Chi-Chi (Ab) - Medium Up Swing || BACKING TRACK

Описание: 4 Bar Intro, Head In x2, Solo x10, Head Out x2
Medium Up Swing 190 BPM

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Composer: Charlie Parker

Year: 1953

Origin: Gifted to Max Roach for first recording session as a leader in 1953.

Style: Swing, typically played at a medium/up tempo.​

Form: 12 Bar Blues
The head is typically played twice on the way in and out.

Key: Most commonly played in Ab Major, Max Roach introduced it in Eb.

Harmony/Overview: This composition is commonly referred to as a 'Bird Blues' and is generally treated as such, although the harmony on the initial recording is not entirely the same as other Charlie Parker blues heads such as "Blues for Alice" or "Laird Baird". On the original recording the usual IImi7b5 - V7 of VI in the 2nd bar is omitted, as well as the III - VI - II - V which would lead to IV7 in the 5th bar. It seems however that since the melody clearly outlines these reharmonizations it has come to be treated as a 'Bird Blues'. Parker's ingenuity in reharmonizing the blues is also made evident in the 8th bar, when he arrives at bIIImi7 instead of what would have been VI7.  The melody contains a wealth of musical language and is filled motifs that offer great insight into Charlie Parker's melodic concept.

Recordings: This song was originally gifted from Charlie Parker to Max Roach for his first session as a leader in April of 1953. Parker would record the composition himself on a session for Clef Records in July of 1953, and the 6th take from the date would go on to become the Master Take. It has been recorded dozens of times since by many prominent musicians and has gone on to become one of Charlie Parker's most cherished blues compositions.

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