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Chords & Changes

Good Bait

Good Bait — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Good Bait was composed by Tadd Dameron. It dates from 1944. It is in Bb major, 32 bars long, and in AABA (8-8-8-8) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

Bb major

Section A1

Bb6G7
Cm7F7F7/Eb
Dm7G7
Cm7F7
Bbmaj7Bb7/D
Ebmaj7Edim7
Dm7/FG7Cm7F7
Bb6F7

Section A2

Bb6G7
Cm7F7F7/Eb
Dm7G7
Cm7F7
Bbmaj7Bb7/D
Ebmaj7Edim7
Dm7/FG7Cm7F7
Bbmaj7Bbaug

Section B1

Eb6C7
Fm7Bb7Bb7/Ab
Gm7C7
Fm7Bb7
Ebmaj7Eb7/G
Abmaj7Adim7
Gm7C7Fm7Bb7
Eb6F9

Section A3

Bb6G7
Cm7F7F7/Eb
Dm7G7
Cm7F7
Bbmaj7Bb7/D
Ebmaj7Edim7
Dm7/FG7Cm7F7
Bb6
Bb6

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)

  • Nina Simone — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1958
  • David “Fathead” Newman, Marchel Ivery & The Rein de Graaff Trio — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1990
  • Tadd Dameron’s Big Ten — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1995
  • Dave Cliff & Geoff Simkins — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1997
  • Dizzy Gillespie — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2004
  • Miles Davis — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2006

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

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • Fats Navarro (trumpet) — From Swing to Bebop, Double Talk, Fats Navarro CD 1
    Bebop · 146 bpm · swing feel

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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