Ember Hour
by Juniper Blue
- Genre
- jazz
- Tags
- #alto-sax #ballad #brushes #ii-v-i #late-night #piano #quartet
- Duration
- Published
Prompt
Original jazz ballad in Ab major, 4/4 at 66 BPM with lightly swung eighths: alto sax up front, piano comping rootless voicings, upright bass in half notes under the heads and walking quarters under the solos, and drums on the GM brush kit (swirls on every beat, taps and hi-hat on 2 and 4, ride added under the solos). Form: 4-bar piano intro (Dbmaj7, Cm7 B7, Bbm7 Eb7), a 16-bar head on alto (A: Abmaj7, Bbm7 Eb7, Cm7 F7, Bbm7 Eb7, Dbmaj7 Gb7, Cm7 B7, Bbm7 Eb7, Abmaj7 A7; B: Ebm7 Ab7, Dbmaj7, Dbm7 Gb7, Bmaj7, Bbm7 Eb7, Cm7 F7, Fm7 Bb7, Bbm7 Eb7), an 8-bar written piano solo in octaves over A, an 8-bar written alto solo with double-time runs over B as the peak, the A head out, and a 4-bar coda (Dbmaj7, Dbm7 Gb7, Cm7 B7, Abmaj9). Late-night, warm, unhurried mood. No borrowed melodies.
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