jazz standard
Jazz standards are musical compositions that are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners. There is no definitive lis ...
composed by American jazz saxophonist John Coltrane that was first featured on his fifth studio album, ''
Giant Steps
''Giant Steps'' is the fifth studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane as leader. It was released in February 1960 on Atlantic Records. This was his first album as leader for Atlantic Records, with which he had signed a new contract the previou ...
Tune Up Tune up may refer to:
* Service (motor vehicle)
* "Tune Up", a Miles Davis jazz standard
* ''Tune-Up!
''Tune-Up!'' is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1972 and released on the Cobblestone label.Coltrane changes. The original recording has been described as having "resolute intensity . . . hatdoes more to modernize jazz in 141 seconds than many artists do in their entire careers".
Composition
The song is a 16-bar form. Each four bars incorporates the same tonal centers of "Tune Up", which are D major, C major, and B♭ major.
Each tonal center begins with the ii chord but then cycles through two different keys before arriving at the I chord. The ii chord is followed by a dominant 7 chord that is a half step above—using the first four bars as an example, this would be Em7 and F7. This dominant 7 chord resolves in a V-I manner—F7 to B♭Δ7. The next key center is cycled to by playing the dominant 7th chord a minor third up from the last key center—D♭7 to G♭Δ7 to A7 to DΔ7. The next four bars, and new key, starts by making the I chord the ii of the next key.
Giant Steps
''Giant Steps'' is the fifth studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane as leader. It was released in February 1960 on Atlantic Records. This was his first album as leader for Atlantic Records, with which he had signed a new contract the previou ...
Introducing Brad Mehldau
''Introducing Brad Mehldau'' is an album by pianist and composer Brad Mehldau, released on the Warner Bros. label in 1995.
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and in its review by Scott Yanow, called it "a fine start to what should be a ...
'' (1995)
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Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth (6 August 1946 – 15 April 2017) was a British jazz fusion and progressive rock guitarist and composer.
Holdsworth was known for his esoteric and idiosyncratic usage of advanced music theory concepts, especially with respe ...
in ''
None Too Soon
''None Too Soon'' is the ninth studio album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released on 24 September 1996 by Polydor Records (Japan), JMS–Cream Records (Europe) and Restless Records (United States);Nastos, Michael G"None Too Soon - Allan Holdsw ...
'' (1996)
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Kenny Garrett
Kenny Garrett (born October 9, 1960) is an American post-bop jazz musician and composer who gained recognition in his youth as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and for his time with Miles Davis's band. His primary instruments are alto and ...
in ''Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane'' (1996)
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Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn (born March 24, 1938) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and educator.
Biography
Kuhn was born in New York City, New York, to Carl and Stella Kuhn (née Kaufman), and was raised in Newton, Massachusetts. Hi ...
in ''
Countdown
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'' (1998)
* Brad Mehldau Trio in ''
Brad Mehldau Trio Live
''Brad Mehldau Trio Live'' is a live album by American pianist and composer Brad Mehldau's Trio released on the Nonesuch label in 2008.
Reception
The album received universally favourable reviews. AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and in it ...
'' (2008)
* Victor Bailey in ''Slippin' N' Trippin'' (2009)
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Joey Alexander
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in ''Countdown'' (2016)
* Simon Moullier Trio in ''Countdown'' (2020)
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Michael Sagmeister
Michael Sagmeister (born 27 July 1959 in Frankfurt, West Germany) is a German jazz guitarist.
Sagmeister gained first prominence when he performed in 1975 at the ''Frankfurt Jazz Festival''. The following year he founded the ''Michael Sagmeister T ...