a Roma name.
So now I have this guitar which is a totally different thing when you compare it to my Shelley Park guitar. This favino takes more muscle to play than my Park guitar. I takes a little bit more control to handle it but each day it gets a bit easier and its starting to sound fantastic. It was unstrung during shipment and so I think it took a few days for it to settle back into how it is supposed to feel.
If anyone else has a Favino d-hole, I would love to know who you are and keep in touch. The only people I know at this point are Ted G. and Scot Wise and it would be nice to know more.

I am not at all suggesting that the rhythmic elements of my own playing are nearly as solid as they should be but the biggest thing that i notice in jam sessions everywhere is that people tend to sink or swim to the one tempo that they are comfortable with (especially when establishing a tempo at the beginning of a song). Since this music should be dynamic from one song to another, everyone should keep in mind a minimum of a few different “distinct” tempos that they can “maintain” habitually. I think that a lot of “tempo drift” is because some players do not practice distinguishing different tempos in their practice routine, which should include a metronome.

Pete Krebs has arranged a once a week gypsy jazz jam session for Portland, Oregon. Now, once per week, on Saturday afternoons at The Moon and Sixpence British Pub there will be a gypsy jazz jam. The pub is located at 2014 NE 42nd Ave. and the jam goes from 4pm to 6pm. I am going to be at the first one this weekend and hopefully over the next few months it develops into something extremely fun for all of us.
If anyone out there is in Portland on a Saturday, look up the pub, call and see if were having a jam, and show up. I know that Michael Horowitz and Ted Gottsegen have a weekly jam up in Seattle and I think all of us down here in Portland are probably inspired by that. Im looking forward to seeing the talent in Portland go to a new level.