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Blue Bossa
Mike Layton
(278)
Theory Forum
8/10/2002 1:14:47 PM · 82 Views
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If anyone if familiar w/ the tune Blue Bossa, could you help me out w/ some good chord substitions? I was just checking out the Joe Henderson and Pat Martino versions, they are really cool. I know the basic changes, but man, trying to follow a piano player is tough!
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Re: Blue Bossa
8/11/2002 12:16:38 AM
Brian Elzey
(4322) wrote:
What albumn is the Pat Martino version on? I love that song, and I'm a big Martino fan (but I've never heard him play that tune), so I gotta check it out! I'm not sure what chords you could substitute. Since the song is mainly in Cm, the G7 would have a b9, so you could sub a G#dim for it. Also, it stays on the Cm chord for awhile, so you could go modal for a bit over the Cm. Other than that, I'm not sure.
Brian. |
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Re: Blue Bossa
8/11/2002 10:53:56 PM
Mike Layton
(278) wrote:
I'm not sure, because I downloaded it from a file sharing program, but I did see the track on a CD, I think it was called "Cream". I'll try that diminished sub too. |
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Re: Blue Bossa
8/12/2002 9:24:00 AM
Robert Strait
(6459) wrote:
Hi Mike -
"Blue Bossa" is a pretty straight ahead tune. I have often heard the Cmin7 and Fmin7's played as Cm6 and Fm6 to imply that Dorian, latin sound. And of course, most jazzers like Joe Pass and Martino will play all the V7 chords as altered, so they would often play altered lines over the G7's and the Ab7 (which is in the ii/V/I in Dbmaj). If the Martino version is throwing you for a loop, just remember that Martino uses an extreme amount of chromatism in his lines, which can often make you think there is all kinds of advanced chord substitutions going on, but if you listen to the accompianment I'm sure you will find that most of the "outness" is happening in Pat's single-note solo lines, not in the accompianment (although they may follow him at times when comping...but the main structure of the tune is the same).
Good Luck,
Rob |
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Re: Blue Bossa
8/14/2002 1:27:58 AM
Bill Dux
(1869) wrote:
Here is a version of Blue Bossa in a Midi
format with some fairly cool Chord Changes.
You might find it interesting; and it is all
backed up using the keyboard.
Practice up for your next jam session.
http://www.visionmusic.com/jamtracks/bl
uebossa.html
Does HTML no longer work here at
WholeNote? I guess you are going to have to
cut and paste it. |
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Re: Blue Bossa
6/1/2007 1:39:24 AM
Alfred Scoggins
(2357) wrote:
This is a very old message which I've just seen. Don't know if you're still around!
Blue Bossa is on Martino's 'Exit' album.
The main chord subs are usually to change the Cm7's to Cm6 and the Dbmaj7 to Db69.
You could try playing Bb7 instead of the second Fm7 in bar 4.
The head (tune) plays a Bb over the G7 so it ought to be played as a G7#9 (Bb is the #9 og G7). That can be further altered to G7#5#9.
There are several good versions of Blue Bossa in YouTube, including the Martino version played over an animated film! |
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