John Elliott's Insights In Jazz Podcast John Elliott

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).