RE: [Harp-L] Chet Baker Solo on a Diatonic

[Jérôme P. <peyrelevade@xxxxxxx>]

Yes Michael, I've got the chords as I've cheated a bit by working with a
music sheet for trumpet.

It would be a bit complicated to detail the whole solo by email, but I can
tell you that it is very simple from a harmony point of view.
Chet plays beautiful phrases with very simple ideas and patterns.

For example, the chord progression begins by a II V I IV in Bb Major.
On that part, Chet only plays in Bb Major (very first lick of the solo). But
wow !!! (he adds a major third on the Cm as a passing note, but that's the
only difference with the Bb Major scale).

It continues with a II V I I in Gm harmonic.
The second lick of the solo begins with diminished arpeggios as indicated in
the vid, which corresponds to the arpeggios you get when beginning with A
from the G minor harmonic scale (logical as II = Am7b5 here). Then it
resolves on the D and A (logical, we are here on the D7 chord), ending with
C, Bb, and G when arriving on the Gm chord (so logical here again).

The whole solo looks that way.
He plays mainly in Bb Major on Bb Major progressions, and in Gm harmonic, or
Gm dorian, on Gm progressions.

Extremely logical, extremely simple, no substitution at all, no in/out
patterns, and yet so musical!!!

In my opinion, the beauty comes from these very logical and musical licks,
but mainly thanks to the way Chet swings on each pattern. The rhythm of his
licks is just incredible.
Oh, last but not least : Chet also plays a lot between notes exactly on the
beat and syncopated quarters. I guess this is the secret to sound dynamic !

I hope that helps,

Best regards,

Jerome

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Objet : Re: [Harp-L] Chet Baker Solo on a Diatonic

Jerome,
Have you written the solo out in timing?  Do you know the chord
progression?  What are the names of the notes in the chords the rhythm
players are playing, what are the notes in the solo during those
chords?  What are common theory ideas for soloing over those chords?
Why does he choose those notes?  I am interested in your analysis!
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:19 AM, joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> From: joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: July 14, 2010 10:15:16 AM EDT
>> To: Jérôme P. <peyrelevade@xxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Chet Baker Solo on a Diatonic
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>> Jerome I'm down to one eye and one ear, so I can't write much BUT,  I
>> wanna hear MORE of you. MUCH more. Players like you make me feel SO
>> inadequate. I couldn't do that solo in 3 weeks let alone  ONLY 3 days. I
>> hope that you are young and have many years of bringing us you talent.
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> smo-joe
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>> On Jul 14, 2010, at 3:09 AM, Jérôme P. wrote:
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>>> Thank you very much Joe, it's a very nice compliment, especially from
>>> such a
>>> great player!!
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