Chords & Changes

Basin Street Blues

Basin Street Blues — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Basin Street Blues was composed by Spencer Williams. The lyrics are credited to Spencer Williams. It dates from 1926. It is in Bb major, 12 bars long, and in A (12) form.

Key facts

Composer	Spencer Williams
Lyricist	Spencer Williams
Year	1926
Source show / film	Not listed
Form	A (12)
Bars	12
Key	Bb major

Fact sources: title — wikidata; composers — wikidata; lyricists — wikidata; year — wikidata; wikipedia — wikidata; musicbrainz — wikidata; recordings — musicbrainz; changes — wjazzd; bars — wjazzd; key — wjazzd; form — wjazzd; performances — wjazzd.

Reference links: Wikidata Q810176 · MusicBrainz work · Wikipedia.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

Bb major Key

Section A1

BbBbdim7

Cm7F7

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.

Listen

Recordings (from MusicBrainz)

Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1964
Spirit of Atlanta — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1987
Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Orchestra — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1993
Eddie Condon — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2002
Louis Armstrong — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2006
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Original New Orleans Ragtime Band — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2018

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

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

Louis Armstrong (trumpet) — Hot Five & Hot Seven 1925-1928
Traditional jazz · 107 bpm · twobeat 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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