the next step in gypsy jazz

dennis

take minor songs and play them in major

http://www.fleche-dor.com/jojo.mid

MichaelHorowitz

then reharmonize them with Coltrane changes:

EM | G7 | CM | Eb7 | AbM| B7 | E7...etc

MichaelHorowitz

and then get sick of too much harmony and turn everything into a modal jam:

A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A |
A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A |
A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A |
A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A |
Bb| Bb | Bb | Bb | Bb | Bb| Bb | Bb |
Bb| Bb | Bb | Bb | Bb | Bb| Bb | Bb |
Bb| Bb | Bb | Bb | Bb | Bb| Bb | Bb |
Bb| Bb | Bb | Bb | Bb | Bb| Bb | Bb |


etc....

MichaelHorowitz

and then do some Gypsy "free" jazz

A | Eb | G# | Bb | Ab | F | EM etc...

MichaelHorowitz

and then realize we actually liked the original song (joseph joseph) in the first place:

Am | Am | Am | Am | Am| Am | E7 | E7 etc...

nwilkins

what a bizarre thread - especially if you read it with the oompah midi playing in the background!

a

what oompah midi?

nwilkins

follow Dennis' link and you'll see

MichaelHorowitz

Speaking of reharmonizations....I did this bebop/Coltrane changes reharm to Djangology years ago. It's pretty fun!

Carter O`Brien

oompa is the next step in gypsy jazz?

whoodathunkit! :shock:

CalebFSU

Thanks for the chart Michael. I had heard of the Djangology(Tranology) reharmonization before it is good to see a chart of it. Do you mind if I use it, and try to slip it in to our reportoire? If not thats cool it would still be something cool to work on.