November 13, 2010 in Blog, Jazz Originals, Jazz Standards, Learning Jazz, Swing Era & Dixieland
Ain’t Misbehavin’ is an important tune by Fats Waller. This is probably the tune people think of first when you think of the harmonic motion in the three bars:
IMaj7 #idim7 | ii-7 #iidim7 | iii-7
This is an important progression, and this tune embodies that progression.
Fats Waller did the tune in Eb, so that’s …
November 5, 2010 in Blog, Great American Songbook, Jazz Standards, Learning Jazz
This is likely my favorite jazz standard of all time. It’s got a great melody, and I love blowing over the changes! It was written for the musical comedy “And the Angels Sing” by lyricist Johnny Burke and composer Jimmy Van Heusen. Released as a song by Jo Stafford, the tune also reached #10 on the Billboard chart one week …
November 3, 2010 in Blog, Learning Jazz
In my teaching, I sometimes feel the need to make a chord chart for a particular song to help guitarists comp through a tune. This isn’t intended to be what Joe Pass would do, but it’s a few jazz voicings to get you started comping over St. Thomas. Elizabeth, this is for you (and I’m sure others will benefit also). …
