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Con Alma

Con Alma — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Con Alma was composed by Dizzy Gillespie. It is in E major, 32 bars long, and in AABA (8-8-8-8) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

E major

Section A1

Emaj7G#7/D#
C#m7B7
Bb7b9E7alt
Ebmaj7Ebm7Ab7
Dbmaj7F7/C
Bbm7Ab7
G7Db7alt
Cmaj7F#m7B7

Section A2

Emaj7G#7/D#
C#m7B7
Bb7E7alt
Ebmaj7Ebm7Ab7
Dbmaj7F7/C
Bbm7Ab7
G7Db7alt
Cmaj7

Section B1

Cm7b5
F7b9
F#m7b5
B7b9
Emaj7
Emaj7
Fm7
Bb7

Section A3

Emaj7G#7/D#
C#m7B7
Bb7b9E7alt
Ebmaj7Ebm7Ab7
Dbmaj7F7/C
Bbm7Ab7
G7Db7alt
Cmaj7F#m7B7

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)

  • Chaka Khan — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1982
  • Hank Jones + Tommy Flanagan — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1984
  • The Oscar Peterson Trio — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1990
  • Dizzy Gillespie — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1997
  • Antônio Adolfo — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2013
  • Antonio Adolfo — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2013

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

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • Joe Lovano (tenor sax) — Modern Jazz Classics Vol. 1, Bill Dobbins
    Post-bop · 125 bpm · latin/swing feel
    1993

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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