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A kind of "sister" thread to my other recent one:
Tunes you like- Cool melodies vs Cool chord progressions...
A thing that most of us like about Jazz tunes is the way chords run into each other, and the possibilities that creates for improvisation.
What are your favourite chord progressions (Standards through to Modern), and why? And do you like them for chord improvs (comping), or for single line playing?
Or are they just cool progressions for a band to blow on, with everyone bouncing off each other?
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12-12-2022 12:44 AM
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Bossa progressions. Nice.
Also modal stuff. Interesting.
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I tend to like tunes with long series of chords that take
a lengthy path through increasing tension or resolution.
Stella does both; and jazz blues with long chord paths
of resolution in the turnarounds which I like very much
like this... played both as chords or soloing throughout.
Twelve chord turnaround suitable for a jazz blues in G.
I .. VII .. VI .. V .. I .. VI .. bIII . ii . bVI . V . bii . I ....
I chord
(x) (14) (14) (14) (15) (x)
VII chord
(x) (12) (13) (12) (15) (x)
VI chord
(x) (11) (11) (11) (12) (x)
V chord
(x) (9) (10) (9) (12) (x)
I chord
(x) (8) (9) (9) (8) (x)
VI chord
(x) (7) (6) (7) (8) (x)
bIII chord
(6) (x) (6) (5) (5) (x)
ii chord
(5) (x) (5) (5) (5) (x)
bVI chord
(x) (6) (5) (6) (6) (x)
V chord
(x) (5) (4) (5) (6) (x)
bii chord
(4) (x) (4) (3) (3) (x)
I chord
(x) (2) (3) (2) (3) (x)
or if ending
(3) (x) (2) (2) (3) (x)
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I like Take The A-train a lot for some unknown reason ;-)
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I love the post bop tunes with modal sections interspersed with quick barrages of knotty chords...
Dolphin Dance is like the most perfect tune ever.
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Kind of partial to whole step and half step based progressions, like Killer Joe’s C to Bb or Monk on Well You Needn’t F to Gb, especially with neat bridges. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most has a bit of that, too.
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Most of the Steely Dan stuff..
kind of strange..to me..no other band has used the unique sounding progressions of the Dan
or their twisted lyric lines..
Pretzel Logic indeed
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I am a hack at jazz...but work hard to get better. I love a good slow ballad. I'm sentimental and ballads tend to have stronger key centers to work within for a hack like me.
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A Child is Born comes to mind.
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Originally Posted by fep
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the look of love
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Have You Met Miss Jones
AA - Lotsa home
B - Giant Steps
A - Phew
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Appreciate your responses, cheers, although I thought there might be a few more. Must be a boring topic ? ...
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Confirmation.
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Originally Posted by princeplanet
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For some reason I really like out of nowhere
edit: and Stella too
of modern tunes I find myself coming back to Inner Urge a lot. Not sure why
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I seldom separate tunes from their chords. To me, they're a whole. A fairly bland chord progression with a really good tune is everything.
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The most important for me is II V I...there is no jazz without it.
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One I'd probably single out would be Doxy. I like how it's bluey, simple and really concise, but has enough going on to create harmonic interest.
Another one I thought of is What is this thing called love. It's like autumn leaves lite. Basically only 3 2-5-1s.Last edited by Jimmy Smith; 12-23-2022 at 09:16 PM.
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Lately I've been into tunes that have slinky chromatic modulations built in. Dancing in the Dark, Out of Nowhere, Moonglow
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I’m a simple guy, blues is fine. Then anyone can play along with me, and it’s all about playing with other people.
You can bebop over a Chicago box shuffle or Parker Blues, it don’t matter.
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I've always liked Liebeslied by Kurt Weil. The more I play it, the more it reveals. And how many other tunes do you know that end in a different key than the one it began in?
Here it is played by two pretty decent guitarists. Listen to Mick Goodrick's comping.
Last edited by Jimmy blue note; 12-25-2022 at 01:27 PM.
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Jimmy… its your resident German speaking… „Leibesleid“ means bodily pain and that‘s exactly what your typo is inflicting… pur-leeease correct.
Thank you.
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Originally Posted by Jimmy blue note
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