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Ceora

June 12, 2010

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Chord Charts

Ceora is a great bossa, a jazz original by Lee Morgan. This tune isn’t an easy bossa nova, but it’s well worth the effort to learn. The tune first appeared on Lee Morgan’s 1965 Blue Note album, “Cornbread.”

Videos to learn the melody/changes

Lee Morgan Quintet - Ceora

06:29

Ceora - Frank Morgan

07:40

Scott Whitfield Jazz Orchestra West - "Ceora"

08:53

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Camden Hughes http://camdenhughes.com/

Camden is a working jazz pianist, multi-instrumentalist, and music educator currently living near Boise, ID. He teaches music at the Idaho Arts Charter School, and is the jazz adjunct professor at Northwest Nazarene University. Check out his music at www.camdenhughesmusic.com.

3 COMMENTS

ed solano August 14, 2011 At 6:11 am

Beautiful and quite far of standards AABA II-V-I tunes

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Camden Hughes September 27, 2010 At 10:23 pm

Hey Bruce,

Agreed! What a great tune.

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Brue Wells September 19, 2010 At 10:36 pm

Ceora, one of the most beautiful trumpet solos ever.

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