502 Blues: Dbmaj7 (#5 or not?)

[thrush40]

Hi all,

I've got two lead sheets (same thing as chart?) for 502 Blues

One looks like this (fake book, I think):
A-7 l Dbmaj7 l B-7b5 l E7#9 l
A-7 l Dbmaj7 l B-7b5 l E7#9 l
C-9 l F7(b9) l Bbmaj7 l Ab-7 Dd7 (13) l
1. F#-7b5 l B7(b9) l Emaj7 l Emaj7 E7 l

2. F#-7b5 l B7(b9) l E-7 l E-7 l

The other looks like this (real book 6th ed):
A-7 l Dbmaj7#5 l B-7b5 l E7b9 l
A-7 l Dbmaj7#5 l B-7b5 l E7#9 l
C-7 l F7 l Bbmaj7 A-7l Ab-7 Db7 l
1. F#-7b5 l B7(b9) l Emaj7 l Emaj7 E7#5 l



2. F#-7b5 l B7(b9) l E-7 l E-7 l

So, I am new to the maj7#5 and I'm really digging how it works in the tune.
I've been voicing it like this:




||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||---|---|---|---|---|-3-|---|---|---|---|---|
||---|---|---|---|M7|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||---|---|---|---|---|---|+5 |---|---|---|---|
||---|---|---|-R-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|


Seems to sound better than this:



||---|---|---|---|+5|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||---|---|---|---|---|-3-|---|---|---|---|---|
||---|---|---|---|M7|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||---|---|---|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|



Any other suggestions on how I might voice this? Is there a better "grab" for the left hand on this one?

Thanks in advance.

[Spirit59]

I don't have the recording handy at the moment, but there in an A natural in the 2nd measure of the A section, so there's your #5....