2022 Collabs, Jams and Chansons

I was so taken back at the compliments I got for my spiced carrot & lentil soup that I decided to put it to music and, as ya know , 'c'est la sauce qui fait la musique'  and who better to provide that than the fabulous https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn on clarinet.

https://youtu.be/cehZZESRFIk

Cumin seeds & chilli 
Dry fried
Cumin seeds & chilli 
Dry fried
Watch them jump around the pan
Jump around the pan
Then set aside

Add a little oil
Stir Fry
Add a little oil
And stir fry
Carrots, split red lentils,
And stock, though not essential,
Is advised 

Milk or plain water
I don’t mind
Milk or just plain water
Water’s fine
When you’ve finished with the blender
There’s something to remember
Before you dine

The cumin seeds & chilli 
Dry fried
The cumin seeds & chilli 
Dry fried
If you want some razzle-dazzle
Just add a sprig of basil
Yeah that’s nice

Cumin Seeds & Chilli (feat. DDJohn)

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)

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

Singin' Eyes Closed (from Georges Benson's Breezin')

Danses Roumaines (Bartok) Revival (WIP)

This is a revisit of Bartok's first of the  7 romanian folk dances... .  Hope you enjoy this .version ... cooked while preparing for a local concert involving this most wonderful piece from  Bartok ...

Bartok's Romanian Folk Dances ... Revival Jam

The Chase

Many sounds here happilly borrowed sounds from freesound. Thank you so much !

Duality

Such a joy to play the clarinet on this one as an "encore" during our last local live performance ...our first live concert for 3 years. Been caught foot-tapping many times one this one ...so much fun to play . Hope you enjoy !

Hungarian Dance N°5 - Johannes Brahms (live recording)

Geatest fun playing with DDJohn Junior @the guitar solo on this classic cheerful Gipsy jazz standard ...one of the  Top 10 hits during  Django Reinhardt's famous off festival  jams  ... which is coming up  soon @ the 
 end June in Fontainebleau ...yeahh  .. . the famous clarinettists Giacomo Smith and Yom will be there soon !t    :) https://www.festivaldjangoreinhardt.com/
This version is inspired originally  by this wonderful track from Sidney Bechet playing all instruments ..back in 1941 ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbT3m9JcOIw
Hope you enjoy this version version cooked in the so wonderfully festive New Orleans spirit ...with joy, Sidnet Bechet spirit and Tuba Flavors :)  
Have a great WE 
Steph

The Sheik Of Araby (feat. DDJohn Junior)

A little fun with old bro @the rythmic -riffy guitar and old Beatles @the rescue for lyrics - so far  :)
Hope you enjoy this fun familly cooking !!
Have a great week 
Steph

Shookool Babe (feat.DDJohn's Bro)

After a first version with  amazing additions from my friend Jörg at the sax, https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/jammers-on-the-storm-with-jorg?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing, , this one has been  nurtered by  fantastic inputs from my friend https://soundcloud.com/theweightytree?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing .  
Hope you enjoy this revisit of a mythical song,  primarily thinking of what musicians and jammers  been going through the pandemic period ... 
All the best Steph

Jammers On The Storm feat. the Weighty Tree

I feel so grateful to my orchestra representatives and compadres to have enabled this life performance on June 29, 2022  in the beautiful parc of Bel Ebat , near Fontainebleau in France,  of an arrangement I imagined for  this cult song revisited with classical and modern inspirations, at the occasion of a local Shakespeare theatre festival .  Thank you for your kind listen, live sounds are very present, hope you enjoy !
Note : Note is a first public execution with a full orchestra.
All the best  
Stéphane

Imagine (J.Lennon)- Arrangement for a symphonic orchestra

I'd like to thank so much  Cosmic Ratzzz for sharing one of his amazing jazzy tracks, I had an immense fun imagining clarinet improvisations on this one !!
Cosmic Ratzzz https://on.soundcloud.com/L1eM
DDJohn - clarinets, final mix

Lunatics71 Skyline - Cosmic Ratzzz & DDJohn

BIIIIIIg thanks to my Friend DD John for this great Pervormance,
Now He is an Official Lunatic, so great to have you on Board
https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn

Lunatics71 Skyline -  DDJohn & Cosmic Ratzzz

This is originally a protest song against bad management ...by serendipity the ideas developped in this song echoed with   a 80's cult song from Axel Bauer, a french artist i've been reverring from a long time, and whose father had been drumming for Django Reinhardt and doing other incredible things  ... feels like music  is a small wonderful world...
Still loving Axel Bauer's Zeppelinesk / Whoest hit 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9c1ya90N2M
Hope you like this one !

Noone 's Killed ..but..

October Dream

Just a  rejection song of  too much use of smartphones and sad news ! Have a great week Steph

Can't Take It Any More

Je suis content de vous présenter une musique traditionnelle de Roumanie reprise ici en valse avec la participation de l'ami DDJohn à la clarinette. Le titre : Să-mi cânţi cobzar
J'espère que vous apprécierez !

clarinette : DDJohn ( https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn )
accordéon : une anonyme ^^
guitare rythmique et solo, mix : moi

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I am happy to present to you a traditional music from Romania covered here in waltz with the participation of my friend DDJohn on the clarinet. Title: Să-mi cânţi cobzar
Hope you'll enjoy it !

clarinet: DDJohn
accordion: an anonymous ^^
rhythm and lead guitar, mix: me

Să-mi cânţi cobzar - with DDJohn

Christmas swing (Django Reinhardt)

Happy new year 2023 !!

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