Bluesette is probably the most famous Toots Thielemans song and certainly a jazz standard. Such a great take on a 3/4 Parker Blues with a few extra twists!
This is a great progression! A Belgian version of the Parker Blues and also in 3/4. I guess that is the Belgian part of it?
This song has a very nice way of travelling through a lot of keys and still end up home in a turnaround. Certainly one of my favourite waltzes, probably no 2 on the list 😀
I play the song in G major, which is probably the most common key for the tune. This Medium up tempo is also quite common and fits well with the bebop theme written on this
This classic American songbook tune How High the Moon is a ABAC or 16-16 form song. The main point of interest is the use of switching from major to minor to modulate a whole step down.
How High The Moon is also the chord progression used for Ornithology though some chords in the Parker tune are changed into dominants. Coltrane also made a Giant Steps version of this called Satellite.
The form of this song is AB so two times 16 bars. What is a bit unusual is that it does not have the standard V of V to II V ending half way, which is normal for this type of standard.
The beginning detour to Eb is really nice about this song. The first three bars are in fact Giant steps.
I published two backing tracks the last few weeks and since I make these for some of my own solo videos I thought I might as well put up separate videos with the backing track.
It’s all pretty rough and quickly done, but I am curious what you guys think! I make all the backing tracks with DrumGenius and Reaper.
Leave a comment on the videos if you have some input and also if you have a suggestion for a track!
