feet immediately start tapping!!! I am sure the hole audience will be moving, wonderful!

Fantastic clarinet! and love that vamping guitar!!

Quel joli travail. Du plaisir à écouter. Merci.

My Sweet Swings à la Django ..with classic jazz and klezmer covers

 Italy-France SC collaboration
Guitars : Lorenzo Rovito
Double bass : Riccardo Ievoli 
Clarinets : Stephano (DDJohn)  ;-)
Please visit Lorenzo Rovito's SC page  (https://soundcloud.com/lorenzo-rovito) and listen to his amazing recordings in pure Django style ...

Nuages  (Django Reinhardt) - ft. Lorenzo Rovito

Can you hear me Grandma, I'm in the bath

arrêt du temps

This is just a small fun piece, which I hope will put a smile on your face....
The art picture was given to me by my dear friend Stephanie Stickel……
Thank you Steffi!😊
Here's a link to see more of her work..

 https://www.youtube.com/@StephanieStickel

Une Petite Cocasse

Mother's Little Helper

For my friend from Shrewsbury – and for everyone who is there for others with love and strength.

The Way You Stay is a very personal song I originally wrote just for a close friend. After hearing it, he told me I should definitely release it – and so I did.

It tells about the importance of being there for each other – especially when life gets heavy.

It’s about the quiet strength of caring and the love that lies within those moments. About two people who carry each other and the closeness that grows from it.

But this song is not only for him – it’s for everyone who cares for others, quietly, steadily, and wholeheartedly.

A song about trust, friendship, and the strength that comes from staying.

Behind the music:
From the beginning I knew I wanted a choir in this song. I thought about it for a long time, wondering how it could work. In the end, I recorded more than 24 vocal tracks – all with my own voice – and processed them in such a way that the choir is made up of many little Axels.

I truly hope you enjoy listening to it.

The video for the song is available on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/V3eWGTdakr8?si=Z14qJjSR7inY0-BH

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The Way You Stay

He clears the table when the day is done,
he hides his worries from everyone. 
She takes his hand, and with her touch,
he feels he´s more than strong enough.

That’s the way you stay,
when the days get heavy.
That’s the way you love,
quiet but steady.
Two hearts leaning, all the way –
that’s the way you stay.

He keeps the light on late into the night,
she gives him reason, keeps his heart upright.
He hears her laughter, and it pulls him through,
that’s the reason she gives to do.

That’s the way you stay,
when the days get heavy.
That’s the way you love,
quiet but steady.
Two hearts leaning, all the way –
that’s the way you stay.

From far away I see you two,
the care, the trust, the gentle view.
It moves me more than words can say –
I hold you close, though far away.

That’s the way you stay,
when the nights turn colder.
That’s the way you love,
growing older.
Two hearts leaning, all the way –
that’s the way you stay.


The Way You Stay

Smooth Jazz on Saturna Island with the Gary Courtland-Miles Trio

All Improv, One Mic, One Take!

Changes *

Track 5 from Wigmore Allen Gibbons 2025 release called FRINGE - available at www.terrywigmore.com/wigmore-allen-gibbons

*Keith makes observations everywhere he goes, and in this instance, his tours of local castles led to this idea - those great, huge, thickly-hewn doors are actually hung on very small hinges. Of course, Terry sees the image as a metaphor -great change often begins with small starts. Literal or metaphorical? We 'll leave that up to the listener.

Great Doors Open

    I walked along a beach…soft sand at my feet
    I travelled past a man…his chin down on his chest
    This man is not asleep…He’s too long past all that I guess
    It may sound pretty stupid, yet…there it is
    Great doors open on small hinges
    I don’t care no more…I don’t care
    I don’t care no more…I don’t care… 
    Great doors open on small hinges
    On this unmitigated nightmare
    No one walks the lonely path I trod
    More disasters left by the wayside
    At the time, didn’t look so bad

    1.47 (Instrumental Break)
    
    He joined in halfway through the movie
    He ain’t gunna chew this cabbage twice
    That dozy man out on the causeway
    Awoke upon his own advice
    Great doors open on small hinges 
    He don’t care no more…he just don’t care
    He don’t care no more…he just don’t care
    Great doors open on small hinges

Wigmore: Music, Production
Allen: Vocals, Lyrics, Guitars, Bass

Great Doors

Learning To Fly (Tom Petty cover)

Time for a Change-up to a recent New Classical Piano Improvisation that captures the light and refraction of the tones that come in and out of focus as the music flows.

May you enJOY.

© Gary Courtland-Miles  2025
℗  Gary Courtland-Miles  2025

Living Jewels *

Poirot Theme Composed by Christopher Gunning

Hercule Poirot Theme

This is a hot classic song https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_Song?veaction=edit! Hot like this autumn season in France...A song of circumstance ...Discovered this gem interpreted by Django recently, could't believe I never listened to this treasure before .......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7aOnRO1v9E
This is only an attempt to cover the master my humble way , started with the guitar for the simple phrases and continued furher with the clarinet ...this is just half of the song really...
played the theme with some personal interpretation  at the end "à la Bechet " ....well "à la steph" let's say :)

Any Django lover (guitarist or other) more than welcome to add a chorus / theme on this one ..I'd be happy to send you a base track and make another version  :)
I play here real instruments (clarinet and guitar)and use Cubase vst for bass and drums

September Song (from Django Reinhardt's interpretation)

Getting ready to play live for the fête de la musique ! Hope you like this clarinet version  very much inspired from Birelli's version ..; love that one so much !!(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcX3SVKcKVo)
If your feet start tapping and your fingers want to play on whatever instrument , please feel free to play and record yourself from the base track here https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/blues-clair-base-17-06/s-FOTsV    
...I'd be more than happy to mix in your stem to celebrate music day not only in France !!
Have a great WE
Steph
Clarinets, guitar, bass & drums programming ...by  my little fingers ;-)

Blues Clair  (Django Reinhardt)..clarinet version

Not easy to follow Django in his choruses with the clarinet !!! I did my best until the end on this beautiful track evoking the elegance of a beautiful young lady walking down the streets .... of Paris ( I imagine !)  ... All the genius of Django is here I think with the incredible feel with the melody and harmonies .  This song was recorded in 1942 with his clarinetist Hubert Rostaing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVfmme3vGPY
Hope you like my humble tribute ! Have a great week Steph
Photo from Robert Doisneau

Lentement Mademoiselle (Django Reinhardt)

After watching Django Reinhardt 's recent biopic, a little mélodie was trotting in my mind ...So I made a clarinet version of it !https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/petite-melodie
I was very pleasantly surprised  https://soundcloud.com/canette3-frostie found some fun lyrics and vocals  and brought some new ideas ... this is now a happy friday song thanks to Kat and Sc  !! Hope you like it !! Have a great Friday :))
PS :  This is specially dedicated to WE musicians  and to beautifully singing blackbird ;-)

Lyrics and vocals by Katerina Mrazkova
Original music, arrangement, instruments (including  whistle !), mix & master by DDJohn (Steph)

Petite Mélodie - with Kat

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

Blues Clair (Django Reinhardt)..clarinet version

DDJohn

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