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Volume 3
Wtzltte11 and co111pLled blf ;paul /11eadetz &. Ro6L11 /\lola11
CJvpsv '}azz
.Catln Sontj6ook
Volume 3
7.)jan570 1'\lag pt!'ZtLcult!'Zl11 iond oi the Bole'Zo. Clhig 5711Pg11 'Zh11thm io'Zm de'Zlved ff'Zom hig Spanigh couging ln-
;4nde'Zlucia, via the compoge'l 'Ravel, 1'\lag a 57uat gou'Zce oi lngpi'Zation to him. d{ig gon57 "Cl,'Zou6elant Bole'Zo"
lg gtllf ve'Z11 much a pa'Zt oi the 5711Pg11 jaz.z. gtanda'Zdg upe'Ztoi'Ze oi toda11.
One oi the mogt popula'Z 'Zh11thmg io'Z 6oth audienceg and musiciang gpeci#c to thig pa'Ztlcula'Z 57ulta'Z gt11le hag
6een the development oi the CJ11Pg11 Bogga. Since the ea'll11 199o'g gon57g like 7.)o'lt!do Schmitt 1g "Bogga-
7.)0'Zado," Stochelo 'Rogen6e'Z57'g ""f/-o'Z SephO'Za" and 'Ro6in /\Jolan'g "/\Jum6e'Z One" have made a gi57niilcant
impact on the 57en'Ze. Clhtzou57h the 57lo6al iniluence oi 6andg like the Stochelo 'R_ogen6e'Z57 Cl'Zio and the 'R/\JCl,_
latin tuneg a'le noN ve'Z11 much a pa'Zt oi the 5711Pg11 jaz.z. gon57 6ook. Clhig hag 6een a gi57niilcant development.
St'Zt!n57el11 enou57h up until thig point in time the QJ-lC"f/- gNin57 and mugette NaLtz. 'lh11thmg Ne'Ze the onl11
'Zh11thmg pla11ed 1'llith the exception oi 7.)jan57o'g 6ole'Zo.
Once a51aln, ag 1'llith the g11.1ln57 ieel, the iundamental voice Nithin the muglc 6elon57g to the rzh11thm 57ultt!'Z. !J ge'Zi--
ougl11 advLge all gofoLgtg to take the time out to 11.1o'Zk on thege latln 'Zh11thm technlqueg. /\Jot onl11 doeg Lt 57ive 11ou
a 6ette'Z unde'Zgtandin57 oi the muglc, 11ou come a11.1a11 11.1ith a p'Zoiound 'Zegpect io'Z a 57ood 'Zh11thm 57ultt!'Zlgt. Believe
me, the11 .a'Ze No'Zth thei'Z 11.1el57ht ln 57old and ext'Zemel11 ha'Zd to come 611. !Jn no othe'Z jaz.z ldlom do 11ou iLnd the mMt
impo'Ztant mem6e'l oi the 'Zh11thm gectlon in guch gho'Zt guppl11. 2..ve'Z116od11, Lt geems, 11.1ants to 6e a lead 57ultt!'Zigt !
l,fou Nill iind these ieefo ve'Z11 chaUen57Ln57 and p'Zo6a6l11 quite dl#lcult. Cl.he 57ood thi.n57 a6out all the ha'Zd NO'Zk
11ou noN have to do to 57et them soundin57 tL57ht ls that the11 NiU eh'Zich 11ou'Z upe'Ztol'Ze lmmensel11. As a t'Zlo the_
'R/\JCl have 6een pla11Ln57 these 5711Pg11 latln iee[g io'Z 11et!'Zg and the11 neve'Z seem to foge thei'Z a6Lllt11 to gtimulate
the musicians and in man11 11.1a11g c'lossove'Z to a 6'Zoade'Z audience. Clhe11 can 6e ve'Z11 poNe'Ziul vehicles io'Z jam-
mln57 and mogt lmpo'Ztantl11 like the classic 7.)jan570 tunes, a'Ze N'Zi.tten 611 57ulta'Zigtg io'Z 57ultt!'Zlgts.
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We have chMen a Vt!'Zled gefection oi compogltlons ff'Zom the catalo57ueg oi 7.)jan570 'Relnht!'Zdt, 7.)o'Zt!do Schmitt, -
Stochelo 'R_ogen6e'l57, Birzeli /!,a57'Zene and 'Ro6in /\Jolan. !Jt'g 11.1aU to NaU 57uLta'Z. Y,ou can't do 6ette'Z than that.
-When MJD'lklnfj MJith a neMJ th11thm 6efjln 611 llstenln? to the audio examples MJhile at the same time checklnfj out
the MJ'litten dlafj'lam. Clhen MJhen 11ou undetstand the connection 6etMJeen the tMJo, take one 6M. at a time at a ve'ltf
sloMJ tempo. Concenttate on ?ettln? the f;eel of; the th11thm unde'l 11ou'l hands 6ef;O'le ptofj'lesslnfj to the audio exam-
ples ?ilJen on the <!,'?:). jt is of; the utmost lmpO'ltance that 11ou tap 11ou'l f;oot MJhen 6efjinnLhfj the neMJ {;eel. Y,ou
must MJD'lk at locklnfj into a pulse no matte'l MJhat tempo it ls, and 6elLeve Lt O'l not, fjettin? 11ou'l f;oot in time MJith
-11ou'l pla11Ln? ls the onl11 MJalf to do it. j am still stunned 611 the amount of; musicians j heat, some at quiet hlfjh
levels of; technique, that seemed to have missed the MJhole ptlmotdial point. /lllusLc is a6out th11thm. jf; 11ou pla11
_music out of; time it stops 6eLnfj music and 6ecomes noise. ClhLnk a6out it.
- Clhe count- in is of; c'litlcal impottance MJhen pla11infj music to?ethet. jt should 6e cleat, concise and most of; alt
consistent. jf; the othe'l me.m6ets of; the 6and ate not in s11nc MJith the count it MJiLl make {Jot a ve'llf mess11 6e?in-
- nin? that is hatd to tzecove'l {Jtom. 'lake 11ou'l time, speak clea'lllf and uspect the son? 11ou Me a6out to pla11 611
~ettln? it 'llfjht {;tom the MJD'ld ?o·
Ee{JO'le 11ou 6e?in the count-in to a son? it ls lmpottant to mentall11 tun thtou?h the tempo 6ef;ou the count. Clhe
most univetsal count-in sequence ls to 6e?in the count tMJo 6ats 6ef;ou the son? 6e?ins.
BEATS 2 3 4 2 3 4
FOOT TAP 2 3 4 2 3 4
-METRONOME 2 3 4 2 3 4
_COUNT 2 2 3 4
-:PtactLce this co~nt in sequence MJith a /112-ClRO/'J0/112 6e?innin? at 92, 112, 132, 168 and 200 6.p.m.
~tactlce
jn the MJotds of; a ?teat old 2oth centu'llf ma?iclan,
" -:Ptactice somethin? 100 times and 11ou lea'ln to do it - -:Ptactlce somethln? 1000 times and it does itself"
Clhe most f;tzusttatln? thin? a6out leatnin? a musical lnsttzument Ls the unavoida6le ff act that 11ou have to p'ltlc-
tlce in otde'l to ?et an11MJheu. Y,ou can intellectualize the concept of; lea'lnln? until the coMJs come home 6ut that
- still MJon't make 11ou pla11an116ette'l. Clhe ctuel t'luth ls that pMctlce makes petf;ect. jt's all a6out hoMJ man11 hou'ls
a da11 11ou'l hands ate on the lnsttument. jn the tush {Jot c'leativitlf 11ou can't just leave that 6it out. ClhLs of;
- coutse is MJhat makes an a'ltist. /lllost fj'leat pla11ets have spent la'lfje petzlods of; thei'l lives in solita'llf conf;inement
pMctlcin? all da11 eve'llf da11 ovettlme included. !lt ls totall11 anti-social 6ehavio'l and that's MJhat makes it so dif;-
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f;Lcult. Clhe'le au no sec'letg, no hidden clues, 1fOU 'le on 1fDU'l oMJn, just lfDU, the Lngt'lument and f;ou'l MJalfo.
What Ro6ln and !J have t'lied to do MJlth ou'l 6ooks ls make that pMctlce time as ptzoductive as possi6le and noMJhete
- netl'l as lonel11. Clhen MJhen 11ou have done all the hatzd MJD'lk, 11ou can f)O out and kick some ;Jlff'Slf jazz 6utt ! !
([he 7Soletzo Ls a 'lh1fthm plaved at a medium to slo11J tempo. ([he sttzummlntj hand ha.s to leatzn the technique ot ·
plavLntJ a t'liplet tLtJU'le on the 2nd halt ot the tLtzst 6eat ot eve'llf 6tl'l. !lt is a ttzickv thin'} to leatzn and thetze atze
a couple at sl1f Naifs a.tzound it, 6ut 11Je atze not a6out to teach vou an1f 6ad ha6its. !Jt vou '}et this one doNn it .
Nill open up a Nhole ne11J 11Jotzld ot son'}s and expand voutz tzepetztoitzes dvnamic vatzlation. )Jou'U nevetz look 6ack.
TAP
FOOT I I I I
STRUM I Ill I I I I I I
down down up down down down down down
up
down
ACCENT I I
Cho'ld d-la.nd Clechnlque
!Jt is the chotzd hand that ls tzesponsL6le t;tz the lentjth otz dutzatlon at the cho'ld. 7Sv rippl1fln'} and then tzeleasintJ
the tension at the chotzd shape {the on a.nd o# at voutz tLn'}etzs} vou can M'llf the lentjth ot the sound. ([his Nill
6ecome automatic as voutz technique develops.
!Jt vou atze havin'} t'lou6le nallin'} a patztlcultl'l tzhvthm technique then the tL~st step Ls to slo11J Lt tzitjht do11Jn. !Jt .
vou atze lea'lnin'} a cho'ld sequence then 6etjln 61f pla1fLntJ the tLtzst 6atz ot the sequence ovetz and ovetz atjaln. Set
vou'l mettzonome at a slo11J tzelaxed tempo, tap voutz toot to the 6eat and st'lum in svnc 11Jith the tzhvthm. When
this teels comtotzta6le t'llf pla1fin'} the tL'lst t11Jo 6a'ls at the son'} No'lkin'} th'low;h the chotzd p'lo'}tzesslon step 611 step ·
until 11ou have the chan'}es soundin'} smooth and even. 'ZJon't inctzease 11ou'l tempo until vou can plalf the Nhole
p'lo'}tzesslon evenl11 11Jithout losin'} a 6eat. !Jt is impo'ltant to have the cho'ld hand makin'} the chan'}es titzst Nith- .
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out an11 t'lLctlon o'l loss at time 6etotze lfOU .t'llf '}ettlntj the 'lh1fthm hand do11Jn. p'la.ctlce tjolntj 6et11Jeen di#icult
shapes 11Jith the chotzd hand ti'lst and then add the 'lhlfthm hand to 6'lintJ in the sound.
6.
'lhls son'} hJas anwn'}st the ffl'lst ten tunes ffeatu'led in Book One Off ou'l "CJ11ps11 '}a;;,z." se'lies. !Jn Book One
the son'} is p7esented ln its D'li'}inal shJln'} ffeel and on this (!,?) 11.'e have added the son'} as a Bole'lo. 'lhls is
an example Off 67in'}in'} nehJ li5e to a tune 611 chm:t'}in'} it's 'lh11thmic chatzacte'listics. 'lhe 'R/'J'l have tzecMded
this son'} as a Bole'lo on the 'R/'J'l6 "Ballads" C'D. ;Anoth~'l example Off this is the 67illlant ve'lsion o5
"/'Jua'}es" that lSL'leli lnt'loduced to the '}eh'le in the mid '9o's.
'lhe "pla11 out" ls a ja;;,;;, te'lm· used to desc'li6e hJhat '}au musicians Offten do to extend the end Off a son'}· 'lhis
can open up a hJhole nehJ doo'l hJhen pla11in'} the tune, allohJln'} the 6and to sttzetch out and have a lot Off ctzeative
ffUn. !Jt can take seve'lal ffO'lms depend.in'} on the tonalitlf and the st'luctutze Off the chan'}es. !Jn "'Djan'}o's
Castle" hJe have a'ltzan'}ed a plalf out usin'} the ffi'lst 2 6a7s Off the son'}· 'lhe pla11 out can last indeffinitel11
depend.in'} on the musical ima'}ination Off the soloist, the d11namic tzesponse Off the 'lhlfthm section and in a live
situation, the audience and hJhethe'l o'l not the'le is an11 ma'}LC in the 'loom that ni'}ht.
When listenin'} to 'Ro6Ln's solo du'llh'} the pla11 out 11ou can hea'l the development Off thtzee classic '}a;;,;;, p7lnci-
ples in motion. 'lhese musical ideas atze pa7t Off the ffUndamental ff'lamehJo'lk that makes up the lan'}ua'}e Off
'}a;;.;;., the11 atze pa'lt Off it's voca6ula'llf and 'Ro6in's unde'lstandln'} Off these p7Lnclples atze pa'lt Off hJhat makes his
pla11Ln'} so exptzessive. !Jt keeps the "'}au" in the music "tzeaL"
"'!/-ltzstll[ 11ou heatz the Blues. !Jt's a univetzsal thin'}, a lahJ oi 11atu'le it alhJtllfS t'll'}'je'ls a tzesponse. BI[ 'Ro6L11's
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explotzation oi even the most simple Off phtzases a sto'llf 6e'}Lns. As a lLstenetz 11ou atze immed.Latel11 hooked. !Jt's as
fftlmlliatz as "Once upon a time" and 11ou hJant to hea7 motze.
Secondllf 'Ro6Ln tzeietzs to the melodlf· 'lhe 'leffined a'lt Off simple melodic em6ellishment usln'j the ffi'lst tf\Jo notes
Off the son'} and Ute'lalllf plalfi11'} atzound hJith them. A'}aln this use Off the lan'}ua'}e is classic "ja;;.;;.." !Jt has a
ditzect emotional etffect 6ecause 611 this sta'}e Off the son'} the listenetz Ls altzead.11 ffamilia'l hJith the melodlf·
'lhltzdllf, 611 hJhich time 'Ro6in has 11ou'l ffUll attention, he 6tzeaks ahJalf, plalfl11'} some 5astetz lines 6effo'le tzetutzn-
in'} to a simple 6lues phtzase to 'JO out on. As a listenetz 11ou have come 6ack home. 'lhe sto'llf Ls complete.
!Jt is this sttzetchLn'} oilt, this takLn'j Off chances, this metaphotzic "jumpin'} otff a clitff" that keeps the music alive,
and the "pla11out" alhJalfs sewes this putzpose Nell 611 settln'} up the 'lL'}ht kind Off musical envl'lonment ffO'l solo
and '}'loup imptzovlsation to happen.
<7tzou6la.nt Boletzo
Intro
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Rhythm guitar plays single notes and solo guitar plays chords, see bottom page 9 11 & 2.
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guitar over the intro on 7f 3
page 8. Use audio as 1--4"--+-~-::±:-~
reference.
Boletzo Blue
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Robin Nolan at Bernhard Gierstl's Hot Club News Memorial Django Reinhardt Festival,
April 2001, Augsburg, Germany.
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fls a 11oun'] teena']etz tsltzeli J!,a']tzene toutzed 2-utzope pla11Ln'] the shit out at the ?:Jfan'Jo tzepetztoltze, stunnln']
audiences and sellin'] tots at tzecotzds. J-(e VtJas a chltd ptzodl'J11 Messed VtJith an ama:z.:in'] technique and a hi']hl11
sophisticated lmptzoulsln'] a6Llu11. ?:Jutzln;; tsltzel(s "?:Jjan']o" petzlod he tzecotzded a Clan'Jo called "2-tzstetz 'lan'Jo"
VtJtzitten 611 his 6ass pla11etz ;}-an ;}-anjka and teatutzed in the moule "QuetzeUe." \lhis son'] VtJas tzecotzded 611 tsltzeli
at the a'Je oi 15 and ls teatutzed on hls "tsltzell SVtJin'] 81" al6um.
Clhe 'R/'J'l haue 6een pla11Ln'] "2-tzstetz 'lan']o" totz the last 11eatz and it Ls alVtJa11s met 611 audiences VtJith an enthu-
siastic tzesponse. !.lt ls anothetz one at those classic son'Js that somehoVtJ sounds timeless.
Clhe second at the Clan']oS teatutzed Ln 6ook 3 ls VtJtzltten 611 'Ro6Ln and teatutzed on outz "J!,atin fl#aitz" C?:J.
"J!,una Clan'Jo" ls in 2- mlnotz and 6ased on the chotzd chan'Jes at the jazx standatzd "fln;;el 2-11es."
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TAP
FOOT I I I I
STRUM I I I I I
down down down down down
flitetz each sttzoke at the pick the chotzd hand must tzelease the tension at the chotzd shape dampenin;; the sttzln']s
to ptzoduce a shotzt shatzp staccato. 'lhe timln'] must 6e exact and the attack must 6e passionate.
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Used by permission of : Robin Nolan Trio, Amsterdam
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RNTB2
1 . Out Of Nowhere RNTB2 - The second book in the series takes a look at a "Minor
2. Minor Blues Blues" and the "Rhythm Changes" as well as several important
3. All Of Me Gypsy Jazz Standards. We have stepped up the difficulty factor
4. September Song and included a selection of songs rich in harmonic variation.
5. Swing 42 Several of the tunes have slow and medium versions and a few
6. Daphne of the songs are played at tempos more like you would expect to
7. Belleville hear in a gypsy camp setting at Samois.
8. Noto Swing
"As with Volume 1 , this book an accompanying CD are an essential
9. Hungaria
purchase by every gypsy jazzer. This is Without doubt the best way
1O.Latcho Drum
playing time: 74 min. to practice and if you turn the volume up and play your acoustic gui-
tar hard, it is the best boot camp for your next gypsy jam".
Andy MacKenzie, Just Jazz Guitar.
RNTB3
1 . Troublant Bolero RNTB3 - For the first time in the history of gypsy jazz you can
2. Bolero Blue check out this exciting new rhythmic development. The gypsy
3. Caravan jazz "Latin" song book features the four most popular latin
4. Bar Del Pi rhythms being played on the scene today.
5. Manha De Carnaval
6. Luna Tango Gypsy Boleros I Gypsy Tangos
7. Erster Tango Gypsy Bossas I Gypsy Sambas
8. Bossa Dorado
9. For Sephora We have chosen a varied selection of compositions from the cat-
10.Number 1 alogues of Django Reinhardt, Dorado Schmitt, Stochelo
playing time: 125 min.
11 .Summertime Rosenberg, Bireli Lagrene and Robin Nolan. That's a big line up.
12.Mediterranean Blues You can't do better than that.
RNTB4
i. I'll See You In My Dreams Due for release in December 2001, RNTB4 returns to
2. Tears the QHCF I Django swing repertoire featuring another
3. Crepescule collection of Gypsy Jazz classics and several of
4. Night And Day Django's most celebrated compositions.
5. Anouman
Also, in response to many requests, we have included
6. What Is This Thing Called Love
several examples (both in diagram and audio form) of the
7. Sweet Chorus
various rhythm styles played at very slow, easy tempos.
8. Limehouse Blues
From the basic "gypsy swing" to the more advanced tech-
9. Exactly Like You
niques of "doubling up" and "rhythm accenting," we guide
1O.J'attendrai
playing time : 70 min. you step by step in the further development of your skills.
i 1.lcelandic Folksong
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RNT1 - Robin Nolan Trio. (October I 996)
Hypnotic rhythms and rippling melodic themes over Latin, Jazz and Hot Club de France.
Unforgettable renditions of "Sweet Georgia Brown", Gershwin's "Summertime" and the pas-
sionate gypsy anthem "Dark Eyes".
"Robin manages to make every lightning arpeggio his own. His lines are unflinchingly melodic,
playing time : 65 min.
his barking tone Selmer- approved and his precise delivery sweet yet tinged with melancholy.
The young Nolan plays brilliantly".
Andy Ellis - "Guitar Player USA.
Deep and introspective, intense and passionate ... a collection of anthems for the heart !
Ira Smolkin - IS Promotions.
playing time : 60 min.
Atso, in tzesponse to man11 tzequests, n1e ht~ve induclec{ sevetza{ exampfrs {6oth in c{La7tzam anc{ auc{Lo fotzm} of the vatz-
ious tzh11thm st11les pltilfec{ at vetzlf sloN, e1is11 te1npos. ;z.tzo»i the 6asic "7lf PSlf SNLn7" to the motze advanced techniques
of "clou6lin;:; up" anc{ "tzh11thm acce11t.i117," K'e ;:;uicle lfDU step 611 step in the fµtzthetz development of lfOUtz skLU;;.
As NLth mar111 of the son7s Ln the Qd-{C;z,/?Jj~n~o tzepetztoLtze, thetze Ls a fot of corifu;;Lon tze;:;atzdLn7 the tzi7ht
arid Ntzon7 ch4n;:;es. Cl-his 7enetzaU11 mea~s that alth°.u7h the ;;on7 ma116e vetz11 famLlLatz, Lt end;; up 11.0t 6ein7 pla11ed
that often. A lot o~ the ama;;:.i117 tune;; f'wm this fotzthcomin7 6ook have ;;u#etzed that fate.
When' NotzkLn;:; 011 the tzepetztoitze we ';;et outz chan7es ,c{ztzecd11 ftzom the 7lfp;;Le;; them;;elve;;, at ;:;L7;; jtim ses;;ions and
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·. 2.mmet 'RtlLf, 11ou happen to tz~11 into ?Jjcin;:;:o bl{t' oit the hL;:;hNalf, lfO~ could at lea;;t plalf some confident tzh11thm.
We h4ve also i11clu_c{ec{ a ;;on7 that. Ne leatzrit cluiL11'J:o11e of outz man11 concetzt / Notzkshop ttzLp;; to !lceland. Cl-hL;;
son;:; ii-Oiri;:;s tzeall11 hatzcl and has a cfa;;;;ic ;:;11'P~lf tfavotz, ;;[mllatz to that of the lmmotztal 'ZJatzk 211es. !lt has 6een
.an amazLn5 expetzLerice to a cli;;cov~tz a folk ~on;:; fr.am anothetz cultutze that ;;ounc{g go "'ZJjan70 ~.
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8. ,Cimehouge -Slueg
9· 2xactl1f ,Cike }fou
10. '}' atte11dtzai
11. !Jcela11clic ;folkgo111
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