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Bohemia After Dark

Bohemia After Dark — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Bohemia After Dark was composed by Oscar Pettiford. It dates from 1955. It is in G minor, 32 bars long, and in AABA (8-8-8-8) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

G minor

Section A1

D7b9
D7b9

Section A2

Gm7
Am7b5D7b9
Gm7
Am7b5D7b9
Gm7
Am7b5D7b9
Gm7
Gm7
Gm7
C7
C7
C7
C7
C7
Am7b5
D7

Section A3

Gm7
Am7b5D7b9
Gm7
Am7b5D7b9
Gm7
Am7b5D7b9
Gm7
Gm7

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)

  • Kenny Clarke, Nat Adderley, Horace Silver, Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers & Jerome Richardson — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1955
  • Dorothy Ashby — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1958
  • Mark Murphy — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2000
  • Cannonball Adderley — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2006
  • Sherman Irby Quartet — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2009
  • Dwight West — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz

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

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • Nat Adderley (trumpet) — The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco, Cannonball Adderley
    Hard bop · 295 bpm · swing feel
    1989

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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