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Pent Up House
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Can we discuss Pent Up House for a second? In regards to playing this tune, a guy teaching it whose opinion I respect has said that he's always played this Sonny Rollins tune with the "blowing changes", as listed in a couple of Real Books, which are Am7 - D7 - GMaj7 - - Am7 - D7 - GMaj7 - - Dm7 - G7 - Cm7 - F7 - Am7 - D7 - GMaj7 - - However, the changes over the melody seem to be CMaj7/D - D7(b9,#5) - CMaj7/D - D7(b9,#5) - GMaj9 - Ab9 - GMaj9 - - CMaj7/D - D7(b9,#5) - CMaj7/D - D7(b9,#5) - GMaj9 - Ab9 - GMaj9 - Dm7 - G7(b9, #5) - Cm9 - F13 - Dm7 - G7(b9, #5) - Cm9 - F13 - GMaj9 - Ab9 - GMaj9 - - I can see that both sets of changes are similar, but it sounds to me like Rollins sticks to the posted changes. I haven't heard much of other versions of the tune. Is it standard procedure to the more vanilla "blowing changes" for the whole tune? Anyone else do this? |
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Hi,
I'd say it's probably "safer" to go with the Real Book changes but it is after all "jazz", so there's always room for variety as long as it doesn't stray too far. Many years ago I played this tune with a well-known NYC jazz guitarist whose name I won't mention, and I played a couple of different changes at the end. When we were done he got really pissed at me and said something to the effect of, "you can't change the chords...". I remember thinking, "wow, and you call yourself a "jazz" player"... I don't know which version you're listening to, but Cmaj7/D seems kind of a stretch replacement for Am7, although it'd probably work voiced "right". HTH.
Cheers,
JV
Juan Vega
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From: Mike Crutcher <Funkifized@...> To: Jazz-Guitar <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Jan 20, 2020 3:48 pm Subject: [Jazz-Guitar] Pent Up House #Improv #SonnyRollins Can we discuss Pent Up House for a second? In regards to playing this tune, a guy teaching it whose opinion I respect has said that he's always played this Sonny Rollins tune with the "blowing changes", as listed in a couple of Real Books, which are Am7 - D7 - GMaj7 - - Am7 - D7 - GMaj7 - - Dm7 - G7 - Cm7 - F7 - Am7 - D7 - GMaj7 - -
However, the changes over the melody seem to be CMaj7/D - D7(b9,#5) - CMaj7/D - D7(b9,#5) - GMaj9 - Ab9 - GMaj9 - -
CMaj7/D - D7(b9,#5) - CMaj7/D - D7(b9,#5) - GMaj9 - Ab9 - GMaj9 -
Dm7 - G7(b9, #5) - Cm9 - F13 - Dm7 - G7(b9, #5) - Cm9 - F13 - GMaj9 - Ab9 - GMaj9 - -
I can see that both sets of changes are similar, but it sounds to me like Rollins sticks to the posted changes. I haven't heard much of other versions of the tune. Is it standard procedure to the more vanilla "blowing changes" for the whole tune? Anyone else do this?
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开云体育On 1/20/2020 8:32 PM, jvegatrio via
Groups.Io wrote:
Cmaj7/D seems kind of a stretch replacement for Am7 Why? Cma7/D is nothing more then Am9/D (no root), and if one looks at the Am7 as a II chord, the D bass is no stretch at all. |
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Bobby,
Fair enough; in that case it's not really functioning as Cmaj7/D as much as it is an Am9/D or even Am9/11, right? This is a good example of how chord names can be deceptive or misleading; too many guitar players tend to name chords by their shape rather than by their context, it's a huge "rabbit hole". Hope all's well.
Cheers,
JV
Juan Vega
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From: Bob Hansmann <bobbybmusic@...> To: Jazz-Guitar <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Jan 20, 2020 7:05 pm Subject: Re: [Jazz-Guitar] Pent Up House #Improv #SonnyRollins On 1/20/2020 8:32 PM, jvegatrio via
Groups.Io wrote:
Cmaj7/D seems kind of a stretch replacement for Am7 Why? Cma7/D is nothing more then Am9/D (no root), and if one looks at the Am7 as a II chord, the D bass is no stretch at all. |