John Elliott's Insights In Jazz Podcast

John Elliott
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Discussions about the book Insights In Jazz that contains a method to memorise hundreds of jazz chord progressions. www.dropback.co.uk

  1. 11/13/2010

    30. Remember

    The Irving Berlin standard, Remember, from 1925 is analysed according to the method. Bricks used include: Chromatic Dropback; Cadence; Launcher; To IV n Mack (and Yak). Joins used include: Dogleg; Bootstrap; Sidewinder; (Happenstance).

  2. 10/10/2010

    29. Star Dust

    The standard is analysed according to the method. Bricks used include TTFA dropback; Double Pullback; SPOT; 7-chord Pullback; To IV n Mack; To IV n Yak; On-Off-On; Cadence; Slow Launcher; Bootstrap Launcher. Once again, joins are hardly needed. The Bootstrap join is used.

  3. 09/24/2010

    28. If I Should Lose You & You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

    These two standards are analysed according to the method and found to be almost identical. These songs are used to show how standards often visit common keys of I, IV and iv (relative minor) and the joins that are used to get between them (Bauble, Sidewinder, Half Nelson). The Slow Launcher is examined and its location at the end of B sections in ABAC songs considered. Confirming key using the Homer join is discussed and the Spring Cadence is introduced.

  4. 09/13/2010

    27. Misty

    The standard Misty is analysed according to the method. Comparison is made with "I Want to Talk About You". Bricks used include: To IV n Yak; POT; SPOT; On-Off-On; Yardbird Cadence; Regular Cadence; CESH; Two-goes; Starlight Cadence. Just two joins are used: Bootstrap and Downwinder.

  5. 09/07/2010

    26. No More Blues (Chega De Saudade)

    This bossa nova standard is analysed according to the method. The song is not in the book and so a chart is available on the Google Group web site. The song is unusually long, with effectively two ABAC song forms joined together, one minor and the other major.

  6. 08/30/2010

    25. Pennies Ending Metabrick

    The Pennies Ending metabrick is introduced. This is family of 8-measure bricks which is extremely common in jazz standards. Most often it is used to as the last 8 measures. But sometimes it is used as the first 8 measures of a song. Many examples are given of the Pennies Ending occurring in jazz standards. Meta concepts covered include: IV n Back; Dropping back; Cadence home. Joins are not discussed in this podcast because, in general, the bricks within the metabrick follow round the cycle or by dropping down a half step (sideslip).

  7. 08/16/2010

    24. My Foolish Heart

    The standard My Foolish Heart from 1949 is analysed according to the method. The form is ABAC, but the chords are more complex than songs looked at to date. The metaview is discussed before the actual bricks of chords are analysed. Bricks used include: ITCHY turnaround; Bootstrap launchers; Launcher; Cadence; Body and Soul approach; Autumnal Cadence approach; Sixpenny Ending; TINGLe dropback; Somewhere cadence. Joins used include: Woody; Bootstrap; Bauble; Stella (!); Dogleg.

  8. 08/09/2010

    23. Rhythm Changes

    The chord changes to I Got Rhythm are the most common changes used in jazz after the 12-bar blues. This podcast takes a Metaview of "Rhythm Changes" so that the player can be robust to substitutions that might be commonly used. Bricks used include: POT (and variants such as SPOT, Rhythm Turnaround, Whoopee Turnaround); To IV n Back family; Rhythm Bridge. Joins used include: Sidewinder; (Pullback); (Yardbird); (Bird SPOT).

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