LearnJazzPiano.com archives: "Pent Up House", "Tune Up" and "Ladybird" are Uniquely Similar F

Jazz+ -- 11/05/2004, 17:50:56 -- #8662

"Pent Up House", "Tune Up" and "Ladybird" are all 16 bar tunes. I think they are unique in the fact that they are only 16 bars, have catchy melodies and utilize clear cut forward moving progressions of | ii | V | I  | I | and | ii | V | cycles. None of the other tunes mentioned so far are very similar to "Pent Up House" and "Tune Up", they are either a different form or do not forward cycle the basic | ii | V | I | I |. The predominant pacing being one bar on the II chords, one bar on the V chords, and two bars on the I chords. THEREFORE, one can use the same type of lines and phrasing when soloing over these short tunes. "Blue Bossa" is a 16 Bar tune that is somewhat similar, but is a mostly in a minor key with a different pacing approach and only gets a major | ii | V | I | I | after 8 bars. Perhaps "Bluesette" is the somewhat similar if played in 4/4, however it is 24 bars in length and therefore somewhat more involved. Leafing thru my fakebooks I am struck by how few tunes are as economical and clever as "Pent Up House", "Tune Up" and "Lady Bird". Oddly, I can't think of any Horace Silver Tune that is 16 bars and cycles | ii | V | I | I | progressions like Pent Up House and Tune Up do.

Scot -- 11/05/2004, 18:44:44 -- #8666

By the way, you were talking about Ladybird- the tune that most resembles is is Half Nelson (I'm pretty sure, my brain could be farting though).  The only real difference is one bar where they change a 2-5 to something else.

Peteboypete -- 11/05/2004, 19:20:09 -- #8669

John Coltrane's Countdown is just an extensive reharmonization of Tune-Up.

Jazz+ -- 11/06/2004, 16:06:56 -- #8692

I guess we can conclude that Pent Up House, Tune Up and Ladybird are the only 16 bar jazz standards with straight ahead | ii | V | I | I | changes.

mooondancer -- 11/06/2004, 17:06:17 -- #8699

You can check out "Minority" as well ... 16 bars, very catchy melody, and plenty of forward moving minor 2-5s.  In fact i'll post the changes here: |Fm   |Dm-5  |Gm-5   |C7    | |Fm   |Dm-5  |Cm     |F7    | |Bbm  |Eb7   |Abm     |Db7   | |F#m  |B7    |G7     |C7    | I love to play montuno over these changes because its perfect for a chromatically moving montuno with great momentum.

tj -- 11/06/2004, 17:42:39 -- #8701

by Dm-5 do you mean D minor seven flat five?

Jazz+ -- 11/07/2004, 20:13:23 -- #8741

There are a number of standards that mimic Pent Up House for the first 8 bars. However they are all longer in form than Pent Up House's 16 bar form and none take the harmonic change that Pent Up House does in bar 9. I Love You, Fools Rush In, I Wish You Love, It's You or Know One, Tea For Two Baubles BeEads and Bangles, Tangerine What A Difference A Day Makes are similar the first 8 bars. Even Perdido is similar the first 8 bars.

Gordon -- 11/08/2004, 05:52:25 -- #8748

moondancer - if that 'Minority' montuno works as solo piano, is there any chance you could post the midi file ?

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