Sophisticated Lady

by R. Michael Olson
(San Francisco)

This is a rather "chordy" arrangement of Duke Ellington's 1932 classic. I wrote it as a condensed exercise on inversions, by and large in response to the excellent Barry Galbraith comping etudes recommended by our gracious host and friend Marc-A.

Sophisticated Lady - Chord Melody by R. Michael Olson

I suggest listening to Ellington's duet with contrabassist Jimmy Blanton, one of the sweetest pieces of music I've ever heard and available on youtube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-hFBaKXJG0

...to give you stylistic and improvisatory inspiration. Note that the first verse and second half of the chorus are played an octave higher than notated. The chord references are from the Real Book and do not include my alterations.

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Note from Webmaster : Congratulations and thank you for sharing! Marc-A

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