LearnJazzPiano.com archives: I am looking for the changes to 2 great Gerry Mulligan beauties

charlp88 -- 04/20/2007, 06:13:01 -- #34631

They are great tunes   Ie; JERU and  THE REAL THING.                                   thanks Charlie

Scot -- 04/24/2007, 09:42:49 -- #34631

Hi Charlie, Jeru is a Miles Davis tune. Changes are pretty easy, I think they go like this: Eb | % | % | Db7 Eb C7 | Fm D7 | Eb | Fm F#dim7 Bbm | Eb7 | Ab | % Abm | Db7 | Gb | Fm7 Bb7 Eb | % | % | Db7 Eb C7 | Fm D7 | Eb | Fm F#dim7 I don't know the changes off hand for The Real Thing, but I see it here on a Mulligan CD called "Dream a Little Dream"

charlp88 -- 04/25/2007, 04:14:30 -- #34631

Dear Scot , thanks for the post; I may be wrong but I thought JERU was written by Mulligan?? the real thing is a beautiful ballad Have you heard it? written by jeru and torme

Scot -- 04/25/2007, 08:25:43 -- #34631

I've heard The Real Thing, very nice tune. I could be wrong about Jeru, but for some reason I have it in my mind that it's a Miles tune.

sdm -- 04/25/2007, 16:50:33 -- #34631

Little digging around on the web and I think charlp88 is right - Jeru was written by Jeru.  Miles gave him the nickname though.  That count?  Looks like Miles may have recorded it more then Mulligan.

charlp88 -- 04/26/2007, 07:01:40 -- #34631

Hey Guys this a great link. on an album with Torme Mulligan and Shearing, Maybe Torme and Friends? there is a version of JERU with words by Jeru which swings greatly. I also Like Line For Lyons  wow                                                   Charlie

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