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Diatonic Spaces in Jazz: A Transformational Approach Michael McClimon Slides/references online at http://www.mcclimon.org Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma), A section B maj7 E maj7 C- 7 F 7 A- 7 5 D 7 G- The diatonic circle of

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Diatonic Spaces in Jazz: 

A Transformational Approach

Michael McClimon

Slides/references online at http://www.mcclimon.org

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Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma), A section

C-7 F7 Bmaj7 A-75 D7 G- Emaj7

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The diatonic circle of fi"hs

C-7 F7 Bmaj7 A-75 D7 G- Emaj7

Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt, Boss Tenors

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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

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An Autumn Leaves GIS

T(s) = Tint(s,t) intPC(C, E) = 4, so T4(C) = E

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An Autumn Leaves GIS

tk = transposes a root k steps in a diatonic collection

C-7 F7 Bmaj7 A-75 D7 G- Emaj7

t3

Am7b5 D7

t3

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An Autumn Leaves GIS

C-7 F7 Bmaj7 A-75 D7 G- Emaj7

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Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma)

C-7 F7 Bmaj7 Emaj7 A-75 D7 G- :

A-75

D7 G- C-7 F7 Bmaj7 A-75 D7 G- A-75 D7 G-7 C7 F-7 B7

C-7 F7 Bmaj7 A-75 D7 G- Emaj7

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Autumn Leaves, bridge

G- A-75 D7 C-7 F7 Bmaj7

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Autumn Leaves, displaced cycle

C-7 F7 Bmaj7 Emaj7 A-75 D7 G- :

[Emaj7]
A-75

D7 G- C-7 F7 Bmaj7 A-75 D7 G- A-75 D7 G-7 C7 F-7 B7

Vince Guaraldi, A Flower is a Lovesome Thing

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Autumn Leaves

C-7 F7 Bmaj7 Emaj7 A-75 D7 G- :

A-75

D7 G- C-7 F7 Bmaj7 A-75 D7 G- A-75 D7 G-7 C7 F-7 B7

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A C-minor diatonic cycle

F-7 B7 Emaj7 D-75 G7 C- Amaj7

AbM7 Fm7 Bb7 EbM7 (relative major) Dm7b5 G7 Cm (tonic)

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A C-major diatonic cycle

D-7 G7 Cmaj7 B-75 E-7 A-7 Fmaj7

Em7 Am7 Dm7 Bm7b5

??

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How My Heart Sings (Zindars), mm. 1–12

D-7 G7 E-7 A-7 B-75 E79 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 A°7 A-7 A-7/G F-75

Tony Williams, Young at Heart (Mulgrew Miller, piano) CM: IV am: VI

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All the Things You Are (Kern), mm. 1–8

F-7 B-7 E7 Amaj7 Dmaj7 G7 Cmaj7

Chet Baker, Chet Baker Quartet

F-minor diatonic cycle . . . . . . ending with a half-cadence

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

C-7 F-7 B7 Emaj7 Amaj7 D7 Gmaj7 (A-75) E79

C-minor diatonic cycle . . . . . . ending with a half-cadence

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All the Things You Are (Kern), mm. 17–24

F-75 B7 Emaj7 C75 A-7 D7 Gmaj7

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

[Cmaj7]

Ahmad Jamal, Jamal at the Pershing, Vol. 2

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

F-7 B-7 E7 Amaj7 Dmaj7 G7 C-7 B°7 B7 E7 Amaj7

Chet Baker, Chet Baker Quartet

Ab-major diatonic cycle . . . . . . goes awry

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

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

Amaj7

Dmaj7 G7 C-7 B°7 B7 E7 Amaj7

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Discography

Ammons, Gene, and Sonny Stitt. Boss Tenors. Verve V6-8426, 196⒉  John Houston ⒫, Buster Williams ⒝, 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 ⒝