Diatonic Spaces in : A Transformational Approach

Michael McClimon

Slides/references online at http://www.mcclimon.org Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma), A section

C-7 F7 Bmaj7 Emaj7

A-75 D7 G- The diatonic circle of fi"hs

G- D7 C-7

A-75 F7

Emaj7 Bmaj7

Gene Ammons and , Boss Tenors An Autumn Leaves GIS

GIS = (S, IVLS, int)

• S = {Gm, Am7b5, BbM7, Cm7, D7, EbM7, F7}

• IVLS = 7, {0, 1, . . . , 6}

• int = number of diatonic steps between chord roots int(Cm7, D7) = 2; int(D7, Gm) = 3 An Autumn Leaves GIS

T(s) = Tint(s,t) intPC(C, E) = 4, so T4(C) = E An Autumn Leaves GIS

tk = transposes a root k steps in a diatonic collection

G- D7 C-7 t3 t3 Am7 5 D7 A-75 F7 b

Emaj7 Bmaj7 An Autumn Leaves GIS

C-7 F7 Bmaj7 Emaj7

A-75 D7 G-

G- D7 C-7

A-75 F7

Emaj7 Bmaj7 Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma)

7 7 maj7 maj7 C- F B E

A-75 D7 G- : G- D7 C-7 A-75 D7 G-

A-75 F7 C-7 F7 Bmaj7 Emaj7 Bmaj7

A-75 D7 G-7 C7 F-7 B7

A-75 D7 G- Autumn Leaves, bridge

A-75 D7 G- C-7 F7 Bmaj7

Autumn Leaves, displaced cycle

7 7 maj7 maj7 C- F B E A-75 D7 G- :

A-75 D7 G-

C-7 F7 Bmaj7 [Emaj7]

A-75 D7 G-7 C7 F-7 B7

A-75 D7 G-

Vince Guaraldi, A Flower is a Lovesome Thing Autumn Leaves

7 7 maj7 maj7 C- F B E

A-75 D7 G- :

A-75 D7 G-

C-7 F7 Bmaj7

A-75 D7 G-7 C7 F-7 B7

A-75 D7 G- A C-minor diatonic cycle

C- G7 F-7

D-75 B7

Amaj7 Emaj7

Fm7 Bb7 EbM7 AbM7 Dm7b5 G7 Cm (relative major) (tonic) A C-major diatonic cycle

Cmaj7 G7 Fmaj7

D-7 B-75

A-7 E-7

Bm7b5 Em7 Am7 Dm7 ?? How My Heart Sings (Zindars), mm. 1–12

E-7 A-7 D-7 G7

Cmaj7 Fmaj7 B-75 E79 CM: IV A-7 am:A °VI7 A-7/G F-75

Tony Williams, Young at Heart (Mulgrew Miller, piano) All the Things You Are (Kern), mm. 1–8

F-minor diatonic cycle . . .

F-7 B-7 E7 Amaj7

Dmaj7 G7 Cmaj7

. . . ending with a half-cadence

Chet Baker, Chet Baker Quartet All the Things You Are (Kern), mm. 9–16

C-minor diatonic cycle . . .

C-7 F-7 B7 Emaj7

Amaj7 (A-75) D7 Gmaj7 E79

. . . ending with a half-cadence All the Things You Are (Kern), mm. 17–24

E-minor diatonic cycle . . . with a “missing” VI chord

A-7 D7 Gmaj7 [Cmaj7]

F-75 B7 Emaj7 C75

Ahmad Jamal, Jamal at the Pershing, Vol. 2 All the Things You Are (Kern), mm. 25–36

Ab-major diatonic cycle . . . F-7 B-7 E7 Amaj7

Dmaj7 G7 C-7 B°7 . . . goes awry

B7 E7 Amaj7

Chet Baker, Chet Baker Quartet All the Things You Are (Kern), mm. 25–36

Amaj7 Dmaj7 G7 C-7 B°7 B7 E7 Amaj7

Amaj7 Dmaj7 G-75 C7 F-7 B7 E7 Amaj7

Discography

Ammons, Gene, and Sonny Stitt. Boss Tenors. Verve V6-8426, 196⒉ John Houston ⒫, ⒝, George Brown (ds) ! Baker, Chet. Chet Baker !artet. Pacific Jazz PJLP-6, 195⒊ Russ Freeman ⒫, Bob Whitlock ⒝, Bobby White (ds) ! Guaraldi, Vince. A Flower is a Lovesome Thing. Fantasy 3-257, 195⒎ ! Jamal, Ahmad. Jamal at the Pershing, Vol. 2. Argo LP-667, 196⒈ Israel Cosby ⒝, Vernell Fournier (ds) ! Williams, Tony. Young at Heart. Columbia 69107, 199⒎ Mulgrew Miller ⒫, Ira Coleman ⒝