Jazz Standards Library

Chords & Changes

Confirmation

Confirmation — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Confirmation was composed by Charlie Parker. It dates from 1945. It is in F major, 32 bars long, and in AABA (8-8-8-8) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

F major

Section A1

Fmaj7
Em7b5A7
Dm7G7
Cm7F7
Fm7Bb7
Am7b5D7
G7
C7

Section A2

Fmaj7
Em7b5A7
Dm7G7
Cm7F7
Fm7Bb7
Am7b5D7
Gm7C7
Fmaj7

Section B1

Cm7
F7
Bbmaj7
Bbmaj7
Ebm7
Ab7
Dbmaj7
Gm7C7

Section A3

Fmaj7
Em7b5A7
Dm7G7
Cm7F7
Fm7Bb7
Am7b5D7
Gm7C7
Fmaj7

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)

  • Harri Stojka Express — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1987
  • Art Blakey & Clifford Brown — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1988
  • Sadao Watanabe with The Great Jazz Trio — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1990
  • Chihiro Yamanaka — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2008
  • Saori Yano — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2015
  • Ull Möck Electrio — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2024

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

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • Michael Brecker (tenor sax) — Three Quartets, Chick Corea
    Post-bop · 209 bpm · swing feel
    1981

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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