Bass Magazine – Issue 4 2019

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Jazz Concepts

(the #11) on the G7# 11 chord. The note F# in
bar 8 anticipates the #11 of the C7# 11 chord.
Bars 9–10 This is a melodic quote of an-
other bebop standard, “Wail” [Bud Powell,
1952, Blue Note]. Jazz improvisors often quote
other melodies during an improvised solo.
Bar 18 The groupings of three eighth-
notes shift the rhythmic feeling. This hap-
pens again in bar 22.

Bars 24–26 The pickup notes on beat

four in each measure create counterpoint to

the melodic phrases on beats one through

three in bars 25–26.

Bar 29 The note D is the 3rd of Bb 7 ; the

note Ab is the b7th.

Bar 31 The solo line finishes with a quote

of the standard “I Ain’t Got Nothin’ but the

Blues.” l

8

Gm7 C7# 11 Fmaj7 A7b^13 Dm7 G7

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A

12 Cm7 F7b^13 Bb^7 Am7 D7 Gm7 C7b^13 Fmaj7

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(^5431331532)
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17 Cm7 F7 Bbmaj7Ebm7
3
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(^3567345)
56 86865365 86 685 856896810
B
22
Ab (^7) Dbmaj7 Gm7 C Fmaj7 A7
3 3
(^891067834563)
434 36
5432
3
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34
(^2325)
45
A
27 Dm7 G7 Cm7 F7 Bb7Am7 D7 Gm7 C7 Fmaj7
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