An Index of Harmonic Progressions This is a collection of facsimile transcriptions - that which was usually played from chorus to chorus - to the chord changes of a few favorite standard tunes from favorite recordings. As most musicians with any kind of performance experience can attest, the harmonic structures of most of the standard repertoire can be quite different from the harmonies published in fake books and original scores or even as performed from one band to the next. The challenge then is to find a set of chord changes best suits the taste of the performer. The files here scratch that surface.
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Transcriptions: Chord Changes
Title | Composer | Premier | Interpreter | Source | Key | |
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All of You | Cole Porter | Silk Stockings, 1954 | Bill Evans | Eloquence. 1974 | C | view |
All The Things You Are | Jerome Kern | Very Warm for May, 1939 | Paul Motian | On Broadway, vol 2; 1989 | A flat | view |
Angel Eyes | Matt Dennis | 1953 | Tommy Flanagan | Master Trio; 1983 | A minor | view |
Beautiful Love | Victor Young | 1931 | Bill Evans | You're Gonna Hear from Me, 1969 | D minor | view |
But Beautiful | Jimmy Van Heusen | Road to Rio, 1947 | Bill Evans | Eloquence, 1974 | D flat | view |
But Not for Me | George Gershwin | Girl Crazy, 1930 | Miles Davis | Bags' Groove, 1954 | E flat | view |
Bye Bye Blackbird | Ray Henderson | 1926 | Keith Jarrett | At The Deer Head Inn; 1992 | F | view |
Georgia on My Mind | Hoagy Carmichael | 1930 | Oscar Peterson | Night Train, 1962 | A flat | view |
I'll Take Romance | Ben Oakland | 1937 | Marian McPartland | Piano Jazz (w/ Rosemary Clooney), 1991 | A flat | view |
I'm Old Fashioned | Jerome Kern | You Were Never Lovelier, 1942 | Paul Desmond | Pure Desmond, 1974 | F | view |
Invitation | Bronislau Kaper | Invitation, 1952 | Bill Evans | Eloquence, 1974 | view | |
I Thought About You | Jimmy Van Heusen | 1939 | Miles Davis | Someday My Prince Will Come, 1961 | F | view |
My Foolish Heart | Victor Young | My Foolish Heart, 1949 | Bill Evans | Waltz for Debbie, 1961 | A | view |
My One and Only Love | Guy Wood | 1952 | Chick Corea | Akoustic Band, 1989 | E flat | view |
On Green Dolphin Street | Bronislau Kaper | Green Dolphin Street, 1947 | Miles Davis | 58 Sessions, 1958 | E flat | view |
Skylark | Hoagy Carmichael | 1941 | Keith Jarrett | At the Blue Note, 1994 | E flat | view |
Someday My Prince Will Come | Frank Churchill | 1937 | Chick Corea | Akoustic Band, 1989 | B flat | view |
Speak Low | Kurt Weil | One Touch of Venus, 1943 | Joe Pass | Eximious, 1982 | F | view |
Spring is Here | Richard Rodgers | 1928 | Richie Beirach | Elegy for Bill Evans, 1981 | A flat | view |
Stardust | Hoagy Carmichael | 1927 | Nat Cole | Love is the Thing, 1957 (arr. by Gordon Jenkins) | G | view |
Sweet Lorraine | Cliff Burwell | 1928 | Nat Cole | After Midnight, 1956 | G | view |
The Nearness of You | Hoagy Carmichael | 1938 | Red Garland | Red Alone, 1960 | F | view |
The Touch of Your Lips | Ray Noble | 1936 | Bill Evans | At the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1968 | C | view |
The Way You Look Tonight | Ray Noble | 1936 | Jim Hall | Live!, 1975 | F | view |
This Nearly Was Mine | Richard Rodgers | 1949 | Chick Corea | Expressions, 1994 | E flat | view |
Violets for Your Furs | Matt Dennis | 1941 | Nat Adderley | Work Song, 1960 | F | view |
What's New | Bob Haggart | 1939 | Wes Montgomery | Smokin' at the Half Note, 1965 | C | view |
While My Lady Sleeps | Bronislau Kaper | Chocolate Soldier, 1941 | Chet Baker | Embraceable You, 1957 | C | view |
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To | Cole Porter | Something To Shout About, 1942 | Jim Hall | Concierto, 1975 | G minor | view |
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