TEXT: Doug McKenzie [email protected] Played in real time. A bit more interesting (modern) perhaps than the other one. Done after listening to Chick Corea's great version on his fairly recent solo 'Standards' album. MARKER: Opening phrase played 2 hands 1 octave apart MARKER: Root of D7 alt chord (sus pedal down) MARKER: While pedalling, easy run on Whole tone scale(s) LH plays black note, RH plays white ones. MARKER: Similar idea on next musical phrase MARKER: On E7 similar idea , LH plays black notes- G# and A# while RH plays white (B,D,E and G) MARKER: On G7#11, RH arpeggiates an A major triad MARKER: Series of parallell chords moving up in steps MARKER: Db/Eb MARKER: Eb/F MARKER: E/F# MARKER: Gb/Ab MARKER: Nice 2 handed 'cluster' on D7alt. LH plays Black (Gb, Ab) RH plays white (A,C,D,E) MARKER: Begin in tempo - play 2 hands in unison MARKER: More or less the melody, with minor embellishments (neighbouring tones, passing notes etc.) MARKER: 'Comping' in the gaps between phrases MARKER: Back to melody in unison. MARKER: Same series of parallel chords on turnaround as in first chorus. MARKER: Fourth voicing with a 'sideslip' down and up again MARKER: On Eb7, another series of parallel chords, a minor 3rd apart. MARKER: On final, a deceptive cadence from C13b9 to Db7#11 - without resolving it to F
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