LearnJazzPiano.com archives: Monk's Mood
ronald1 -- 08/28/2007, 03:14:07 -- #36606
I've been having real difficulty in soloing on this piece. does anyone have any ideas on how to approach it? the chords for the first part are:

Fm7-Bb7-CM9|CM9|Dm7(b5)-G13(#11)|DbM7-C-Cb|Bb7-A7|E7(b9)-Eb7|Dm7-E9sus

thanks

JMurray -- 08/28/2007, 05:34:06 -- #36606
Most players, including Monk, approach this tune as a rubato. Also, on the Monk/Trane recording, they didn't really stray from the melody much on the solos.

smg -- 08/28/2007, 17:13:15 -- #36606
http://www.learnjazzpiano.com/citadel/scotcit.mvc?action=files&sub=file_details&id=1075846998

This file gives you an approach to any group of chords like the ones listed above;also you could analyze it in harmonic terms......what JMurray says is true in this case .......

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