May 2025 - April in Paris

[M-ster]

Our standard for May 2025 will be April in Paris (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg, 1932).

Background:
Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (April in Paris)

[AllanAllen]

It’s interesting the Ralph Platt Vanilla book changes are more complex than the real book.

They fit the tune better, I was just expecting them to be vanilla. F6 to Cmaj7 and so on.

[ragman1]

I could do with some time in Paris...

[ragman1]

It’s interesting the Ralph Platt Vanilla book changes are more complex than the real book.

They fit the tune better, I was just expecting them to be vanilla. F6 to Cmaj7 and so on.

It's much of a muchness, really. It's the first four bars of the B section that get you :-)

Do you say 'much of a muchness' in the States?