Flat out interesting chord progressions

[oozingblues]

Whether it be the way it outlines the melody such as All The Things You Are or whether it is just a cool groove. I am in an accompaniment sort of mood, appease me. What are your favorites?

[Stackabones]

I Got Rhythm.

The Girl From Ipanema.

[Goofsus4]

Bluesette is one of my all time favorite chord progressions. It is one of those progressions that (to me at least) just sounds wonderful by itself, even without playing the melody line, which is also beautiful, of course.

[TylerEOT]

Horace Silver's tune. It has this great way of resolving a half-diminished down to a maj7 half a step down. Jobim likes to do that too, but it seems like a very guitar-centric thing to do.
The other is One Note Samba. Just goes around in handy little circles.

[Stackabones]

Oh, yeah, Tyler! One Note Samba is incredible! Good one.

[oozingblues]

Those are all awesome. Anything by Jobim or most god grooving latin pieces seem to work. Bluesette and Peace were both awesome.

[wizard3739]

I like "You Go To My Head", "Ceora" and almost anything by Jobim. My favorite way of playing guitar is playing changes without using the same chord voicing twice in one song. This approach can be challenging but the voice leading result is well worth the effort.

wiz

[oozingblues]

I am playing all of these charts I haven't touched in months, it feels amazing. I am about to go on a Jobim kick. Which album has the most and best of his material?

[Stackabones]

Oh, and by the way, one other one I didn't mention to you somewhere else ...

Amazon.com: The Legendary João Gilberto: João Gilberto: Music



For whatever reasons (I think there were copyright/licensing disputes), this is out-of-print. If you ever see one in a used CD shop, grab it!

[oozingblues]

Sounds good, thanks for your help. I appreciate it.

[bluesybruce]

Hello to Wizard 3739 - 'You Go To My Head' is one of my favourite songs - but I don't know the chords. Could you help me please? Thanks for posting. Bluesybruce.

[wizard3739]

Hi Bluesybruce,

Here are the basic chords I use for backing my favorite vocalist for "You Go To My Head " in Ab. This is also one of my favorite songs.

|| AbMaj7 Bb-7 C-7 | Db-7 Gb7 | BMaj7 | Bb7b9 Eb7#9 |
| Ab-7 FDim | Bb7#9 Eb7#9 | AbMaj7 F-7 | Bb-7 Eb7#9 |
| AbMaj7 Bb-7 C-7 | Db-7 Gb7 | BMaj7 | Bb7#9 Eb7#9 |
| Ab-7 Fdim | Bb7#9 Eb7#9 | AbMaj7 | Eb-7 Ab7 |
| DbMaj7 | Ddim | AbMa7/Eb Bb-7/Eb | Ab |
| D-7 G7 G7/F | E-7 A7b9 | D-7 G7b9 | C7 F7 Bb7 Eb7 |
| AbMa7 Bb-7 C-7 | Db-7 Gb7 | Bmaj7 | Bb7#9 Eb7#9 |
| AbMaj7 | Eb-7 Ab7b9 | DbMaj7 | Gb7b5 |
| AbMaj7 AbMaj7/G | F-7 F DDim G7#9 | C-7 F7b9 | Bb-7 Eb7 |
|AbMaj7 F-7 | Bb-7 Eb7 ||

Hope this helps you,
wiz

[Stringbean]

In Nuages, the B section....when he goes from Cmajor to Cm9 then F7....so bluesy, down and dirty nasty....killer stuff.

[Herby]

Besides all of the above, the entire progression of chords in "The Man I Love" just slays me. Now that's bluesy. Also what Joe Pass does with the opening of "Cry Me a River", playing along with Ella. It's on youtube.

[bluesybruce]

To Wizard 3739 - thanks a lot - I will try to get my head round this - it has one or two chords I'm not conversant with. I too want the arrangement to accompany a vocalist - my wife - who, without playing an instrument is a better musician than me - her voice being her instrument. Thanks again - you're a gent. Bluesybruce.

[Stringbean]

This one is old and kinda clunky, but it's just damn fun to play.

BYE BYE BLUES
Key of C 4/4


[ C | C | Ab7 | Ab7 |

| C | C | A7 | A7 |

| D7 | D7 | G7 | G7 |

| C | Ebdim | Dm7 | G7 |

|| C | C | Ab7 | Ab7 |

| C | C | A7 | A7 |

| D7 | D7 | G7 | G7 |

| C | Ab7 | C | C |

[hot ford coupe]

I'm kind of partial to Yardbird Suite. I also like How High the Moon/Ornithology. Lots of great harmonic movement.

[Jake Hanlon]

I am a big fan of the clever and genious harmonization of Stella by Starlight. I love Giant Steps (no I don't play tenor at all) and think that just about anything by Jobim is worth studying in terms of harmony.

[fep]

[sc06yl]

I like Crystal Silence, its got some sweet changes.

[mr. beaumont]

from a non-jazz perspective, "so long frank lloyd wright" by paul simon.actually, it's kind of a bossa nova...works well in a jazz context.

[guitron45]

Hello to everyone, I'm pretty new to chord melody and comping and learning some arrangements. I'm looking for some more turn arounds that sound jazzy/bluesy like G7 Eb9 D9 D7b9 two beats per chord for this example. I'm not real big on acrobatic stretches but just about anything else would be great. And thanks for being here.

Ron

[whatswisdom]

Originally Posted by oozingblues

What are your favorites?

I love "Gloria's Step," Scott LaFaro's masterpiece. Lush major seventh sounds are used to great effect. I know it from Bill Evans' "Sunday Night at the Village Vanguard." Anyone know of JG recordings of this tune?

[Kman]

Originally Posted by guitron45

Hello to everyone, I'm pretty new to chord melody and comping and learning some arrangements. I'm looking for some more turn arounds that sound jazzy/bluesy like G7 Eb9 D9 D7b9 two beats per chord for this example. I'm not real big on acrobatic stretches but just about anything else would be great. And thanks for being here.

Ron

Quarter note triplet feel in parenthesis. This is similar to the end of Wes's solo on Sundown.

Gmaj7 Gmaj7 (F-9 Bb7 F-9) / (E-9 A7 E-9) Eb-9 D7#9 / G7

[guitron45]

Originally Posted by Kman

Quarter note triplet feel in parenthesis. This is similar to the end of Wes's solo on Sundown.

Gmaj7 Gmaj7 (F-9 Bb7 F-9) / (E-9 A7 E-9) Eb-9 D7#9 / G7

Thanks Looks like I didn't get the post in the proper place. I couldn't find a start new thread button. Thanks for taking the time. And I already knew the beginning and the end! {;^)> Anyone know anymore?......

Ron

[TruthHertz]

Been lost in Goodbye Pork Pie Hat for days now. This is a DEEP tune.
David

[oldane]

I second Jobim.

Apart from that, I like Ellington tunes a lot. Many have some twists which makes you say "hey, hey, what was that?", and yet they sound so natural and convincing. "Warm Valley" is a favorite of mine. No need to spice it up with higher extensions and alterations. Just play the progression straight with three note shell chords, and the beauty of the progression itself comes through strongly.

Jimmy van Heussen is another favorite composer of mine (Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Here's that Rainy Day, It Could Happen to You, Darn that Dream etc.).

[JohnW400]

Originally Posted by TruthHertz

Been lost in Goodbye Pork Pie Hat for days now. This is a DEEP tune.
David

There is a chart on Free Jazz Website with Mingus' changes on it (at least for the gig that the poster played it on)

FreeJazzInstitute - Transcriptions

Lot's of good stuff there.

[musicalbodger]

Steve Swallow's "Ladies in Mercedes" — just goes around and around and is difficult to stop playing.

[kenbennett]

Blue In Green