Uploaded February 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Sweet Georgia Brown (Free download @ chastewviolinmusic.bandcamp.com/)
KEY: F
TEMPO: 230 bpm
STRUCTURE: Four bar intro, four choruses, repeat ending x2
COMPOSER: Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard (music) and Kenneth Casey (lyrics) 1925

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There are plenty of jazz backing tracks for guitar out there but not so many with a gypsy jazz sound aimed at violin players. ALL THESE TRACKS are available as digital downloads (in lots of different formats) from my BANDCAMP SITE at chastewviolinmusic.bandcamp.com/. All free (but you can make a donation if you are feeling generous ;-)

Also, if you need these tracks at different tempos or in different keys, with more choruses etc., drop me a line at chastew2016@gmail.com and I can customise a track for you for a paltry $5 a track.
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There are so many versions of this tune in various keys! Grappelli originally plays it in G with Django Reinhardt but later in his career switched to F. There is even a version in A recorded for Italian television.

HERE IS A VERSION OF THE BACKING TRACK IN G
youtube.com/watch?v=RQ1gC6nXrxM

Jeremy Cohen version in F (with crazy Czardas intro :-) 2013
youtube.com/watch?v=Z0eBWRu_emo

Katica Illenyi version in F (with Csaba Deseo)
youtube.com/watch?v=3BntAOhKLw4

Stephane Grappelli version in F with David Grisman
youtube.com/watch?v=jMuNjobfR3Y

Dorado Schmitt version in F with Tchavolo Schmitt guitar
youtube.com/watch?v=xZD0lIRq7Yo

Alex DePue version in F (chopped off intro)
youtube.com/watch?v=MK2sxtkYtoo&list=PL8mqSiH3BJZtY6Ctx7jJnfnRL6IrWQ-pH&index=8

Joe Venuti version in F
youtube.com/watch?v=siQAkuBJBX4&t=25m26s

Joe Venuti version 2 in F on Italian TV
youtube.com/watch?v=qnWcpQqI8k8

Stephane Grappelli version in G with Django Reinhart
youtube.com/watch?v=mpO5xIltlyU

Martin Weiss version in G
youtube.com/watch?v=RnU3tbYopAA