old school Steph!  back to Bourbon Street

"Coquette" is a 1928 fox trot jazz standard. It was composed by Johnny Green and Carmen Lombardo, with lyrics by Gus Kahn. Guy Lombardo had great success with the song in 1928. Here is a version of the original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4qcCIH0yg0.  Very interesting documentary about Guy Lombardo, what a  gentleman., .just right  here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyLBnPo7R-Y


Lyrics

Hear me, why you keep fooling?
Little coquette, making fun of the one who loves you
Breaking hearts you are ruling
Little coquette, true hearts tenderly dreaming of you
Someday you'll fall in love as I fell in love with you
Maybe the one you love will just be fooling too
And when you are alone with all your regrets
You know, my little coquette, I love you
Someday you'll fall in love as I fell in love with you
Now maybe the one you love will just be fooling too
And when you are alone with all your regrets
Now you know my little coquette, I love you

Here is Louis Armstrong's hot jazzy version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXITC63sCqg

I've always loved the so cheerful and subtle version from Django & Grapelli, 1946 I think : 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqTvMaF84wc


I discovered recently with great surprise a wonderful slow version from Tuba Skinny in the best New Orleans revival style ... somehow at slower tempo ...kind of close to the original in a way .. where every note seems to be played with such an immense delectation  :) wow  .. loved it !! ....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLl8-M5rwq0
That was it ...thanks to the help of Soundcould friends , this project came to life !  So let me introduce by order of appearance :
- BJP https://soundcloud.com/bakingjazzpower doing the acoustic  rythmic guitar, Banjolele, washboard & lead guitar-cornet, isn't he amazing ?
- Pierrou https://soundcloud.com/pierrou at the guitar for the first chorus, jolly well done my friend !!  We had a fun start didn't we ?  ;-) https://soundcloud.com/pierrou-tissan-private/funny-news-orleans
-&  last but not least , Phil at the electric guitar for one the last chorus  with his magic slow hand jazzy  touch !!
 I am gladly playing the wind instruments (clarinet - Mr Craig Flory is such an inspirational clarinetist- , I tried also to play the clarinet like a sax, maybe I should play the actual sax some day,  & vst- Tuba since my real  tuba abilities are kind of ... squeaky !! )
Hope you enjoy !!  Have a great coming WE !! Steph

Another greatly inspiring version ( I play bare feet since I watched them  ;-) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH-SBZaGSd8

Coquette (with Baking Jazz Power, Pierrou and Phil)

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

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