Raybourn Wright - Inside the Score
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INSIDE THE SCOREa deta i led analys isby Sammy Nest ico,
of 8 classic jazzThad Jones, and
ensemble chartsBob Brookmeyer
by Rayburn Wright
Kendor Music, Inc.Main & Grove Sts.
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INSIDE THE SCOREa detai led analysis of g ctassic iazz ensembte charts
by Rayburn Wright
Sammy Nestico
Thad Jones Bob Brookmeyer
C O P Y R I G H T O I 9 8 2 B Y K E N D O RA L L R I G H T S R E S E R V E D . P R I N T E D
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THE PUBL I SHER
table of contents
a b o u t t h e a u t h o r
i n t r o d u c t i o n
S A M M Y N E S T I C O
" B a s i e - S t r a i g h t A h e a d "
" H a y B u r n e r "
i n t e r v i e w
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2
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T H A D J O N E S
" T h r e e
" K i d s
A n d 0 n e "
A r e P r e t t y
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4 2
4 5
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7 6
9 4
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1 1 1
T L 2
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1 8 2
1 8 4
1 B B
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summ a ry
g l o s s a r y
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t ' u s t t
i n t e r v i e w
BROOKMEYER
" H e I 1 o A n d
" F i r s t L o v e
" A B C B 1 u e s "
G o o d b y e "
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m o s t - u s e d c h o r d t y p e s
b i b l i o g r a p h y
introduction
The s tud l -o f f u l l s co res o f j azz compos i t i ons p rov ides a r l ch oppo r tun i t y f o r B . r r i r i t J r r - s: r C , i a z z c o m p o s e r s t o l e a r n t h e t r a d e s e c r e t s o f t h e g r e a t w r i t e r s . D e s p i t e t h e r e i : r - . :. " ' a i l a b i l i t f ' o f s u c h s c o r e s , m a n y o f t h e s e s e c r e t s r e m a i n h i d d e n . T h i s g u j d e d t o u r t h : c : ; : -
8 c l ass i c j azz ensemb le sco res i s des i . gned to expose the sec re t s o f t hese works and to rea l -ze l he i ns igh t t ha t can be ga ined f rom the i r s tudy .
I t j - s pa r t i cu la r l y i n te res t i ng t o compare the w r j - t i ng t echn iques o f Thad Jones , Sa : . : i -\ e s t i c o , a n d B o b B r o o k m e y e r . E a c h h a s s i m l l a r r o o t s j . n t h e m a i n s t r e a m b i g b a n d t r a d i r i - , :, pa r t i cu la r l y Bas ie ' s ) and each i s a w r i t e r o f au then t i c - sound ing j azz ) - i nes t ha t make ba : . j s
s ' t j . ng happ i l y . And ye t t he i r w r i t i ng i s ve ry d j . f f e ren t . They a re s tud ied he re i n t he o r i r :
o f i nc reas ing comp lex i t y : Nes t i co , Jones , and B rookmeyer . I do no t , howeve r , equa te ( ' r ' r -
p l e x i t y w i t h q u a l i t y - - t h e s i m p l e r s c o r e s a r e d e c e p t i v e l y h a r d t o w r i t e . B u t t h e : o : ' =
:omp lex w r i t i ng w j . l 1 be be t te r unde rs tood i f t he sco res a re s tud ied j . n t h i s o rde r .
I have l ooked a t t he va r i ous e lemen ts t ha t can make a cha r t sound g rea t ( i n add i t i o : .' n o r o e r n l q r r i n o l ) - - v o i c i n g s , o r c h e s t r a t i o n , t e x t u r e s , m e l o d i c c o n s t r u c t i o n , p o s i t i o n r - :- ' l i m e v o q n c q q i . o c h o r d s , s u b s t j . t u t e c h o r d s - - a I 1 o f w h i c h a r e c l e a r l y a n n o t a t e d w i . t h r h .
he lp o f an unde rs tand ing and i ndu lgen t pub l i she r . I n add i t i on , an i n te rv iew w i th each r i r i r -
e r r evea l s h i s exp lana t i ons and i ns igh t . The append i x i . nc ludes a t ab le o f cho rd s lmbo I : ; , : .
3 : l ossa ry o f t e rms , and a b ib l i og raphy . Th i s book assumes tha t t he reade r has had p rc ' r ' i ou -
srudl - and has a good grasp of arranging. Much can be learned about arranging f rom the ' er-n l n n e f i n n s s i r r o n i p t h i s t e x t a n d i n t h e g l o s s a r y , b u t i t i s n o t p o s s i b l e t o t e a c h t h e w h o l t
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sub j ec t here .
V o i c i n g s h a v e b e e n g e n e r o u s l y r e c o p i e d i n c o n c e r t p i t c h s k e t c h - s c o r e f o r m f o r e a s e i ns rud l ' . I n add l t l on , t he exac t cho rd symbo ls o f each pass ing , subs t i t u te , and ex tende r l c ' ho rdra r -e been added on a spec ia l s ta f f o f t he ske tch sco re wh i ch i s l abe led "ha rmon ic de ta i l s . "
R e m e m b e r t h a t t h e r u l e s o f w r i t i n g w h i c h a r e n o t e d a r e n o t l i t e r a l r u l e s f o l l o w e d b 1 -: h e w r i t e r s , b u t a r e s u m m a r i e s o f t h e p r a c t i c e s t h a t t h e i r e a r s a n d e x p e r i e n c e s h a v e l e d: h e m t o f o l l o w . I n m a n y c a s e s t h e w r i t e r s ' n a y n o t t h i n k o f t h e i r w r i t i n g i n t h e s e t e r m s ,bu t anyone want ing to learn the secre ts o f f ine wr i t ing shou ld s tudy the i r cons is ten t meth-r . l r n q r o f r r l l r r C O n C e n t r a t e O n r e l a t i n g t h e S O U n d O f t h e s e S C o r e S t O t h e a n a l y s e s g i y e l .
Obvious ly each reader w i l l d ig ou t answers to sa t is fy h is /her own cur ious l ty , bu t these. u i d e l l n e s a r e s t r o n g l y r e c o m m e n d e d i n u s i n g t h i s b o o k :
1 . L is ten to the record ings o f these ar rangements . Hear ing them makesa c ruc ia l d i f fe rence. A11 8 o f the char ts s tud ied here are inc ludedon an Inside The Score cassette recording which is avai lable fromKendor . Each o f the char ts was a lso recorded on an ear l ie r a lbum:
"BASIE - STRAIGHT AHEAD-(Coun t Bas ie & H is Orches t ra - Do t DLp -25902 )i n c l u d e s " B a s i e - S t r a i g h t A h e a d " a n d " H a y B u r n e r "
'cot{suMMAT | oil '
(Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra - - B lue Note #9113116)i n c l u d e s " U s "
' 'MONDAY N IGHT"(Thad Jones/ l . le l Lewis Orchestra - - Sol id State # lgOl tg)i n c l u d e s " K i d s A r e P r e t t y p e o p l e "
'THE JAZZ ORCHESTRA-(Thad Jones /Me l Lew is Orches t ra - So l i d S ta te #1g00g )i n c I u d e s " T h r e e A n d O n e " a n d " A B C B l u e s "
"BOB EROOKMEYER - CO}.IPOSER & ARRANGER"( l . l e l Lew is Jazz Orches t ra - - G ryphon G912)inc l udes "He l I o & Goodbye , ' and
- , ' F i r s t Love Song"
The comp le te se t o f pa r t s f o r each cha r t i s a l so ava i l ab le f r om Kendor .
2 . P lay t he vo i c i ngs a t t he p iano many t imes to abso rb t he sound and appea ranceo f t hem.
3 . G o s l o w l y - - d i g e s t o n e b i t e a t a t i m e l
Rayburn l l r ight
Sammy Nestico
S A M M Y N E S T I C 0 , c o m p o s e r a n d a r r a n g e r f o r s o m e o f t h e m o s t s i g n i f i c a n t C o u n t B a s i e a l -3 u m s . i s p r o b a b l y o n e o f t h e m o s t g i f t e d w r i t e r s e v e r t o h i t t h e j a z z b a n d s c e n e . A f t e rg ' a d u a t i n g f r o m D u q u e s n e U n i v e r s i t y i n h i s h o m e t o w n o f p i t t s b u r g h ( p A ) , h e s e r v e d f o r l 2y e a r s a s a r r a n g e r f o r t h e A i r F o r c e " A i r m e n 0 f l { o t e " b a n d . L e a v i n g t h a t p o s i t i o n , S a m m yt h e n b e c a m e c h i e f a r r a n g e r f o r t h e u . S . M a r i n e B a n d ( o f t e n c a l l e d T h e p r e s i d e n t r s O w n ) i nl Y a s h i n g t o n ' I n a d d i t i o n t o h i s e x p e r i e n c e w i t h t h e s e o u t s t a n d i n g m i l i t a r y g r o u p s , h e h a so l a y e d t r o m b o n e w i t h t h e C h a r l i e B a r n e t , T o m m y D o r s e y , w o o d y H e r m a n , a n d G e n e K r u p a b a n d s .H e n o w I i v e s o n t h e W e s t c o a s t a n d i s i n c o n s t a n t d e m a n d a s a w r i t e r f o r s c h o o l s , r a d i o ,t e l e v i s i o n , f i l m s , a n d r e c o r d i n g s .
T H E P U B L I S H E R
"Basie Straight Ahead"
by Sammy Nestico
recorded on the I ] {SIDE THE SCORE casset teand on "BASIE - STRAIGHT AHEADn (Count Basie t His 0rchestra - Dot OLp*ZSSOZ)
I t i s easy to t ake fo r g ran ted the ve ry na tu ra l g rooves gene ra ted by Nes t i co ' s a r t f u l l l -
s i . m p l e w r i t i n g , b u t a c a r e f u l e x a m i n a t i o n o f h i s s c o r e s r e v e a l s h o w m u c h t h e r e i s t o b e
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many o the r Nes t j , co compos i t j . ons , i t i s no t s imp ly a head , cho ruses , and head . The beg inn ing
m e l o d y i s n c v e r b r o u g h t b a c k a f t e r i t s f i r s t s t a t e m e n t . I n t h e l e a d s h e e t w h i c h f o l l o w s .
n o t e t h e d e t a i l - s o f s t r o n g m e l o d i c c o n s t r u c t i o n . M a n y t u n e s f a l l a p a r t f o r l a c k o f s u c h
s t r o n g c o n s t r u c t i o n .
No te t he con tou r o f t he me lody . I t s ta r t s re laxed and qu ie t , i n tens i f y i ng i n t he b r i dge
u n r i l b a r 3 1 w h e r e i t p e a k s a s i t b e g i - n s t o m o d u l a t e b a c k t o t h e k e y o f C v i a t h e I I " : - ,
a n d t h e n e a s e s b a c k t o t h e r e l a x e d q u a l i t y o f t h e b e g i n n i n g ( s e e E x a m p l e 1 ) ' T h e m e l o d i c
use o f cho rd 9 ths , 1 l t hs , and 13 ths g i ves t he me lody a re f resh ing sound aga ins t t he unex -
rended suppo r t i ng ha rmony , wh i l e ma i .n ta in ing a ve ry s imp le ove ra l l qua l i t y .
The f j . r s t , second , and fou r th 8 -ba r ph rases s ta r t w i t h l oose l y re la ted ve rs ions o f t he
same me lody (A , A t , Az ) , bu t t he l as t ha l f o f each ph rase i s j . den t i ca l , pu l l i ng t he fo rm to -
ge the r . Each o f t hese ph rases s ta r t s on the IV cho rd and ends on the ton i c , bu t t he b r i dge
m o d u l a t e s t o t h e s u b d o m i n a n t ( F ) t h r o u g h a I I p r r T - V 7 p r o g r e s s i o n , t h e n t o G a n d b a c k t o C .
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The overa l l fo rm inc ludes four choruses p lus the in t ro and an ex tended end ing . In thefo l low ing char t o f dynamic contours o f Bos ie - S t ra igh t Ahead, no te the cont ras ts , the se-quences o f tens ion and re lease, and the bu i ld f rom@to the end. A f te r each shor te r bu i ld -ing sec t ion , no te tha t the dynamic d rops back s l lgn t tv to g ive room to bu i ld aga in .
T h e r e a r e t w o m o d u L a t i o n s . T h e f i r s t , u t E l d i r e c t l y a f t e r t h e r e l a x e d f i r s t c h o r u s ,k icks the exc i tement up a no tch as the ensemble shouts fo r 9 bars in to the tenor so lc . Thesecond modu la t ion breaks up the regu la r l t y o f the 32-bar fo rm by modu la t ing up a fu l l s repon the second 8-bar phrase o f the las t chorus . Th is i s espec ia l . l y e f fec t i ve s ince j . t fo l -l o w s a s o f t e n s e m b l e t r w h i c h s w e l l s i n t o t h e n e w k e y a n d s h o u t s f o r B b a r s b e f o r e t h es u d d e n l y s o f t e r p i a n o s o l o .
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uan l - re -uses o f mater ia l a re no ted in the score . The rhy thn l i c permuta t ions f rom barsl 3 - 3 { a r e r e - u s e d i n b a r s 5 9 - 6 0 a n d i n b a r 2 0 . A f e e l i n g o f f i n a l i t y i s a c c o m p l i s h e d a t- : ' = : : r c i n g b y e x t e n d i n g t h e f o r m , e v a d i n g t h e n o r m a l c a d e n c e a n d g o i n g i n t o a s e r i e s o f: - - " = : a g s b u i l t o n t h i s p r o g r e s s i o n : r r r l r T v 7 r r r u r 7 v r l . E a c h o n e b r i n g s b a c k a m o -- - - ' - : i rom ear l ie r in the ar rangement and the las t one br ings back the power fu l f ina l shout-^=- : : f rom bar 121 ' These l im i ted re -uses o f ear l ie r mater ia l un i fy the ar rangement w i th -- - : : ; ' . ' e rdo ing the process to the po in t o f p red ic tab i l i t y .
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I n t h e e n s e m b l e v o i - c i n g s , t h e t r u m p e t s a r e i n v a r i a b l y i n c l o s e p o s i t i o n ( n o m o r e t h a n: : ' . : ta r -e be tween top and bo t tom t rumpets ) . The saxes and t rombones are e i ther in c losed: pen r -o ic ings . The concer ted ensembles fa l l in to th ree types :
1 ' C L A S S T C B A S r E 4 - P A R T V O I C r N G - - u t E ( E x a n p l e 3 a b e l o w ) w h e r e t h e f o u rt r u m p e t s ( i n c l o s e d b l o c k v o i c i n g ) a r e d u p l i c a t e d b y t h e t r o m b o n e s a n d s a x e sone oc tave lower , and the bar i tone sax p lays the Lead l ine two oc taves lower .These four no tes need no t inc lude the roo t , bu t aLmost a lways inc lude the 3rdand ? th (o r 6 th ) . Th is i s one o f the th ickened. l tne vo ic ings where a1 l vo icesm o v e p a r a l l e l t o t h e l e a d v o i c e . r t s p o w e r c a n f o o l u s i n t o t h i n k i n g i t i sm o r e c o m p l - e x t h a n i t i s , a n d i t i s u s e d a l m o s t e x c l u s i v e l y i n b i g b a n d s l t u -a t i o n s l i k e t h i s o n e .
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va l be tween the bass vo i ce and the nex t vo i ce j , s usua l l y l a rge r t han the o : i . j : s
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i n t h i c k e n e d l i n e v o i c i n g s , b u t m o v e i n d e p e n d e n t l y t o b a l a n c e t h e s o r . e t ^ : . : s
con f l i c t i ng requ i remen ts o f good vo i ce 1 -ead ing and good sono r i t y ( see ba r 121
T h e t r u m p e t s a r e t y p i c a l l y i n t h r e e p a r t s w i t h t h e l e a d v o i c e d o u b l e d a l . , t : -
t ave l ower , o r f ou r pa r t s c l osed as seen i n ExanpLe 3c .
3. A combi .na t ion o f the above two (Exanpte 3c above) - - the brass are in - l -F : : ' :
c losed vo ic ing wh i le bar i tone sax p lays the chord bass and the o ther sa \es : : ' - lspread in bas ic ensemble type vo ic ings .
As fo r sax vo i c l - ngs , t he sax so l i ( ba r 80 ) i s j - n { -pa r t , d rop -2 vo i c i ng w i th t he r . e i - i "
d o u b t e d a t t h e o c t a v e . T h i s i s c o n s t r u c t e d b y t a k i n g a c l o s e { - p a r t v o i c i n g , d r o p p i t t g : : . =
second vo i ce f r om the top by an oc tave , and add ing the oc tave doub l i ng o f t he me lcd l ' , s : - l
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I n r - o i c i n g t h e h o r n s i n b a s i c e n s e m b l e s t . v l e . N e s t i c o a v o i d s d o u b l i n e t h e b a s s v o i c e: :s ide the harmony in the nex t oc tave above the normal bass range (Exanp le 6 ) . In the 4-: : :e th ickened lLne vo ic ing , however , bass doub l ing is used on occas ion , no mat te r how low: : e b o t t o m v o L c e g o e s .
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The Bas j .e s ty le ca l l s fo r t rad i t iona l jazz harmon ies and th is t rans la tes in to p redomi -: . : : :11- 4-part harmony in the horns (used over 2/3 of the t ime, the rest being S-or-more part- : - , : : i s ) , whether in b lock or spread vo ic ing . Th is cont ras ts w i th Thad Jones ' more ex tended: . : : :on) ' where there are few 4-par t harmon ies to be found in the ensembLes and on ly l /3 o f: : , ; : i ne in the sax so l i s .
\ l inor 2nd dissonant gr i .nds within the harmonies are not a common feature of the Nest ico-i : s : : s t1 ' le as they are in Jones ' and Brookmeyer ' s wr i t ing . They occur in Bos ie - S t ra igh tl . - .e ; . , - i on ly on the occas ions when a major ? th i -n te rva l be tween the lead and four th vo ices: : : - : e s a m i n o r 2 n d w h e n t h e l e a d i s d o u b l e d a t t h e o c t a v e ( E x a n p l e 7 ) .
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by Sammy Nestico
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T h e a r r a n g e m e n t i s t h r e e c h o r u s e s l o n g p l u s a n i n t r o , m i d d l e t r a n s i t i o n ' a n d : : : ^
' - : I ike Basie - straight Aheacl, Hay Burner doesn't modulate' The contrasts are in fee^ :
l -beat to 4 -beat ) , in co lo r ( f rom the f lu te /harmon muted t rumpet to fu l l open shouts ' '
: the dynamic cont , ras ts be tween fu I l shouts to sudden ly qu ie te r spo ts fo r Bas ie 's p^ '
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: . idge chords ra ther than over those o f the las t &bar sec t ion . Thrs g ives the impress . : ' : .
. : c o n t i n u i n g t h e S e q u e n c e o f t h e Z - b a r p h r a s e s w i t h i n t h e b r i d g e f o r g r e a t e r m o l r . i l : . _ .I imed ia te ly a f te r tha t the band bu i lds th rough a t rans i t ion on a C peda l in to the sho: : - ' :
I f y o u l i s t e n t o t h e o r i g i n a l B a s i e r e c o r d l n g o f H a y B u r n e r , Y o U w i t l n o t i c e s o m e . : : . : ::od i f i ca t ions tha t were made in the pub l ished vers ion wh ich is ana lyzed here . These . \ : : . :
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- : ' - r :a : t1 . r - doub led an oc t ,ave lower (no t necessar i l y by a t rumpet ) , as in Bas ie - S t ra igh tj ' - - : : . The t rombone sec t ion p lays impor tan t t rans i t iona l and comping passages a lone, a l t- : . - - : ' sed 4-way vo ic ing (bars 24 , 61-63 , ?5) except fo r the shuf f le f igure in bar 16 , wh ich- s - : o p e n t r i a d s .
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e par ts a re no ted . The cons is ten t ly doub led lead he lps keep the focus on the r i ch-pro jec t ion o f the lead l ine ra ther than on fancy vo ic ings .
bass doub l ing
F' : r 70% o f the t ime, Nest ico aga in avo ids doub l ing bass no tes in the nex t h igher oc tave- : - = - j : t h e h a r m o n y w h e n h e i s u s i n g b a s i c c h o r a l e t y p e v o i c i n g . I n a l l v a r i a t i o n s o f t h e: : - - : . : : : red lLne vo ic ing , he doub les bass no tes f ree ly in any oc tave .
HARMONY
Pass ing chords are aga in used in f requent ly , w i th invers ions be i .ng used ins tead ( these: : : : - , : e d i n t h e s c o r e ) .
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Ra-r ' Wright: Are you cont inuing to voice ensembles for Basie as you did in these two charts?
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Rtt: But tha t ' s a lesson in i t se l f because i t ' s so e f fec t i ve . The young wr i te rs need to un-ders tand tha t i t doesn ' t take a mi l l ion ex t ra no tes in a chord to be e f fec t i ve .
S \ ; Y e s , I ' m s t i l l t r u e t o n y a i n f o r s i n p l i c i t y . I u s e d t o u r i t e u e r y c o n p l i c a t e d . T h e
o l d e r I g e t , t h e n o r e I g o b a c k t o s i n p l i c i t y .
RIV: That ' s in te res t ing ; when were you wr i t ing compl ica ted?
- S , \ ; I w a s i n t h e s e r u i c e a n d i n t h e f i f t i e s a n d e a r l y s i x t i e s w r o t e t h e S u i n g p h o n i c S e r i e s- - n L o n d o n B r i d g e I s F a l l i n g D o u n " i s o n e o f t h e n . I u s e d t o u r i t e a l o t o f c o n p l t -
c a t e d s t u f f . L i k e n o s t y o u n g p e o p l e , I t r i e d t o w r i t e e u e r y t h i n g I k n e u i n t h o t o r t e
c h a r t .
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s i n p l e r , a n d t h e n I s t c L r t e d w r i t i n g f o r B a s i e . A r u d h e ' s s u c h a s i n p l e n a n . / I e p l o r ' .
s i n p l e p i a n o , a n d h e ' s b e a u t i f u l , b u t t h e r e ' s a c h a r m a b o u t i t . I t ' s d i f f i c u l t t o u , r ' i t , 's i np le and good .
I s t a r t e d g e t t i n g o u t n y e r e s e r a n d a f t e r I w a s d o n e , r a t h e r t h a n a d d i n g t h i n g s , l ' , !L o o k a t t h e s c o r e a n d h e e p e r a s i n g t h i n g s o u t o f i t . S o I f i n d t h a t t h a t ' s n y s t l l en o w a n d I L i h e i t .
What can you te1l young wri ters about what your pr ior i t ies are when you start out on anew chart?
S I : W h o c a n s a y w h a t i s t h e b e s t w a y ? I ' n r e a l l y k i n d o f s e l f - t a u g h t b e c a u s e e u e r y t t n e I
wen t t o a t eeche r he s ta r ted me ou t on I_ IV_V cho rds and the V I |T and a l l t ha t and t t
neue r qu i t e f i t i n to t he bag tha t I was t r y i ng t o w r i t e i n . So I haue my oun u )e \ , \ L ) lgo ing abou t t h i ngs .
I n o r n a l l y d o n ' t w r i t e n y i n t r o d u c t i o n u n t i l L a s t , b e l i e u e i t o r n o t . I s t a r t o n t h o
f i r s t c h o r u s a n d i f I u s e a n y m c l t e r i a l a t a L L t o g e t t o t h e s e c o n d c h o r u s , I g o l , , t c k
and use th i s na te r i a l f o r ny i n t roduc t i on and fo r t he end ing . Tha t t i es t he who le a r -r a n g e m e n t t o g e t h e r , m a h e s i t c o r r e l a t e d . I t n i g h t b e i n d i f f e r e n t k e y s , b u t I d o t h q tso i t sounds cons i s ten t . I r enenbe r i n n l y ea r l y days i t n i gh t haue taken two o r t h rezdays to w r i t e an a r rangemen t and eue ry day I f e l t d i f f e ren t and tha t nade i t i ncons r ' -t en t . Sone th ings fe l t good i n 4 and the nex t day i n 2 , and ny f i gu res ue t ' en ' t cons i r -t e n t . S o n o w I t r y t o t i e i t t o g e t h e r , t o f i n d s o n e t h i n g t o h a r u g n y h a t o n .
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B ; : I t h i nk nY bes t a , rangemen ts a ,e t he ones tha t I s i ng i n t he ca r , somewhere auay' - ' o - t h e p i a n o '
! s i n g , t h e n e l o t l y ; i f t h e n e l o d y s t a n d , s b y i t s e L f , I , r , e g o t i t n a 4 e .J - : c l ' s i t bas i ca l l y f o r Bas ie ; r t r y t o ge t a f i ne ne lody a id b lo r i i t oJ f and , wo rk f o r: - i n s r n g f i g u r e s .
r t i a t do you ge t f r om F innegan?
I ' t i I l l o u e h i n ; h e ' s m y f a u o r i t e . I I i s h a r m o n i c s t r u c t u r e s , h i s i n u e r s t o n s o f c h o r d . s ,' ' : ' o r c h e s t r a t i o n , I l o u e w h a t h e d . o e s , I t ' s c L a s s i c . H e c r e e p s i n t o n y w r t t i n g . y o u< ' ' o ' : I t e l l k t d s Q t c l i n i c s , ' l l h a t , h a p p e n s
i s y o u p i c k o u t f o u r o r f i u e f a u o r i t e w r i t -: ' ; a n d e n L u l a t e t h e n . L i t t l e b y l i t t l e , t h e s e t i t t t e p i r r " , o y t i " r " w r i t e r s b e c o m e' . ) ; - r . I t ' s n o I o n g e r s o m e o n e e l s e , i t ' s y o u . t
r t ' ' c o u r s e , e u e r y o n e o n l y a s s o c i a t e s m y w r i t i n g w i t h B a s i e , b u t I ' u e w r i t t e n h u n d , r e d s o f' i i ' r r l s f o r s t r i n g s o r f o r t e l e u i s i o n , b u t p e o p L e c l o n ' f c s s o c i a t e i t w t t h n e . B u t I , n: j : r t l L e d t o w r i t e f o r B a s i e ; I t h i n k h e ' s t h e g r e a t e s t g u y i n t h e w o r I d . .
i l t a t ' s vou r f ee l i ng abou t f o rm? wha t abou t cha r t s t ha t p lay t he tune , j azz so los , and: ' ! cap the tune? you don ' t seem to do tha t .
I c q r t ' t d o t h a t ' I w r i t e a n e l o d y t h e f i r s t c h o r u s a n d . t h e n I n e u e r g o b a c h t o i t . I: t k e t h o s e c h o r d s a n d w r i t e q n e w m e l o d , y o r a u a r i a t i o n f o r t h e l a s t c h o r u s . y o u , r et r - \ r n g t o n a k e s o n e t h i n g i n t e r e s t i n g .
Tha t makes me wonder whe the r t he changes come f i r s t f o r you o r t he me lod ies?
T h Q t ' s a g o o d p o i n t ' I f I ' n i n t h e c a r a n c l a n e l o d y c o m e s t o m e , t h e n i t , s n o t f r o nihe changes ' Bu t I ' ue done i t bo th ways . I ' ue euen taken change ,s f r on o ld , s tanda rc l s' i t k e D i z z y G i L L e s p i e d i r t ) a n d . w r i t t e n n e w m e L o d i e s t o t h e n .
B ' t ' i c a l L y y o u a n a l Y ' z e d m y t h i n g s u e r y w e r r . I ' m s t i r r t r y i n g t o: , r l e n l s o J ' w h a t e u e r b a n d I ' m w r i t i n g f o r a n d t o s t a y c o n s l s t e n t .r , e o p l e a r e a s k i n g f o r m o r e ,
w r i t e f o r t h e s p e c i a lI ' n rea l l y happy tha t
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Thad Jones
THE PUBI-ISHER
THAD J0l lES rrote h is f i rs t arrangenent rhen he ras l3 years o ld - - he and h is brother (p ianis t HankJones ) bo th p layed i n t he b ig band t t a oy t he i r unc le i n t he i r na t i ve pon t i " r , l l i ch igan . A f te r se rv ing i nthe A r r y (1943 -46 ) ' l ead ing h i ' o ,n band . i n 0k laho ra c i , y , . na p lay ing r i t h B i l l y l l i t che l l r s band i n De -t ro i t ' Thad j o i ned the coun t Eas ie band i n 1954 . i ; " r ; ; ' ; . r r o te a f e r cha r t s du r i ng h i s n ine yea rs r i t hB a s i e ' T h a d r s r u s i c d i d n r t r e c e i v e t h e r e c o g n i t i o n i t d e s e r v e d u n t i l 1 9 6 5 r h e n h e a n d , e r L e r i s f o r r e dthei r farous Jazz 0rche-st ra. p lay ing every l londay n ight in i ler york Ci ty ,s Vi l lage Vanguard c lub and cut_t i ng a l ong I i s t o f po l l - r i nn ing 'a lb "uns , t he Thad Jones / i l e l Le r i s Jazz 'o rches t ra don ina ted the b ig bandscene fo r 13 yea rs ' I n 1979 rhad and l l e l ven t d i f f e ren i r . y r , " nd i n 19g6 the i n te rna t i ona l j azz conmun-i t y rece i ved the ne rs o f I had rs dea th i n Copenhagen , Den ra rk .
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and on nTHE JAZZ 0RCHESTRAIT ( thad lones/ l le l Ler is Jazz orchestra)
Th ree And One i s a c l ass i c Thad Jones compos i t i on , i nc lud ing i dea l examp les o f h r s s : - r -
so l i w r i t i ng , ensemb le w r i t i ng , and i nven t i ve de ta i l s i n f o rm . I t shows Thad ' s me lcd l : a . :
and tune fu lness , and h i s e legan t way o f vo i c i ng bas i c ' down-home" I i nes .
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The 32-bar me lody is s imp le and s t rong. I t s puck ish charac ter f i t s the t r io o f fear ' ; := l
i -ns t ruments and the p layers who or ig ina l l y recorded i t (Pepper Adams on bar i tone sa \ , T :a :
on f luge lhorn , and R ichard Dav is on bass) . Th is po in ts up an impor tan t c lue to good * r i r : : .=
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o f the i r own p layers .
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def ined ascending motion to the sustained hieh D in bars 7 and 23. The D sounds fresh her=
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the t r io so lo is ts (bars 1 -1?) and the power fu l comments o f the band (bars 2 , 5 , 17-21 . 9 ; -
98) . We hear the f resh co lo r o f the sax so l i and the improv ised choruses o f each sc ic :s : -
The in te res t f low and dynamic contours a re impor tan t c lues to Thad 's success . In th : : : - -
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bar 2 there are var ious s ta tements by the band, bu t the sus ta j .ned bu i ld to the c l i : .a - r - -
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2' His sax voicings are usual ly spread more than an octave (when al l t ive are play-ing) , most o f ten w i th an in te rva l , o f a 9 th o r 10 th be tween the ou ter vo ices (seebars 3?-49) . He o f ten uses the 5-par t d rop-2 vo ic ing , wh ich is fo rmed by tak ingthe c loses t vo ic ing o f a S-par t chord f rom a g iven melody no te down and dropp ingthe second highest voice from the top by one octave (Exanple 3a).
EXAMPLE 3a
when the lead sax drops in to a low reg is te r , Thad f requent ly c loses up the 5-p a r t v o i - c i - n g ( b a r s 3 4 - 3 5 ) - - a s t h e l e a d g o e s h i g h e r ( b a r s 3 5 - 3 6 ) h e o p e n s u pthe spac ing even more . These w ider spreads somet imes use a S-par t d rop-2-and-4 vo ic ing (Exanp le 3b) . rn te rming led w i th these b-par t vo i .c ings , Thad uses 4-par t d rop-2 w i th the melody doub led an oc tave lower (Exanrp le 3c) , as a lso usedbv Nest ico . Thad f requent ly does th is on minor 9 th chords when the g th i s inthe melodv (Exanp le 3c) . on dominant l3 ths , when e i ther the 3rd or l3 th i s inthe melodv , he uses a 4 -par t vo ic i .ng w i th the melody doub led gvb (Exomples , l t la n d 3 e ) .
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tom two than be tween the ins ide vo j -ces (Exanp les 3a-e) . I f there are minor 2nd
dissonant gr iruls, they wi l - l - usual ly come between voices 2 and 3 or between 3 and
4 (bars 14-15) . 13 ths are o f ten used in dominant 7 th - type chords , bu t the 13 th
and na tura l s th a re no t used i .n the same oc tave - - ac tua l l y , the Sth is usua l l1 '
omi t ted ln 13 th chords (ExanpLes 3d and e) .
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As fo r b rass vo ic ings , in Three AncJ One t rumpets and t rombones a lways work together '
l . A s j - n N e s t i c o ' s w r i t j - n g , d i . s c u s s e d e a r l i e r , t h e t r o m b o n e s u s u a l l y p r o v i d e t h e
bas j -c chord tones (1 , 3 , ? ) wh ich g ive harmon ic mean ing to the upper chord er -
tens lons o f ten p layed in the t rumpets . Exanp les 4a 'c show the typ ica l t rombone
spaclngs used in brass voLcings. In Exanples 4a and 4b where tbe 4th/bass trom-
bone plays the root, the spread between outer voices can be large. But when the
b a s s t r o m b o n e d o e s n o t p t a y t h e r o o t ( E x a n p l e 4 c ) , a l l t r o m b o n e s a r e w r i t t e n
wi th in a g th o r 10 th and ad jacent vo ices are no more than a t r i tone apar t (bars
1 2 . 2 9 , 3 0 , 1 5 8 ) .
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EXAtrIPLE 5 gbr(f u)
In b rass vo ic ings , the lead t rumpet no te i sexcept when the lead trumpet, plays the chordstrument are already sounding i t .
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i n c o n c e r t . e d e n s e m b l e s , l h e
a comp le te sound among them-
v o i c e s ( E x o n p L c 6 ) .
EXAMPLE 6
rare to have both bari tone sax andusua l ly hand les th is func t ion .
bass t rombone p lay ing the bass no te . The bass
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octave than the 13th (bar 5) . One goc,C
t h e Q S u s e d w i t h t h eb a r s 9 0 - 9 3 ) .
EXAMPLE 7
The 13th is never employed s imu l taneous ly w i th the b i3 o r fS , nor i sbg or {9 . But the *9 anO }9 a re o f ten used s imu l taneous ly (b rass in
EXAMPLE 8
Thad frequent ly uses this chord type:
I t i s here symbol izec l C7(#e) . In some o f h is o ther a r rangements , the same chord is symbo-, j . z e d a s C + 7 ( # e ) . T h e t a t t e r i s p r e f e r r e d s i n c e i t m a k e s c l e a r t h a t n o { S i . p e r m i t t e d i n
: h e c h o r d ( t h e + i n d i c a t e s f S ) . T h e u s e o f t h e h t 3 i n f e r s t h a t t h e { 5 m a y b e p r e s e n t , a s
l n b a r 1 4 6 . t h e f o u r t h n o t e .
Thad o f ten employs minor 2nd gr inds fo r harmon ic 'b i te . " They occur be tween ava i lab le:hord members - - in dominant ? th chords be tween the ? th and 13 th , o r be tween the 3rd and
*g tn Gxanp les (g and ga-b) . The minor 2nd gr ind be tween the 3rd and the 9 th in minor 9 th
: h o r - d s i s a l s o u s e d o f t e n ( b a r 5 ) . N o t i c e t h a t T h a d d o e s n o t u s e o l l a v a i l a b l e m i n o r 2 n d
:n ter r -a ls . The one be tween the minor 9 th and the . roo t in dominant ? th - type chords is used
:n1 ] ' ra re l y (Exanp le 9b) and the one be tween the t l l th and the Sth is never used in domi -
:an t ? th - type chords , bu t i s occas iona l l y used in ma jor ? th chords (bar 1? , second chord in
: :unpe ls ) .
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r : ad ' s r i ch l y ex tended cho rds cons i s t o f i nd i v i dua l vo i ces wh i ch move smoo th l y t o no tes: : nex t cho rd . Fo l l ow each vo i ce as i t r eso l ves i n ba r 153 . I n ba r b we hea r a l - l i n -i ua l b rass vo i ces reso l v i ng s t rong l y by s teps o r m ino r 3 rds as t he saxes l eap downwardi : some sudden th i cken ing i n t he reso l v i ng cho rd .
EXAMPLE 9a EXAMPLE 9b
bass doub l ing
T:ad is consistent in rarely doubl ing the chord bass voice upwa.rd: : - = : i . r s t o c t a v e a b o v e t h e n o r m a l b a s s r a n g e ( s e e t h e d i s c u s s i o n o f
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passing chords
Thad 's smooth hand l ing o f pass ing chords ,tones , i s eas i l y seen in the 5-vo ice wr i t ingThe passing chords used are:
those harmon iza t ions o ffor brass in bar 12 and
s c a l e - w i s e p a S s r n g
in t he sax so l i a t C .
1. d imin ished ? th - - usua l l y enr iched w i th an added tone one fu l l s tep h j ,gher than
one o f the four chord tones . Th is tone can appear in any oc tave (see bars 1? .
3 ? , 3 B ) .
2 . p lan ing (exac t para l le l i sm) - - when the melody moves by ha l f -s tep in to a chor l
m e m b e r , o t h e r v o i c e s a l s o m o v e p a r a l l e l b y h a l f - s t e p ( s e e b a r s 1 2 , 4 l - 4 4 ) ' o :
when the metody leaves and re tu rns to the same note and chord , and o ther par :s
fo l low in para l le l mot ion by the same in te rva ls (see bars 32 , 36 , and 29-30 fc :
f u l l e n s e m b l e ) .
3 . d ia ton ic o r sca la r p lan j ,ng - - th is occurs when the under vo ices fo l low the lead
vo lce by mov ing s tep-w ise to the nex t tone in the mode or sca le re la ted to the
c h o r d ( b a r 1 3 7 ) .
4 . who le -s tep p lan ing i n m ino r ? th cho rds - - t h i s spec ia l case o f d i a ton i c p lan i . ng
exp lo i t s t he f ac t t ha t each m ino r ? th cho rd con ta ins i n i t s ex tens ions ano the r
minor ?th chord one whole-step h igher . I f a melody over a minor ?th chord moles
up a whole step, a l l lower voices may a lso move up a whole step (see bar 38) ani
s t i l l be w i t h in t he cho rd . See Exanp le 10a :
EXAMPLE 10a
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resu l ts when bo thone (Example 10b)but the result ing
o f these minor ? th chords inc lude 9 ths . The
is in apparent conf l l c t w i th the minor 3 rd o l
sound is in te res t ing .
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subst i tu te chords
ALthough pass j .ng chords , as descr ibed above, p rov ide mot ion in the harmony par ts , Thad' ' -pn uses nrosress ions o f subs t i tu te chords wh ich go beyond the func t ion o f pass ing chords .
^ : : ; . ' have a s t ronger func t iona l charac ter and wou ld c lash w i . th the or ig ina l changes i f theyr=:: not wri- t ten into the rhythm sect ion parts. They energize the harmonic f low and give an- rnnr r r rn i fv fn r s l16pg bass-vo ice l ines mov ing independent ly f rom the melody , o f ten in con-
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ton ic iza t ion
In s tudy ing the r i ch subs t i tu te chords o f Thad Jones and Bob Brookmeyer , i t w i l l he lp:nders tand the concept o f ton ic iza t ion , in wh ich any chord (except a d imin ished 7) ma.y" ton ic ized" to ac t momentar i l y as a t rans ien t ton ic towards wh ich a seconc la ry V7 or a
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Us is di f ferent in many ways from the other two Thad Jones scores studied here. I t hasa j a z z - r o c k f e e l r a t h e r t h a n s w i n g , i t s m e l o d i c f o r m i s u n u s u a l , i t s a r r a n g e m e n t f o r n ' . i sunconvent i .ona l , i t s the on ly one o f the th ree scores tha t modu la tes , and improv isa t j .on isno t a p r inc ipa l fea ture o f the ar rangement .
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Me1 Lewis record ing) . Th is ca l l -and- response pa t te rn repeats , fo l lowed by the main 15-bar
gospe l -1 : .ke brass chora le , wh ich is p layed w i thout the rhy thm sec t ion . A 20-bar t rans i t ion
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I t is interest ing to compare the posit ion of c l imax points among these three Thad Jones
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T h e b r a s s v o i c i n g s u t E l a r e v e r y d e n s e , h a v i n g u s u a l L y s e v e n d j . f f e r e n t , p i t c h e s a m o n g-;; eiohr nnroc But the added notes are organized so that t rumpets and trombones each make_ 4 b r r v r r v v v u .
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Thad Jones interviewRay Wr igh t : I wanted to check ou t a coup le o f th ings . When you taught a t ( the) Eas tman
(Schoo l o f Mus ic - a week 's a r t i s t - in - res idence) , you ta lked about wr i t ing toward acertain focal poj-nt in each chart and I wondered how my concept ion of the posit j .on ofthose focal points matched up with your feel ings about them.
Thad Jones : I thought i t was exac t ly cor rec t .ob jec t iue uay s ince I was so inuo lued w i thbut uhen I hear i t cone bach to me I say ,q u i t e a c c u r a t e .
I t ' s h a r d f o r n e t o l o o h a t i t i n a f a i r l yi t o n s u c h a p e r s o n a l u n d s u b j e c t i u e l e t ' e l ,' W e L l I ' L L b e d a m n e d ! ! " I t h o u e h t i t r o s
TJ : One o f the th ings I t r ied to po in t ou t a t Eas tnqn was theof whateuer a r rangement i t i s . I t ry to heep the ideas as
RW: What o ther po in ts wou ld you l i ke to b r ing ou t?
RW: In choos ing subs t i tu te chords , how much th ink ing do you dov idua l par ts?
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c o n s i s t e n t a s p o s s i b l e .
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T J : I d o n ' t r e a l t l ' t h i n k a b o u t t h a t . I L e t t h e f l o w o f t h e p i e c e t a k e n e i n t o t h e i n u o l t ' e -nent w i th i t . Le t cone what may, whateuer i t i s . I ' n k ind o f respons ib le fo r the ex-p r e s s i o n o f i t , s o i t d o e s n ' t r e a l l y n a t t e r a b o u t t h e a d j a c e n t o r p a r a l l e l l i n e s o ruhateuer . That par t o f i t neuer rea l l y concerns me too much. I th inh the who le tdeat h a t I h a d i n n i n d i n a m o r e t o t a l s e n s e w a s t h e f u L I e x p r e s s i o n o f t h e p i e c e , u h a t -e u e r t h e p i e c e w a s s u p p o s e d t o m e a n t o m e ,
Th is i s no t some th ing tha t I s tudy . I ge t i n to t he p iece and uhe reue r t he l i ne t akestu€ , t ha t ' s uhe re I ' n go ing to go . You know Ray , one th ing I cou ld add i s t ha t when Is i t d o w n t o w r i t e a p i e c e I v e r y s e l d o n h a u e a t i t l e . I h a u e a n i d e a , b u t n o t a t i t l e .
A n d i t o f t e n o c c u r s t o m e i n t h e n i d d l e o f a p i e c e , a t i t l e j u s t p o p s o u t o f t h e a i r .
T h e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s , t h e w a y y o u f e e l a t t h e t i n e , a l l s e e n t o s u g g e s t a c e r t a i n t h e n e
t h a t s h o u l d e x p r e s s t h e c o n t e n t o f w h a t y o u ' r e d o i n g .
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T J : I t ' s h u r d t o s a y . S o m e t i n e s i t o c c u r s b e f o r e y o u g e t o u t o f t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n , a n dthen o ther t ines you a lnos t haue to f in ish the p iece be fore you hnow. The na in th ingi s t h a t t h e r e h a s t o b e a c e r t a i n c o n s i s t e n c y t h a t h a s t o b e a d h e r e d t o , i n n a y b e a ne m o t i o n a l w a y , t h a t k e e p s r e n i n d i n g y o u o f t h e t h i n g t h a t ' s b e e n i n t h e b a c k o f y o u rh e a d a I L t h e t i n e .
I d o a l o t o f w r i t i n g a t t h e p i o n o a n d n a y b e I ' l L p l a y a c h o r d a n d i t p o p s t h e b a r r i e rL o o s e , t h e i d e a I ' u e b e e n t r y i n g t o g e t t o . I ' l L t h i n k , o o h y e a h ! " M a y b e i t s u g g e s t sthe chord tha t nay be the c l inac t ic chord tha t I 'ue been t ry ing to reach. Maybe tha ts u g g e s f s t h e w h o l e i d e a f o r t h e p i e c e . A L o t o f t i n e s t h a t ' s w h e r e t h e t i t l e c o n e s
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, ' . c e p t o f t h e p i e c e . O n c e I g o t i n t o t h e n e l o d y , t h i n g s d e v e l o p e d f r o n t h e r e i n a: - ' . e r a l a n d p e r s o n a l s e n s e . I f " l t t h a t s i n c e I h a d s a i d ' U s ' t h e n e u e r y b o d y h a s t o' - : i n t o l u e d i n . t h e i r o w n p a r t i c u l a r w a y . A s l o n g a s u e ' r e a l l h e a d i n g i n t h e r i g h t: - . ' e c t i o n a n d w e ' r e p a r t n e r s i n t h i s e r t t e r p r i s e , t h e n ' U s ' i s a p p r o p r i a t e .
f lC the second sec t i -on , go ing in to the rock vamp in C, jus t spontaneous ly f low out o ft : ,
; : ' . 1 o f a l l I ' m n o t a r o c k w r i t e r , I ' L , e n e u e r t h o u g h t o f m y s e l f t h a t w a y . B u t i n s o m e: - : " ; 1 ' m n o t a g a i n s t r o c k a n d I f e e l t h a t r o c h e x p r e s s e s c e r t a i n t h i n g s a L o t b e t t e r: ' . ' ) t i c o n L , e n t i o n a l w a y s , T o n e , t h e r o c h f e e L i n g o f t h i s p i e c e e x p r e s s e s a c e r t a i n' : t ! t ng , bu t t he ne lody exp resses a ce r ta in t hough t . Maybe subconsc ious l y I was t r y i ng
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3 rC } ' ou a l so have the second tune fo r t he key o f C sec t i on l n m ind ahead o f t ime?
\ , . l l hen I dec ided to change the hey and to open the door fo r q L i t t le nore deue lop-- . : ' . t u i t h t h e r e s t o f t h e b a n d , t h e n t h e c h a n g e o f k e y w a s l i k e a n i n t r o d u c t i o n i n t o: ' . ' t h e r a r e a o f t l r c n u s i c . I t h i n k t h e n e l o d y f t o w e d o u t o f t h a t i d e a .
l - i I ' ou t oy w i t h t he i dea o f open ing so lo space?
\ 1 r l i d n ' t . T h e o r i g i n a l p i e c e j u s t h a d t h e s o l o f o r J e r o n e R i c h a r d s o n . L a t e r I: , : te, . l t t up f or Pepper Adans and added backgrounds.
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I s : h e r e s o m e t h i n g e l s e t h a t s h o u l d b e s a i d a b o u t t h e s e t u n e s ?
' , - , . R o - r ' , t o b e p e r f e c t l y f r a n k , i n y o u r i n t r o d u c t i o n t o t h e a n a l y s i s y o u e x p r e s s e d
: ) . e , u . t t I f e e l a n d p u t i t i n a u e r y c l e a r w a y .
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+ * : " r - : ' s b l h o I n A m e r i c a n J a z z " v o l u m e - - i t t s a l o n g r o s t e r o f n a m e s i n c l u d i n g j u s t
- a ) o r a r t i s t a c t i v e i n t h e c o n t e m p o r a r y l a z z s c e n e . B o b h a s m a d e p e r s o n a l a p -
a f e a t u r e d v a l v e t r o m b o n i s t w i t h t h e b a n d s o f T h a d J o n e s & M e l L e w i s , W o o d yM u l I i g a n . S t a n G e t z , J i m m y G u i f f r e , T e x B e n e c k e , a n d C I a r k T e r r y . R e c o r d i n g
a s p e r f o r m e r , c o m p o s e r , a n d / o r a r r a n g e r w i t h G a r y M a c F a r l a n d , M a n n y A l b a m ,
a n d B i l l E v a n s , p l u s m o s t o f t h e p r e v i o u s l y m e n t i o n e d j a z z m e n , h a v e e s t a -
a s o n e o f t o d a y r s f i n e s t j a z z p r o f e s s i o n a l s .
THE PUBL I SHER
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"Hello And Coodbye"
by Bob Brookmeyer
recorded on the I t ISIDE THE SCORE casset te
and on r rB0B BR00Ki lEyER - co l lp0sER c ARRAIIGERTI ( le l Ler is Jazz 0rchestra - Gryphon G-912)
The Brookmeyer scores are the most compLex o f those s tud ied here , bu t i t i s c ruc ia l to
unders tand how the s imp le melod ic mater ia ls o f HeLLo And Goodbye and F i rs t Loue Song s t r i [e
a happy balance with the dense voicings, Lrregular forms, and r ich harmonies that Brookme)'er
uses . I t i s tempt ing to de lve f i rs t in to those compJ-ex ha t 'mon ic s t ruc tu res , bu t the ] ' make
u p o n l y o n e e l e m e n t o f B o b ' s s t r o n g l y i n d i v i d u a l i s t i c s t y l e . E q u a l l y i n t e r e s t i n g a n d i n -
por tan t a re h is soph is t i ca ted melod ic cons t ruc t ion , h is fo rm and contour , and h is rh1 ' thmic
deve lopment .
MELODY
I n H e l l o A n d G o o d b y e , i t ' s m o r e d i f f i c u l t t h a n u s u a l t o d i f f e r e n t i a t e b e t w e e n t h e f o r :o f t h e m e l o d y a n d t h e f o r m o f t h e w h o l e c o m p o s i t i o n s i n c e t h e y a r e u n u s u a l l y i n t e r r e l a t e ' ia s t h e c o m p o s i t i o n s p i n s i t s e l f o u t . T h e f u l l m e l o d y i n c l u d e s a 5 6 - i r a r m a i n t h e m e a n c l a
28-bar secondary theme of sharply di f ferent and quaint ly humorous character before recappi l t i
the las t 24 bars o f the main theme.
N o t e t h e p e r r n u t a t i o n o f a I i m i t e d f e w n o t e s i n t h e A p h r a s e i n e x a c t r h y t h m i c r e p e t i -
t j .on . The melod ic contour o f the f i rs t phrase r i ses in the midd le ( f rom bar 17 to 27) a t rc i
g o e s b a c k d o w n a g a i n b y b a r 3 2 . I n t h e s j - m i l a r m e l o d y o f t h e t h i r d p h r a s e ( b a r 4 9 ) , t h r -
contour has been inver ted , s ta r t ing h igh in bar 49 , descend ing qu ick ly to bar 53 , and then
r is ing more s lowly to a s t rong c l imax in bar 63 . Note how the n in th and ten th bars o f the
f i rs t phrase become the las t four bars o f the th i rd phrase an oc tave h igher . The l ' sound
f a m l l i a r t o o u r e a r s , b u t t h e s e m o t i v e s h a v e t h e f r e s h i n t e r e s t o f p h r a s e a n d o c t a v e d i s -p I ac ement.
Sf r r r l r r f ho rhv l f rm ic va r i a t i ons o f t he S -no te mo t i ve i n ba rs 64 -66 as repea ted i n t he ne r :v u q u J u r r ! ! r r J
four bars . I t i s hard to over -emphas ize the impor tance o f rhy thm in the th ree bas ic t ' l e ' -
ments o f jazz : rhy thm, melody , and harmony.
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FORM OF THE ARRANGEMENT
- - - ,= : : the pers is ten t c r ies fo r L ibera t ion in the jazz wor ld has been to b reak ou t o f: , : : : :es of the 32-bar song form and to get away from the predictabi l i ty of arrangements
: - : - i lo , r the sequence o f head, so lo and shout var ia t ions , and recap o f the head. HeLLo
- - - - : : - ,e bears s tudy ing in th is regard because i t s fo rm does break ou t , ye t does so w i th -s - - : i : lg con t r i ved .
sequence o f theme appearances is no tab ly i r regu la r ( see Exanp le 2 ) and the phrase
= iso keep f lu id i ty th rough phrase ex tens ions (bar 153) and th rough br ing ing in a
=iement l j .ke the rhythrn sect ion on a turnaround (bar ?9) rather than on the normal
: = ; i . n n i n g ( b a r 8 l . ) .
. t r . S , t l o s p l a y o n t h e c h o r d c h a n g e s o f t h e m a i n t h e m e ' s f i r s t t h r e e p h r a s e s , b u t t h e
=- - : adds another 14-bar phrase whose tona l i t y and chords are s imi la r to those o f the
-:r ; lheme atfD] l The modulat ion to the subdominant key of Db for the bari tone sax solo
- : - : : : i n g a n d a l s o r e l a t e s t o t h e f u n d a m e n t a l I - I V - I k e y r e l a t i o n s h j - p o f t h e t h e m e ' s
: : . l - : S ? S .
: - . j i i t i on to the melod ic mater ia l shown in the preced ing examples , Brookmeyer adds
. := i ensemble shouts a t le t te rs I and M.
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t o n a l i t i e s , p h r a s e
c o n t o u r s . F o I l o w
on the fo l low ing page (Exanp le 2 ) con ta ins severa l leve ls o f
l -engths , tex tu res , o rches t ra t ion , focus ins t ruments , as we l l
one i tem a t a t ime as you l i s ten to a record ing o f th is a r -
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ORCHESTRATION
l : - : s p iece inc ludes a French horn par t (covered in i t s absence by Sth t rumpet p lay ing- - - : : - : - ' l :n ) . The two top saxes a lways p lay soprano, p roduc ing an e f fec t wh ich can, t be' - : - ' : = l b ] ' a l - t o s . T h i s i s p a r t i c u l a r l y t r u e o f t h e f i r s t p a r t , w h i c h o f t e n d o u b l e s t h e- - ' : : - : p ? t i n t h e e n s e m b l e s , p r o d u c i n g a m u c h l e s s e d g y e f f e c t t h a n a n a l t o w o u l d o n t h e
^ . . : I S t t rombone sometimes plays higher than in the Thad Jones scoresare no t o rd inary harmony par ts . rn bar 69 the h ieh c i s an
r u m p e t . T h e h i g h D b o f b a r 5 ? i s a d u e t f i g u r e i n 3 r d s a n dI r i s c l e a r l y a c o l o r c h o i c e s i n c e t r u m p e t s a r e a v a i l a b l e t o
studied, but theseoc tave-doub l ing o fT t h s w i t h t h e l e a dcover these no tes .
TEXTURE
:? r ' tu res are c lear ly de f ined. Pr inc ipa l ideas are p layed on ly by so lo ins t ruments ,; e n s e m b l e s , o r m u l t i p l e a d 1 i b s o l c s ( i n o t h e r w o r d s , n o t b y s e c t i o n s ) . H o w e v e r ,: : : r t e d e n s e m b l e s v a r y i n d e n s i t y f r o m e x t r e m e l y d e n s e c l u s t e r s ( I e t t e r @ y w l t f r Z
p i tches w i th in a minor ? th in te rva l to a fu l l spread bas ic chora le type s t , rucrure- l
EXATIPLE 3
=r%(.i'??iler-%c)
; - : , i . t1 'wh ich i . s common to a l l o f the ensembles is the s t rength o f the vo ice lead ing: : :s , whether in the most dense or most open vo ic ings . To tes t th is , p lay the in -! a : i s l n t h e s c o r e , b a r s 3 9 - 7 1 .
t
: . - : the c ra f t o f the p iece has to do w i th tens j ,on and re lease. and cont ro l led var i -: - i :ns i t ] ' . The 56-bar ma in theme s ta r ts u t f i lw i th un ison ensemble . A t the beg in-- ; : q o a n n d n h r q c
r- - . - * - E L v , , u p r r r a o € a t l l l , i t c o n t i n u e s b r i e f l y i n u n i s o n , s p l i t s i n t o t w o p a r t s , a n d: { -pa r t c l cse vo i c i ng be fo re go ing i n to an ex tended passage o f t h i ckened l i ne made
: - : s = c l u s t e r s o f u p t o s e v e n d i f f e r e n t p i t c h e s p l a y e d b y t h e 1 4 v o i c e s . N o t e t h a t: : . - : a f o r m u l a v o i c i n g - - t h e i n t e r v a l b e t w e e n t h e o u t e r v o i c e s v a r i e s f r o m a m i n o r
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?th to two oc taves , independent o f the melody range. In th is long passage (bars 48-67) , no
horns p lay bass no tes . Both bass t rombone and bar i sax do assume a bass func t ion fo r em-
p h a s i s i n s o m e c a d e n c e s ( b a r s 6 ? - ? 1 ) . E v e n t h e w i d e s p r e a d v o i c i n g a t b a r 2 3 6 i s s t i l l a
th ickened l ine ra ther than a bas i ,c chora le type vo ic ing w i th t rue bass . A t le t te rMeoU
rever ts to the bas ic chora le type .
Another po in t : desp i te the th j -ckness o f the c lus te rs , no t a l l poss ib le chord or sca le
tones are th rown in . Brookmeyer uses on ly those tha t g ive the co lo r he wants . The minor
9 th chords , fo r example , a re vo iced as 4-par t chords w i thout roo ts o r 1 l ths j r r the horns
(bars 43-45). Nor do the number of pi tches used remain constant from chord to chord. These
points are analyzed above score bars 33-67.
I t i s i .mpor tan t no t to confuse dens i ty w i th in tens i ty . Somet imes Brookmeyer decreases
t h e d e n s i t y a n d a c h i e v e s g r e a t e r i n t e n s l - t y ( b a r s 4 6 , 6 1 - 6 6 ) , o r i n c r e a s e s t h e d e n s i t l ' a n d
ach ieves less in tens i ty (bars 49-56 are the on ly cons is ten t ? -par t vo i .c ings bu t a re no t as
in tense as what p receded) . More impor tan t to in t ,ens i ty a re the ins t rumenta l reg is te rs an i
and presence and spac ing o f d issonant in te rva ls . A par t i cu la r ly e f fec t l ve cont ras t i s tha t
i n b a r ? 3 w h e n t h e t e x t u r e c h a n g e s f r o m s u s t a i n e d d e n s e c l u s t e r s t o t h e s i n g l e s o l o l i n e
set aga ins t s tacca to accompan iment .
HARMONY
Brookmeyer has a d j .s t inc t i ve way o f a r t i s t i . ca l l y b reak ing ru les tha t a re normal l ] ' use ' ito keep arrangers out of ' t rouble". There are many examples in HeLLo And Goodlrye. Aspit ' rn-
ar rangers need to unders tand tha t on ly in cer ta in c i rcumstances can you break these ru l i s
w i thout fa l l ing in to a t rap . For one th ing , they requ i re un i fo rmly top-no tch p layers . Th t
fo l low ing are examples o f some o f Brookmeyer 's ru le except ions :
1 . m ino r 2nds and m ino r g ths - m ino r 2nds a re va luab le sou rces o f d i ssonance i n vo i , -
i ngs . Thad ' s use o f t hem has been po in ted ou t . The i r i nve rs ions (ma jo r T ths ) a t ' - . '
impo r tan t no rma l pa r t s o f j azz ha rmon ic co lo rs . We avo ld m ino r 2nds be t l veon th i
t op two vo i ces because they tend to con fuse ou r pe rcep t i on o f t he me lody , Hoseve : ' .
EXAMPLE 5EXAMPLE 4
c13(bq) Eb''(fi )' l y , I ? M A 7 M t q
b.o.MA 7'5,
hb
Brookmeyer wri tes very obviousAnd yet we have no problem innon-stepwise interval and theany potent ial muddiness.
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minor 2nds be tween the top vo ices in bars 43 and {5 .
hear ing t t re me lody - - i t moves th rough a d is t inc t j . v=m e l o d i c f i g u r e i s p a r t o f a s e q u e n c e w h i c h c l a r i f i e s
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- t , : ther a r rangement o f the no tes in a minor 2nd is the oc tave d isp lacement wh ich1:oCuces a minor 9 th in te rva l (Exanp le 4 ) . Th is sounds much more d issonant than:: . : ninor 2nd or major ?th interval and is strongly avoided normal ly (none of these=: : found j .n the Nest ico or Thad Jones scores ana lyzed here) . Many spec i f i c ru les- : :humb guard aga ins t the minor 9 th in te rva l : no # t l ths be low a melody 5 th ; no
f,9:hs below a melody 3rd; no 13ths below a melody ?th in a dominant ?th-type chord;: . - :a jo r T ths be low a melody roo t ; e tc . . Brookmeyer usua l ly fo l lows these gu ide-- : : .es , bu t on occas ions he employs the minor 9 th in te rva ls in very obv ious p laces ,
-^:ar11'enjoying the sound. Bars 229-232 and 237-238 (Exanples 7 & 8) are clear ex-' - r lpq n f rh iq qs are the in t roduc t ion to l l i l l ow l ' l eep For Me and the second s t ra int t L L L V U t t
-
- : - i t . Lou i s B lues (bo th reco rded by t he Thad Jones -Me1 Lew is JazzOrches t ra ) .
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Bb-nz-, EbVq( * t r ) , cl3 --r G r ' a r q - l
A V O I D 600D AvotD 600D AvorD GooD A v o t D G O o D
EXAMPLE 7
M l q ' s
l : . - paral lel minor 9ths sl town in Exanple 7 are especial ly bi t ing because of the par-.^^:1 movement of two l ines a minor 9th apart . However, they are proper chord parts-. : are not 'wrong" notes, and this bi t ing dissonance has been saved for this f inals: ,D'- : t chorus. Nowhere else in the composit ion has Brookmeyer used i t . He further-: , : reases the intensity of the dissonance in bar 237 (see Exanple 8) by doubl ing thei -ssonant 9 th in oc taves in t rombones and bar i sax .
M t q I l M A T
Er.rre Fme"Cr,roe(*u)
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EXAMPLE 8
The minor gths between lst t rumpet and lst t rombone in bar 250 (Exanple 9) work be-
cause each vo ice is p lay ing a compel l ing l ine o f i t s own. The lead t rumpet i s p la ] - -
i n g a d i a t o n i c s c a l a r l i n e o n a f a m i l i a r m o t i v e , w h i l e t h e t r o m b o n e i s p l a ] - i n g a
s t rong l ine tha t f j . t s in to the chromat ic subs t j . tu te chords .
EXAMPLE 9? l l\ t M l ob-,'(H)F,vr" ='(ri)
M r q
(z<e) (aso)
2 . s i m u l t a n e o u s 9 t h w i t h a l t e r e d g t h s - I n t h e l a s t c h o r d o f b a r 2 5 0 , t L r e n o r m a l l l
mixed w i . th a l te red g ths (a1so no t found in the Nest ico or Thad Jones
here) works here as a cluster impact chord in which each of the thre:
d issonance ( l s t tenor , 3 rd t rumpet , and 4 th t rombone) have na tura l l l '
i n and ou t o f the d issonance (see score bar 250) .
scores s tud iedvo ices on thes i n g a b l e I l n e s
3. syn the t ic harnony (harmony tha t i s no t iden t i f iab le as an id iomat ic jazz chordr -
found th roughout Brookmeyer 's wr i t ing , i t re f lec ts the conf idence o f a mus ic ian t t f ro
has heard the surpr is ing and sa t is fy ing harmony tha t resu l ts dur ing the improv is ing
of severaL f ine mus ic ians who ar r i ve w i thout p lan a t a cadence. The s t rong vo ice-
leadj,ng of each player adds up to synthet ic harmony. The recordings of Brookme]-erw i t h G e r r y M u l l i g a n o r J i . m H a l L i l l u s t r a t e t h i s p o i n t . T h e p r e v i o u s t w o e x a m p l e s
could be considered synthet ic harmony. Another good example j .s the pi le-up of notes
in bar 90 , wh ich goes beyond convent iona l chord symbols . The second chord in bar
49 (Exanp le 10) cou ld be ca l led A+3 ooo ! { , ac t ing as an upper chromat ic dominant
t o t h e f o l l o w i n g A b 3 u s c h o r d . B u t a h i s l r h n * i " f O v a n d n o n - i d i o m a t i c s y m b o l d o e s n " .exp la in why i t works so we l l . I t s a lmost compel l ing log ic i s the s t rong ha l f -s tepreso lu t ion o f a l l non- lead vo ices in to the fo l low ing chord .
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EXAMPLE 10
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(ADD c*)
A+'3srg
4a4bn 4be"rr(rDD c)
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t hese appea r i n pa ra l l e l mo t i on i n bar 232:
EXAMPLE 11
(aoo #s) (4oo #s) (aoo f s) (4oo *s)CueT DD-a7 D-a7 ED-e?
l : s i s a n o t h e r r u l e b r o k e n a n d n e e d s n o o t h e r j u s t i f i c a t i o n o t h e r t h a n t h e f a c t: : . ' : i t i s n e e d e d f o r a m o m e n t a r y b l u r o f d i s s o n a n c e ( s e e B r o o k m e y e r i n t e r v i e w ) .l - s doubt fu l tha t we cou ld remember the pr io r use o f s imu l taneous {S tns anO {St f rsr: iA-- '€r l the melody and accompanlment in bar ?3 to be able to relate i t to the chords- : - : : i I ' 232 , ye t these compos i t iona l de ta i l s may a f fec t us subconsc ious ly and g ive a! - : - : un i t l ' and c lass . Contemporary non- jazz composers devote grea t a t ten t ion to: - : d e t a i l s .
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EXAMPLE 13
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t he 3 rd seems to f unc t i on as an uppe r ex tens ion ra the r t han as a cho rd 3 rd . I t ca : :be though t o f and t rea ted as t he 13 th o f t he Eh r . r r 13 ove r t he dominan t roo t Ab , s , ' .Exanp le 15 ) , and th i s sugges ts a no rma l vo i c i ng i n wh i ch the 13 th i s h ighe r i n t i : . .c h o r d t h a n t h e s u s p e n d e d 4 t h . T h i s i s , i n f a c t , t h e w a y B r o o k m e y e r d i d i t i n h i sa r rangemen t o f S t . Lou i s BLues fo r t he Thad Jones -Me l Lew is Orches t ra (Exnnp le 1 t ,
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by Bob Brookmeyer
recorded on the I i ISIDE THE SCORE casset te
and on nB0B BRooKIIEYER - C0! |P0SER E ARRAT{GERI i ( i le l Ler is Jazz Orchestra - Gryphon G-912)
F i r s t Loue Song i s a t once bo th ex t reme ly s imp le and ex t reme ly comp lex . The comp lex i t Ji s i n t h e v e r t i c a l c h o r d s t r u c t u r e s a n d i n t h e s o p h i s t i c a t i o n o f t h e c o n s t a n t s u b s t i t u t e
cho rds . The s imp l i c i t y i s i n t he song i t se l f and i n t he f o rm o f t he a r rangemen t .
MELODY
T h e s o n g f o r m i s A - 4 1 - B - A : 3 2 b a r s p l u s a o n e - b a r c a d e n c e e x t e n s i o n . T h e m o t i v e s a r e
c l ea r l y s ta ted and deve loped i n t he song s t ruc tu re (Exanp le 1 ) . The un i f y i ng power o f t he
sequences and ascend ing l i nes and l eaps i s power fu l . The bas i c key scheme i s shown i n Ex -
o n n l e 1 .
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L i k e H e L L o A n d G o o d b y e , t h e i n s t r u m e n t a l c o l o r s a r e d l s c i p l i n e d a n d l i m i t e d , k e e p i n g
rhe focus i n t h i s case on the me lody l - i ne a .nd the r i ch ha rmony . The f i r s t two and the l as t
ph rases a re p layed by me l1ow b rass ( f l uge lho rns / t r ombones ) and 1ow f t u te and c la r i ne t s p la f -
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t h e p i a n o s t a t i n g t h e m e l o d y l n s i n g l e n o t e s w h i l e t h e f l u t e a n s w e r s .
A f te r t h i s f i r s t cho rus , t he p iano p lays an B -ba r t r ans i t i on ove r t r ombone and woodw ind
p a d s , l e a d i n g t o a l o n g f r e e p i a n o c a d e n z a s t a r t i n g i n C m i n o r . B o t h t h e p u b l i s h e d s o l o
a n d t h e J l m M c N e e l y s o l o o n t h e M e l L e w i s r e c o r d s t a r t i n C m i n o r , t h e n g o t h r o u g h e i t h e r
F m ino r o r D ma jo r t o a f i na l BbTsus to se t up the w r i t t en - i n me lody l i ne w l r i ch l eads back
t o t h e E b m e l o d y ( w h i c h s u r p r i s i n g l y a l w a y s s t a r t s o n a G F m a j o r c h o r r i ) a t 4 4 . T h i s i s
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o f t he p iano so los i n t he b r i dge a t l 7 and the p iano cadenza i n C m ino r .
I have inc luded no dynamlc contour char t in d iagramming the fo rm because the dyn i rn ic 's
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bar 51 . Th j -s |s 88% o f the way th rough the char t , no t too d i f fe ren t f rom the 83%-po in t in
H e L L o A n d G o o d b y e .
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recorded on the I I {SIDE THE SC0RE casset te
and on "THE JAZZ 0RCHESTRA" (Thad Jones / t l e l Le r i s Jazz Orches t ra )
ABC B |ues , i n con t ras t w i t h HeLLo And Goodbye and l - i r s t l ' oue Song , does no t s ta r t w i t h
a s i m p l e , s i n g a b l e d i a t o n i c t u n e f o l l - o w e d b y r i c h c o m p l e x d e v e l o p m e n t . I t b c g i n s w i t ' h a t r
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th i s a tona l me lody as be ing pa r t o f t he b lues vocabu la ry .
T h e t o n e s e t i s o f 1 1 t o n e s ( o n e F i s r e p e a t e d ) :
EXAMPLE 1
bo
The las t th ree tones ( in b rackets ) a re
u n t i l t h e f i n a l r e c a p o f t h e o p e n i n g .
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EXAMPLE 2
no t used a f t e r t he o r i . g i na l po j - n t i l l i s t i c appea ranc { '
The f j - r s t t en no tes become the b l -ues me lody .
the a tona l i s ts to negate any fee l ing o f tona l i t y and to avo i r l
s t r e s s e s o u t s i d e l n t e r v a . l s : m i n o r 9 t h , m i n o r 2 n d , a n d m a . j o r
s e t u p t h e a n g u l a r d i s j u n c t i v e l i n e s t l r a t g i v e i t a s e r i . a l
t e x t u r e , b u t t h e yv i o u s t w o s c o r e s ,a.nd 82.
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EXAMPLE 3
- ; : - rc lpa l shout f1sur1 u tE land is harmon ized as a background f igure in bars 5g-- : r - r e c l c s e l ' v r e l a t e d t o t h e o r i g i n a l t o n e - s e t t h a n i s a t f l r s t o b v i o u s . T h el - - : : rc tes o f a se t a re the ones most eas i l y remembered. r f we pu t the f i rs t th ree- - - : : l : : : : " ] : . T ^ 3 0 ?
r o u r t h t o n e o r G ( t h e o n t y p i t c h m i s s i n g i n t h e o r i g i n a lv r a 5 a l l 4 l: ' nake two in te rva ls o f a minor 2nd separa ted by a major 2nd, we have the t rans-: ' > - , ' n o f t h e m o t i v e f r o m b a r s 2 6 _ 2 7 :
EXAMPLE 4
= r a d u a l t r a n s f o r m a t i o n- a l c u l a t e d s e q u e n c e :
o f t h e o r i g i n a l 1 0 - t o n e a t o n a l l i n e i n t o a b l u e s l i n e f o 1 -
p r z z r c a t o b a s s a n d d r u m d u e t _ _ t h i s j a z z v e r s i o n o f a: e _ \ l u r e l e a d s i n t o :
a n o u t - o f - t e m p o p o i n t i l r i s t i c p r e s e n t a t i o n o f t h e t o n e - s e t' t o o d w i n d s , p i a n o ( m o r e " o r c h e s t r a l - , , c o l o r s )t ,heme in muted brass ,
: ree drum comments , then f ree bass comments lead ing in to wa lk ing t ime w l th a tona lL : r t , ches fo r 8 bars
: n i s o n t o n e - s e t t h e m e i n m u t e d c o l o r s a n d w i t h i r r e g u l a r r h y t h m s w h i c h t a k e o n a; azz neantng.
: r e e p i a n o s o l o i n t o f o u r b a r s o f t i m eu t E l t h e e n s e m b l e p l a y s t h e a t o n a l t h e n ec l u s t e r s i n m e l l o w , i n t o - t h e _ s t a n d c o l - o r s:hromatic motion gives more j azz f l ,avor andahead t ime a t@
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h a r m o n i z e d i n d i s s o n a n t b u t j u s t i f i a b l e- - - i n b a r s 4 0 - 4 1 , t h e l o w o p e n _ s p a c e dleads in to the f luge l so lo in s t ra ieh t_
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l a s t f o u r b a r s p e a k i n t h e b i g g e s t c l i m a x o f t h e c h a r t , k i c k i n g i n t h e t e n o r s o l o
a t E l - - a p o i . n t i l l i s t i c t e x t u r e o f p y r a m i d a c c e n t s u t E l k e e p s u n i f v i n s t h e s c o r e
i n t h i s a t o n a l v e i n ,
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down before gradua l ly bu i ld ing aga in '
9 . on the D.S. , another shout and c l imax br ing in the t rombone soLo a t [T l - - a t [ ] tne
texture changes dramatical ly behind the trombone as everyone but the bass drops out
and again gradual lY bui lds '
10 . as the t rombone so lo ends , the o ther so lo ins t ruments g radua l ly en ter fo r a mu l t i -
p l e i m p r o v i s a t i o n w h i c h i s o n e m o r e j a z z v e r s i o n o f a t o n a l f r e e t e x t u r e - - - t h i s
th ins ou t and qu ie ts to lead to the bass cadenza '
11 . one more recap o f the un ison and harmon ized theme leads in to a f ina l vamp wi th a
. D u k e - i s h , , m u t e d t r u m p e t s / s a x e s v o i c i n g t h a t s w e l - 1 s u p t o a s m a l l e r b u t e f f e c t i t ' e
f i n a l c l i n a x b e f o r e q u i e t i n g t o t h e l a s t h e l d c h o r d '
one o f the t raps in p ieces wh ich combine non- jazz and ' jazz e lements i s tha t ' a f te r a
. .ser ious , , in t roduc t ion and a t rans i t ion in to jazz fee l , char ts o f ten Ie t down and sout id
ord inary go ing in to s t ra igh t -ahead jazz . The fac t tha t ABC BLues does no t faL I ln to tha t
t rap is no acc ident . rn add i t ion to the care fu l l y worked ou t t rans format ion jus t ana l ] ' zed '
Brookmeyer counted on h is so lo is ts and rhy thm sec t |on p layers to p ick up the ser ia l s t l ' Ie
and carry i t into their solos and background comping' Beyond that ' the use of minor chorcis
w i th ma jor ? ths ln bars 40-43 a t the end o f the harmon ized vers ion o f the theme cas ts an
u n u s u a l c o l o r o n t h e b l u e s c h a n g e s w h i c h p r e v e n t s t h e m f r o m f a l l - i n g i n t o a n o r m a l b l u e ' s
s o u n d . A 1 s o , t h e s u b s e q u e n t c h a n g e s i n r h y t h m s e c t i o n t e x t u r e b e h i n d t h e s o l o s h e l p t c
sus ta i -n the fan tasy qua l i t y o f the char t '
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eue ry th ing was p i cked to keep w i th in a cons i s te ru t t ens ion . So 1 used as many o r as f ew
no tes as I neec lec l t o sound r i gh t t o me to heep the tens ion go ing ' I wqn ted to keep the
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i n t h e w r i t i n g o f y o u n g p e o p l e t o d a y ! I t ' s u e r y d i s c o u r a g i n g !
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I n ' [ h r e e A n d O n e , T h a d h o l d s t h e f o r m , t h e b a s i c c h o r d c h a n g e s , a n d t o n a ] i t y c o n -
s t a n t w h i l e h i g h l i g h t i n e c o l o r a n d t e x t u r e c h a n g e s b e t w e e n t h e t r i o , f u l l e n s e m b l e
and sax so l i . by us ing sub t i t u te cho rds and rhy thm ic va r i a t i ons .
I n He I Io A ruJ Gooc lbye , B rookmeyer uses a s imp le t une , unchang ing vo i c i ngs , on l y one
k e y c h a n g e , a n d s i m p l e b a s i c c h o r d s w h i l e t h e f o r m , c o l o r , a n d t e x t u r e c h a n g e f r o m
d e n s e t o t r a n s p a r e n t t e x t u r e s t o s u r p r i s e u s .
8 . H a r m o n i e s a r e j u s t l f l e d a n d v o i c e - l e a d i n g ( a s a n i m p o r t a n t a s p e c t o f t u n e f u l n e s s )
1 s n e v e r f o r e o t t e n .
9 . Good reg i s te rs and i d i oma t i c w r i t i ng f o r t he i ns t rumen ts have been po in ted ou t con -
t i nua l l y , as has the p r i nc ip le o f mak ing each sec t i on sound ha rmon ica l l y good when
h e a r d b y i t s e l f .
The d j . f f e rences among the th ree wr i t e r s seem sma l l i n compar i son w i th t he i r s im i l a r i t i es :
1. There are d j , f fe rences in harmon j .c r i chness , bo th ver t i ca l l y and in the use o f pass-
ing and subs t i tu te chords . The scope o f such d i f fe rences goes f rom the de l ibera teL l -s i m p l e 4 - p a r t , n o n - d i s s o n a n t s t r u c t u r e s o f N e s t i c o t o t h e r i c h , c o m p l e x " s e a s o n e d
wi th d issonant g r j .nds" wr i - t ing o f Thad to the po in ted d issonances used by BrookmeJ 'e ras he a l te rna tes be tween tens ion and re lease.
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degree o f depar tu re f rom normal 32-bar song and head-and-var ia -o v e r a l l c h a r t i s d i f f e r e n t f o r e a c h w r i t e r . B u t n o n e o f t h e m
r ig id fo rmula fo r e i ther the song fo rm or the ar rangement fo rm.
. . . : _ s ! : c r , a s p i r l n g w r i t e r s s h o u l d n o t e. - : - - : - ^ : e s s a r e p r e d o m i n a n t e n o u g h i n a l l
: : : : : -a : : .9 than vo ic ings ! Not ice one th ing- : : r t : h e i r s e c r e t s , y o u d i s c o v e r h o w m u c h
: i : . l h a t ' s g o o d w r i t i n g !
t h a t t h e e l e m e n t s o f f o c u s , b a l a n c e , a n dt h r e e w r l t e r s t o i n d i c a t e t h a t t h e r e i s
- - as you l i s t ,en to these char ts over andmore there is i .n each one to learn and to
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t l t . : a l t e r e d ; C 7 A L T - 9 7f l a t 5 ths and 9 ths ; a C
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glossaryA L T E R E D - a d o m i n a n t ? t h t y p e c h o r d w h i c ha l t e r e d s c a l e i n c l u d e s t h e n o t e s o f t h e C 7
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i nc ludes sharp andA L T c h o r d .
a t o n a l : a n a b s e n c e o f t o n a l c e n t e r s .
b a s i c c h o r a l e u o i c i n g ( o r t r u e - b o s s o r b a s i c e n s e m b L e u o i c i n g ) : t h e v o i c i n g i n w h i c h t h eind j ,v idua l par ts move independent ly o f the lead l ine , ba l -anc ing the somet i rnes conf l i c t -requ i rements o f good vo ice lead ing and good ver t i ca l sonor i ty . No s t r i c t ru les o f thespac ing be tween par ts app ly , bu t the lower ln te rva ls a re genera l l y la rger and the uppero n e s s m a l l e r ( s e e B a s i e - S t r a i s h t A h e a d a n a l y s i s o n p a g e 1 0 ) .
b L o c k u o i c i n g : a t h i c k e n e d - l i n e v o i c i n g o f c l o s e p o s i t i o n e d 4 - p a r t h a r m o n y .
b L u e n o t e s : t h e l o w e r e d 3 r d s , 5 t h s a n d T t h s o f m a j o r s c a l e s .
bor rowed chord : a chord bor rowed f rom a para l le l mode to g ive a chord qua l i t y (ma jor , m inor ,
h a l f - d i m i n i s h e d , e t c . ) d i f f e r e n t f r o m t h e n o r m a l c h o r d b u i L t o n t h a t s c a l e t o n e . F o r
example , DC7 in the key o f C major l s bor rowed f rom the para1 le l mode o f C minor , where
the I I7 chord is a ha l f -d imin i -shed chord .
c e L I : a s h o r t , i n t e r v a l l i c a l l y c o n s t a n t m o t i v e .
c l o s e u o i c i n g :a n d 4 t h s .
n o n - s p r e a d v e r t i c a l s t r u c t u r e s , u s u a l l y s t a c k e d 3 r d s w i t h o c c a s i o n a l 2 n d s
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c l u s t e r s . ' v e r t i c a l s t r u c t u r e s m o s t l y o f s t a c k e d 2 n d s .
comp: an abbreviated jazz term meaning t to accompany," such accompaniment consist i .ng of ar-
t i cu la ted rhy thm ic cho rds usua l l y p layed by p iano o r gu i t a r .
c o n c e r t e d e n s e n b l e :
thms.
a passage in wh ich the horns p lay a harmon ized melody in ident ica l rh l
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d j .a ton ic (sca la r ) para l le l i sm (p lan ing) occurs in concer ted harmony" -o ices move s tepwise in the appropr ia te sca le in the same d i rec t ion
s tepwise mot ion . Th is d i f fe rs f rom t rue p lan ing (exac t para l le l i sm)do no t move ident icaL in te rva ls because aL l sca tar in te rva ls a re no t
s lo :e s1 'mbo l fo r 'oc tava bassa" (oc tave lower ) ; no t p roper ly used in par ts .
; a tex tu re in wh ich a l l horns par t i c ipa te , most ly in concer ted rhy thmic:
p lan ing ; each under vo ice mov ing exac t ly the same in te rva l as the lead
::- : ' jpper chord tones beyond the seventh.
' - - : : :ns . ' the th ickened-1 ine harmon iza t ion o f a me lody in wh ich the four par ts- : : : : a n o c t a v e . T h i s i s t h e b a s i s f o r 4 - p a r t e n s e m b l e s i n w h i c h t h e s e b a s i c: : : . s a re d is t r ibu ted in c losed or open vo ic ing to o ther j .ns t ruments in an .y oc-:== [E f ln Bos ie - S t ra igh t Ahead) .
- : : ' . ' d i s s o n a n c e s b e t w e e n t w o v o i c e s , u s u a l , l y m i n o r 2 n d s o r m i n o r g t h s .
- : : upon wh lch an ar rangement i s bu i l t .
* : n d i n s t r u m e n t s .
' ; , :a1 i t1 ' o f psycho-acous t ica l s t rength as cont ras ted w i th dens i ty , the qua l i t y: . - . : > 5 .
l l l f e r e n t v e r t i c a l o r d e r i n g s o f a c h o r d ' s t o n e s w i t h o u t c h a n g i n g v o i c i n g .
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ou ts ide : j azz t e rm inoJ -ogy fo r t ones d i s tan t f r om the bas i c cho rd , o r f o r cho rds more d i s -
t an t f r om a tona l i t y o r f r om g i ven cho rd changes .
p a r a l l e L n o t i o n : w h e n a I 1 v o i c e s m o v e t h e s a m e d i r e c t i o n a s t h e l e a d l i n e .
passing chord: a chord harmonj-z ing a stepwise melody tone d i f ferent ly than the predominant
su r round ing ha rmony ( see Th ree AndOne ana l ys i s on page 54 ) . The rhy thm sec t i on pa r t s
do no t i nc lude symbo ls f o r pass ing cho rds un less t hey sound fo r one bea t o r J ,onge r .
p e d a l ( p e d a l p o i r u t ) :
cho rd changes .
a cont inu ing bass (usua l ly ton ic o r dominant p i tch) th rough severa l
p L a n i n g : e x a c t p a r a l l e l i s n r ; e a c h v o i c e m o v e s t h e e x a c t i n t e r v a l i n t h e s a m e d i r e c t i o n a s
t h e l e a d l i n e .
p o i n t i l L i s t i c : p e r t a i n i n g t o a t e x t u r e i n w h i c h e a c h s u c c e e d j . n g t o n e i s a r t i c u l a t e d b y a
d i f fe ren t ins t rumenta l - co lo r .
pyran td : a p i te -up o f ind iv idua l tones , one en ter j .ng a f te r the o ther and each sus ta in ing
the tone.
r e c o p . ' r e c a p i t u l a t i o n ; r e p e t i t i o n .
seconrlary I IU|T or 1167: the minor ?th or f?th whose root is a perfect 4th below the secon-
dary V7 to wh ich i t reso l ,ves .
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s e r i a l n u s i c : m u s i c c o n s t r u c t e d f r o m p r e - o r d e r e d s e q u e n c e s o f p i t c h e s ( t o n e r o w s o r t o n e
s e t s ) , r h y t h m s , o r o t h e r p a r a m e t e r s .
shout . . a concer ted ensemble passage wr i t ten to ach ieve a c l imact ic , shout ing resu l t .
s t r e t t o : s u c c e s s i v e e n t r a n c e s o f a m o t i v e b e f o r e t h e p r e c e d i n g o n e s h a v e b e e n c o m p l e t e d .
subs f i tu te chords . . chords wh ich reharmon ize a melody or a g iven se t o f chord changes in a
more comple te way than do pass ing chords , wh ich on ly connect two sur round ing chords .
The rhy thm par ts need these chord symbols to avo id a harmon ic c lash .
so I i . ' a harmon i zed sec t iona l f ea ture .
Supersax uo ic ing : 4 -par t b lock harmon iza t ion w i th Svb-doub led l -ead.
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' . , r r ' : j a n u n r e s o l v e d d i s s o n a n c e ( t r a d i t l o n a l l y h e l d' ' - 2 . e r c l u s i v e l y a 4 t h i n a c h o r d i n w h i c h n o 3 r d i s. i : : i s no t a suspens ion , bu t i s an l1 th .
. : ' . . , ' Lq rnony : ha rmony tha t i s no t i den t i f i ab le as an- - s - ^ : s f r om s t rong vo j - ce l ead ing . I n rhy thm sec t i on: - : : : e s r a t h e r t h a n a g i v e n c h o r d s y m b o l .
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a p r e - o r d e r e d s e q u e n c e o f t o n e s , u s u a l l y t e s s t h a n 1 2 .
t h e p r o c e s s o f d e s i g n a t i n g a n y c h o r d ( e x c e p t a d i m i n l s h e d 7 t h ) a n y w h e r e i nas a t r ans ien t t on i c t oward wh i - ch subs t i t u te cho r r l s mav cadence ( see thc ana -Th ree And One on page 55 ) .
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: ' . t L t t i on : t he V7 t ype cho rd whose roo t i s a t r i t one away f rom the no rmaL V7 i n- I r e s o l u t i o n . . H e n c e , a f f f T c h o r d , w h i c h i s r e f e r r e d t o a s a n u p p c r c h r o m a t i c :
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: . ' r 'o ice motion in which a harmony part: - normal d i rec t ions (? ths down to 3 rds^ ' : e s n o t e s d o w n w a r d ) .
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