All the Things You Are
(by Jerome Kern)

all the things you are chord melody guitar

All the Things You Are (Chord Melody, Lead Sheet & CHORD sheet)

Definite "must" in the jazz repertoire. Composed by Jerome Kern in 1939 for his last Broadway show Very Warm for May. Lyrics by Hammerstein II. The show was a financial disaster, jazz critics, you know... This composition became one of the great standards anyways. (Take THAT you critics!)

More info on jazzstandards.com

This tune is fun to improvise on and is also a brilliant composition. The effect created by the modulations (to remote keys) is reminiscent of romantic music.

All the Things You Are is played at all kinds of tempos and in many styles. Young musicians still play this tune quite a lot ... even in 3/4 feel! (-;

How about in "7" like Brad Meldhau?

Video Demonstration

A.T.T.Y.A. jazz guitar chord melody demonstrated, with some improvisation. See the pdf (with TABS) for the complete arrangement.
The chord melody PDF contains :

-the leadsheet (chord symbols + melody),
-the chord melody arrangement (played in the video here)
-a basic chord chart (basic guitar shapes for you to use.)

Suggested listening :

Pat Metheny's frantic version on his trio album Trio->Live is still my favorite. Fasten your seat belt! (There's also the Pat Metheny version from the album Questions and Answers)

Also check out pianists Keith Jarret (Standards Vol. I, 1983) and Brad Mehldhau (The Art of the Trio Vol. IV, 1999) for inspiration and ideas.

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