145 Look For The Silver Lining

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MARKER: Red Garland voicings - RH octaves with perfect 5th btwn
MARKER: - while LHand plays rootless voicings phrased with the RH
MARKER: Oscar Peterson-like LH pedal (with grace notes) on dominant
MARKER: More of the Red Garland  'like a bigband horn section' sound
MARKER: Block chords - in close position - LH doubles melody below chord with RH
MARKER: More Red Garland!
MARKER: Another Peterson-like pedal on dominant in LH - often on turnarounds
MARKER: RH single note lines - LH stabs ahead of the downbeats on 1 and 3
MARKER: Tremolo on Octave - 16th notes
MARKER: On Am7/D7 fast chromatic from D up to tritone (Ab)
MARKER: Then back to F and chromatically up to B (its tritone) as target
MARKER: On Bbdim, similar chromatic connections to C,F#,Eb,A
MARKER: Not very successful tag ending added as an afterthought!
  • Path: Disklavier Jazz 2/145-Look For The Silver Lining.mid
  • Size: 22 KB
  • Updated: February 10, 2026

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