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Chords & Changes

Ask Me Now

Ask Me Now — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Ask Me Now was composed by Thelonious Monk. It dates from 1947. It is in Db major, 32 bars long, and in AABA (8-8-8-8) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

Db major

Section A1

Ebm7
Ab
Dbmaj7
Fm7Em7
Ebm7
Ab7
Dbmaj7
Dbmaj7
Bbm7
Eb7
Eb7
Bbm7
Ebm7
Ab7
Dbm7
Gb7

Section B1

Gm7C7
F#m7B7
Fm7Bb7
Em7A7
Ebm7
Ab7
B7alt
Bb7
Eb7
D7
Dbmaj7
Eb7
Ebm7
Ab7
Db
Db

Changes confidence: high. Source: Weimar Jazz Database (Jazzomat Research Project, HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0. Changes as annotated by the Jazzomat Research Project, licensed under the ODbL 1.0.

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Recordings (from MusicBrainz)

  • Mark Murphy — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1989
  • Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1994
  • Nulle & Verdensorkestret — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1996
  • Tete Montoliu — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1997
  • Janusz Muniak — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1997
  • Larry Willis, Hamiet Bluiett — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1999

Recording credits and years follow the entries in the dataset. Source: MusicBrainz.

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • David Murray (tenor sax) — Blue Monk, David Murray / Aki Takase
    Post-bop · 131 bpm · swing feel
    1993
  • Steve Lacy (soprano sax) — Steve Lacy plays Thelonious Monk - Reflections
    Hard bop · 85 bpm · swing feel
    1990

Solo, record, style, tempo and feel as catalogued by the Jazzomat Research Project (ODbL 1.0). Release year is the year of the catalogued issue, which can be a later reissue.

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