[Dixielandjazz] After You've Gone

[Michael Woitowicz]

Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club played it uptempo in a 1936 recording. 
I have it on the Djangologie USA album and just checked the speed at 
about 264 bpm.

Mike "Banjoman' Woitowicz

On 4/19/2016 9:48 AM, Ken Gates wrote:
> Composed in 1918 --- recorded by many since, both as
> vocals and instrumental jazz groups.  Has an nice
> introductory verse -- works well (I think) as medium
> tempo swing.  Somewhere along the way it has become
> a "requirement" to play very fast choruses (cut time,
> double time, or just plain fast) to follow the medium
> tempo introduction of the melody.  Sometimes the
> extremely fast tempo is beyond the skill level of
> the musicians.  Be that as it may.  Wondering who
> first introduced the now traditional tempo speed up.
>
> Ken Gates
> ​
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