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Groovin' High

Groovin' High — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Groovin' High was composed by Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli. It dates from 1946. It is in Db major, 32 bars long, and in AA (16-16) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

Db major

Section A1

Ebmaj7
Ebmaj7
Am7b5
D7
Ebmaj7
Ebmaj7
Gm7b5
C7
F7
F7
Fm7
Bb7
Gm7
F#m7
Fm7
Bb7

Section A2

Ebmaj7
Ebmaj7
Am7b5
D7
Ebmaj7
Ebmaj7
Gm7b5
C7
F7
F7
Fm7
Bb7
Fm7
Abm7Db7
Eb6
Fm7Bb7

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)

  • Charlie Parker — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1995
  • BMR4 — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2003
  • Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2003
  • Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker Quintet — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2003
  • Laurent David — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2019
  • TchikiSwing Quartet — 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

  • Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet) — Jazz Gallery, Dizzy Gillespie, CD 1
    Bebop · 182 bpm · swing feel
    1994

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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