La chasse

Very much and gladly inspired from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jckFQ2U4z5I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb8tUJV2rks
The (gipsy) rythmic guitar   and many of the guitar solos are from l'ami https://soundcloud.com/bakingjazzpower. Check him out !!
I took care of the rest
All the best 
Steph
Photo : Doc Watson
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Watson

Garbage Man blues (Pockey Lafarge) with Baking Jazz Power

A take on this classic amongst Django's classics trying to follow the phenomenal clarinetist Giacomo Smith's Footsteps on the chorus , intro and outro are inspired by one original version with Stéphane Grapelli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPG1OnOrhis
Hope you enjoy this one !!  It's time for long summer nights & jams & live Jazz !
All the best 
Steph

Djangologie

This is a revisit of a monumental classic from  Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli with the Hot Club de France (1937). Tried one first  chorus from Django on  one famous original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcE1avXFJb4 at the clarinet , second, third and fourth from  a fantastic version for clarinet from Giacomo Smith, and ended with the original trying to follow Stéphane Grappelli. What a treat  and swing lessons for me !! Hope you enjoy the result and different flavors in this one   !!

Minor Swing (Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli)

This is it , finally did a version of one of my favorite Jazz Manouche standard, if not the one . Took a first chorus from one of Django's Original version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua-MWLJvGvM), second third from Giacomo Smith outstanding work for the clarinet, and ended with Hubert Rostaing's original  . So much fun to learn from these Masters !! Hope you enjoy the different swinging  styles and phrasing  !!

 All the best 
Steph
Photo of Isabella Rossellini

Les Yeux Noirs (Dark Eyes)

Citius Altius Fortius

more or less derived  from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1QjyskJ9jw
Thank you so much Georges from your divine music

Close Your Eyes.. from Breezin'(Georges Benson)

Hope you enjoy the reggae flavors on this one !! 
The Painting is from my dear mother

Si Tu Vois Ma Mère (Sidney Bechet)

composed by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein in 1935
A wonder I rediscovered recently, just love Louis Armstrong's version
Hope you enjoy this one for holiday season  !!
Best , Stéphane
Composed with I real pro, played with real A clarinet and real bells,   arranged and mixed with Cubase during christmas time, 2023

A Kiss To Build A Dream On

Live on stage with my clarinet and with my friends from the band ULSD . That was a fun  evening !!

Strasbourg St Denis (Live )

This is a revisit of a classic of Marylin ...so beautifully written...originally  in 1919 ! ...pure delight to adapt this for guitar and clarinets ...and Mandyrose :))
Please check Mandyrose awesome tracks !!(https://soundcloud.com/mandymarierose)

You'd Be Surprised - (Marylin Monroe) feat. Mandyrose ! US-FR

This is an old collaboration composed and initiated by my old friend from SC Julien (@audio-colors), soloing on keyboards, who also mixed and finished it off so well.  It also involves an old SC friend, BJP, fantastic guitarist (@bakingjazzpower). I'm happy to share these great memories. Feel free to listen to these great musicians on SC.
Photo of the Vercors in France, such a charming place, a true return to nature.

Back To Nature - Baking Jazz Power, DD John, Audio Colors

I am glad to share this recording of our last concert
(orchestrefontainebleau.ning.com/)


Beethoven 7th symphony 2nd movement (Allegretto)

In this track, all my thoughts are with the athletes who have worked so hard to get to the Olympics, hoping that they will be able to give their best and be happy.
Proud this track has been featured in the Murzi Show on Soul  Roots radio #64 (from 1:14:15) https://www.mixcloud.com/SoulRootsRadio/dj-murzi-the-murzi-show-64/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFUHEBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfjrz8J-P9vx1j6Z6XZieJ8yF93iQdzXfpzr_gv7_LUSgj4AXcx3Fec1gQ_aem_-_g8UbsDWp3scijOeD_BSg

Garde Ton Cap (keep Your Head)

All instr/mix : https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn
Hope this clari-rocks for you !! :))

Have a great WE
Steph

If It Makes You Happy (Sheryl Crow)

My little tribute  to Michel Fugain ...
from ...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2UhQAhLc2Y
with a mix of different influences :
Django ...Les yeux noirs ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua-MWLJvGvMf
  https://soundcloud.com/lucylunegillespie/mind-soul
Hope you enjoy :))))
All instruments played by DD John (Steph) :))

C'est Un Beau Roman ..

02 /12/2016 : This is now a very special song to me and all of us ...I'm thinking of Michel Martineau  @michel-martineau who joined this little adventure so special to me  ...We miss you Michel 
This is our tribute to Georges Brassens, on one of his most popular songs celebrating friendship and fraternity :))
Hope you enjoy :))
(Magic) Clarinet solo and additional arrangements for the second instrumental part : https://soundcloud.com/michel-martineau
Violin : https://soundcloud.com/drkatrinamaxwell 
Drums : https://soundcloud.com/papagno
Bass - 1st part : https://soundcloud.com/chris-pendergraft
Banjo : https://soundcloud.com/fingerstyle_guitar
Vocals (from start) : https://soundcloud.com/alexis-roche-2
Vocals ( alias Michel Simon..ahahah), slide : https://soundcloud.com/imre-lodbrog
Vocals (from "Au moindre coup de Trafalgar"), lead guitar, rythmic guitar : https://soundcloud.com/pierrou

Thank you all so much :))

Vocals (from "fluctuat nec mergitur") , rythmic guitar, clarinet arrangements, mix and so much  fun : https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn

Georges, on t'aime !! :))

Bien fraternellement à  tous 

Steph

Collab description : https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/les-copains-dabord-clarinets

All contributions can be found at :https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/sets/les-copains-dabord-george

For our english speaking friends, no need to learn French to sing along !!  here's a great western style version totally in the same spirit and the best translation I think ;-) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDO254-d6_k
Lyrics : http://lyricstranslate.com/fr/asleep-wheel-friendship-first-les-copains-dabord-lyrics.html
Another beautiful brazilian version :
https://soundcloud.com/trio-esperanca/les-copains-dabord
The original with Mr Georges : www.youtube.com/watch?v=rslShTbqNbo

Les Copains d'abord (Georges Brassens) by Le Hot Club de SoundCloud (Québec -USA-SWE-SWI- FRA)

A bit of fresh air

getting there  drum fill start of second turn 07 06

Inspired by Yothu Yindi and early Midnight Oil, this track blends Aboriginal culture with modern music. Featuring (real) clarinet, didgeridoo, and guitar, it's a dreamtime journey where tradition meets contemporary sounds.


Inspiré par Yothu Yindi et les débuts de Midnight Oil, ce morceau mélange la culture aborigène avec la musique moderne. Avec des instruments réels (clarinette, didgeridoo et guitare), c'est un voyage dans le temps du rêve où la tradition rencontre les sons contemporains.

Yothu es-tu là ?

Ok 17 08 2025

This is inspired from a trip to beautiful Sweeden and its Lagom lifestyle. All is in the measure. Hope this gently swings for you.
Ok, Ok, you may be right
Ok, Ok , You may be wrong
Ok, Ok, The sun is bright
Ok, Ok, Everything'll be alright

Ok, Ok, you may be be rich
Ok, Ok you may be poor
Ok, Ok, Take it easy
Don't let the sun drive you crazy 

Ok, Ok, you may be black
Ok, Ok, you may be white
Ok, Ok, Don't get angry 
Ok, Ok, let's be happy (together)

Ok, Ok, you may feel down
Ok, Ok, you may feel high
Ok, Ok, don't you worry
Ok, Ok, let it be, the lagum way !

OK,  OK (you may be right !)

September song logum swing 31 08 2025

I love Django Reinhardt’s mischievous version and Artie Shaw’s fiery take on this perfect classic. So, I grabbed my clarinet, my guitars, and tried to borrow a few licks from these two swing legends. Hope you enjoy it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUvCyxCF67o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVpqAKipaaU

J'adore la version espiègle de Django Reinhardt et celle flamboyante d'Artie Shaw sur ce classique de circonstance. J'ai donc pris ma clainette, mes guitares et tenté de reprendre certaines phrases ces deux géants du swing

September Song

Concert info : soundcloud.com/ddjohn/sets/concert-viva-op-ra/s-9ONIs

La donna è mobile (Rigoletto) (Giuseppe Verdi)

Le Choeur Des Gamins (Carmen) - Georges Bizet

Michel Delpech passed away recently : http://www.english.rfi.fr/france/20160103-famous-french-singer-michel-delpech-passes-away
This is my humble tribute to a a great composer singer and melodist who carried so well the soul of the 70's in France...this song I heard when I was very yound has imprinted me forever ..Hope you like my little version of it :) 
Original : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8EqlDIkrx8
All the very best 
Steph

Le Chasseur (Michel Delpech)

This is a real pleasure for me to present this collab with my dear friend Alexis :) https://soundcloud.com/alexis-roche-2
Some time ago,  I proposed to Alexis a cover of this "cult" song for our generation in France named "Le vent nous portera" by the very popular group (at the time) Noir désir fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_vent_nous_portera . 
I thought his voice would really go well on this kind of mythical song ..reminding us of our student years :)
I must confess I was also very motivated to try the clarinet solo .... such a beautiful solo from https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosh_Szelev%C3%A9nyi with the metal clarinet .. I think ...this is unique in French Rock'n roll ...or Rock'n roll in general ! We  hope you like our version of it !
Alexis is singing and playing two beautiful guitar parts (nylon strings and electric solo) , I took care of the rest !
Original : www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrgcRvBJYBE

Le Vent Nous Portera (Noir Désir) - by Alexis & Steph

This is just project jam from that fantastic song from the black seeds https://www.google.fr/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=black%20seeds%20woide%20open

Wide Open (Black  seeds)  (Jam WIP)

Mother's day coming up in France ...Hope you like my little try on this anthem to mothers  ..the classic way :)

Si tu vois ma mère - WIP (Sidney Bechet)Classic version

Here is a jazzy version of "Dans La Chaleur Des Nuits de pleine Lune" www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZsCIfi-v0w from Pauline Croze. 
Vocals by @coverso 
I took care of the music
Hope you enjoy ! 
Have a great WE Steph

Dans La Chaleur Des Nuits de pleine Lune (Pauline Croze) with Cover So

I'm so glad Baking Jazz Power (https://soundcloud.com/bakingjazzpower) 
 made me discover Tuba Skinny and a wonderful track from this wonderful New Orleans jazz band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2auDwCIIM3s
i've had loads  of fun implementing clarinet and bass arrangements from his wonderful track (https://soundcloud.com/bakingjazzpower/shake-it-break-it-tuba-skinny-guitar-cover)

Hope you like this version !
Steph

Shake it and break it (Tuba Skinny ) with Baking Jazz Power

All right ,  this  is just not just a blues ...Well, I think...Hope you enjoy the blues, funk, rock, jazz, klezmer and  hip-hop flavors I tried to bake here ...well, that's all ... so far ... I think :)=
I ain't no love
I ain't no brother
I ain't no sister
I'm  a lonely man

I ain't no money
I ain't no time 
I ain't no freedom
I've been working all the time 

I did the right things
But it didn't lick the right boots 
Now i feel like a rolling stone
Kind of soulful... of confusion

Terrible Blues

I'm very pleased  to introduce our cover of a classic from Georges Brassens released in 1956. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Je_me_suis_fait_tout_petit_(album)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiG5NPuLO4g
https://soundcloud.com/bakingjazzpower brought the original idea and wonderful guitars .  I took care of the rest !
Hope you have a good time listening  !
All the very best 
Steph

Je Me Suis Fait Tout Petit (Georges Brassens)with Baking Jazz Power

Involved in different local music associations with my clarinet  (in classic and jazzy mode) ,  I also  love to play the guitar, I love to try to create and produce music with Cubase and different other instruments at home. I love all forms of music. 
Thank you reading these lines, for your kind words , listens and all forms of appreciation and support, I'm always happy to explore,  discover new sounds  and collaborate on this unique platform with wonderful musicians  !!

2022 Collabs, Jams and Chansons :
https://on.soundcloud.com/pkz71
Proud to be inducted  in 2022 as an Official Lunatics after this:
https://soundcloud.com/cosmic-ratzzz/lunatics71-skyline-cosmic-ratzzz-ddjohn?si=aa7c346eca754497a8e4168605590197&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Still so happy to listen to this one with my french SC buddies in the memory of Georges Brassens on this one :
https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/les-copains-dabord-george-brassens-with-le-hot-club-de-soundcloud-quebec-usa-fra?si=ec03fb2f0b8b42b1b57522bf07221d14&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
...and loving to play with friends in the marvelous style of Django Reinhardt
https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/sets/collabs-with-lami-bjp

Album/EP featurings @ the clarinet :

https://soundcloud.com/mountain-songs/take-cripple-club-collab-with-ddjohn-download?in=ddjohn/sets/2015-1/

https://open.spotify.com/album/2XfVKVx3ZE1qUBwoUojmfW
.... and @ the guitar :
https://chrispendergraft.bandcamp.com/track/aint-seen-the-worst-of-it-yet-tribute-to-jimmy-page

DDJohn

Pinned to spotlight

Popular tracks