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From the album 'Playtime', featuring Buddy Rich - drums, Sam Most - flute, Don Goldie - trumpet, Wilbur Wynne - guitar, Johnny Morris - piano, and Mike Mainieri - vibraphone. Recorded in October of 1960.
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Composer: Irving Berlin
Year: 1935
Origin: Introduced by Fred Astaire in the 1935 film Top Hat.
Style: Swing, taken at a wide variety of tempos.
Form: A-A-B-C-A (72 Bars) [16-16-16-8-16]
Key: Most commonly played in C Major.
Harmony/Overview: The harmony of this composition is functional. The A sections are centered mainly around a I - VI - II - V, and oftentimes many variations thereof are used. In the 5th bar the harmony inches upwards through IMaj7 - IImi7 - bIIIdim7 - IIImi7 before arriving at bVII7#11. A II7 - V7 of V then leads to V7 - IImi7 - IIImi7 - IV7 before arriving once again at bVII7#11. A V of II is then used to set-up the final II - V which returns back to the tonic to conclude the section. The B section cycles through a II - V - I - VI in the home key. The C section begins in the parallel minor, and it is very common to precede the bVI7 which follows with a IImi7 as in a II - V of bII. A minor II - V in the home key then concludes the section before setting up the tonic once more for the final A section.
Recordings: This song has been recorded over 445 times to date. It was first recorded by Leo Reisman and his Orchestra with Fred Astaire on vocals in June of 1935, and Astaire would also introduce it later that year in the the Musical Comedy film Top Hat. It would become a popular number amongst jazz musicians, with recordings coming from Teddy Wilson, Red Norvo, Oscar Peterson, and Buddy DeFranco to name a few. It has also become an especially popular number among vocalists.
JGC Top Picks:
Red Mitchell, Presenting Red Mitchell, 1957
Madeline Eastman, Mad About Madeline!, 1991
Stephen Scott, The Enja Heritage Collection: Vision Quest, 1998
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From the album 'Playtime', featuring Buddy Rich - drums, Sam Most - flute, Don Goldie - trumpet, Wilbur Wynne - guitar, Johnny Morris - piano, and Mike Mainieri - vibraphone. Recorded in October of 1960.
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Some notes about the composition as found on
jazzguitarcomprehensive.com
Composer: Irving Berlin
Year: 1935
Origin: Introduced by Fred Astaire in the 1935 film Top Hat.
Style: Swing, taken at a wide variety of tempos.
Form: A-A-B-C-A (72 Bars) [16-16-16-8-16]
Key: Most commonly played in C Major.
Harmony/Overview: The harmony of this composition is functional. The A sections are centered mainly around a I - VI - II - V, and oftentimes many variations thereof are used. In the 5th bar the harmony inches upwards through IMaj7 - IImi7 - bIIIdim7 - IIImi7 before arriving at bVII7#11. A II7 - V7 of V then leads to V7 - IImi7 - IIImi7 - IV7 before arriving once again at bVII7#11. A V of II is then used to set-up the final II - V which returns back to the tonic to conclude the section. The B section cycles through a II - V - I - VI in the home key. The C section begins in the parallel minor, and it is very common to precede the bVI7 which follows with a IImi7 as in a II - V of bII. A minor II - V in the home key then concludes the section before setting up the tonic once more for the final A section.
Recordings: This song has been recorded over 445 times to date. It was first recorded by Leo Reisman and his Orchestra with Fred Astaire on vocals in June of 1935, and Astaire would also introduce it later that year in the the Musical Comedy film Top Hat. It would become a popular number amongst jazz musicians, with recordings coming from Teddy Wilson, Red Norvo, Oscar Peterson, and Buddy DeFranco to name a few. It has also become an especially popular number among vocalists.
JGC Top Picks:
Red Mitchell, Presenting Red Mitchell, 1957
Madeline Eastman, Mad About Madeline!, 1991
Stephen Scott, The Enja Heritage Collection: Vision Quest, 1998
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![Buddy Rich (1960) [CHEEK TO CHEEK]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zcjczswDSMc/mqdefault.jpg "Buddy Rich (1960) [CHEEK TO CHEEK]
From the album Playtime, featuring Buddy Rich - drums, Sam Most - flute, Don Goldie - trumpet, Wilbur Wynne - guitar, Johnny Morris - piano, and Mike Mainieri - vibraphone. Recorded in October of 1960.
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Some notes about the composition as found on
https://www.jazzguitarcomprehensive.com/
Composer: Irving Berlin
Year: 1935
Origin: Introduced by Fred Astaire in the 1935 film Top Hat.
Style: Swing, taken at a wide variety of tempos.
Form: A-A-B-C-A (72 Bars) [16-16-16-8-16]
Key: Most commonly played in C Major.
Harmony/Overview: The harmony of this composition is functional. The A sections are centered mainly around a I - VI - II - V, and oftentimes many variations thereof are used. In the 5th bar the harmony inches upwards through IMaj7 - IImi7 - bIIIdim7 - IIImi7 before arriving at bVII7#11. A II7 - V7 of V then leads to V7 - IImi7 - IIImi7 - IV7 before arriving once again at bVII7#11. A V of II is then used to set-up the final II - V which returns back to the tonic to conclude the section. The B section cycles through a II - V - I - VI in the home key. The C section begins in the parallel minor, and it is very common to precede the bVI7 which follows with a IImi7 as in a II - V of bII. A minor II - V in the home key then concludes the section before setting up the tonic once more for the final A section.
Recordings: This song has been recorded over 445 times to date. It was first recorded by Leo Reisman and his Orchestra with Fred Astaire on vocals in June of 1935, and Astaire would also introduce it later that year in the the Musical Comedy film Top Hat. It would become a popular number amongst jazz musicians, with recordings coming from Teddy Wilson, Red Norvo, Oscar Peterson, and Buddy DeFranco to name a few. It has also become an especially popular number among vocalists.
JGC Top Picks:
Red Mitchell, Presenting Red Mitchell, 1957
Madeline Eastman, Mad About Madeline!, 1991
Stephen Scott, The Enja Heritage Collection: Vision Quest, 1998
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![Stephen Scott (1991) [PENT-UP HOUSE]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zrbQHt7WFvo/mqdefault.jpg "Stephen Scott (1991) [PENT-UP HOUSE]
From the album Something to Consider, featuring Christian McBride - bass, Jeff Tain Watts - drums, Stephen Scott - piano, and Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone. Recorded on March 18, 1991.
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Composer: Sonny Rollins
Year: 1956
Origin: Introduced on the album Sonny Rollins Plus 4.
Style: Swing, usually played at a medium-up tempo.
Form: A-B (16 Bars) [8-8]
The head is typically played twice on the way in and out.
Key: G Major
Harmony/Overview: The harmony of this composition is very conventional, being made up entirely of II - Vs. The first 8 bars are centered entirely around a II - V - I, and the B section continues with a II -V of IV, then a II - V of bIII before returning back to the main theme once again. The head features an arrangement that revolves around 3 beat figures (dotted quarter notes) and the entire band often catches the orchestrated shots.
Recordings: This song has been recorded over 75 times to date. It was first recorded in 1956 for the album Sonny Rollins Plus 4. It has since been recorded by many of the greats and has taken many modern interpretations since.
JGC Top Picks:
Stephen Scott, Something to Consider, 1991
Jochen Rueckert, Introduction, 1998
Ari Hoenig, NY Standard, 2018
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