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How Deep Is the Ocean?

How Deep Is the Ocean? — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

How Deep Is the Ocean? was composed by Irving Berlin. The lyrics are credited to Irving Berlin. It dates from 1932. It is in C minor, 32 bars long, and in ABAC (8-8-8-8) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

C minor

Section A1

Cm7
Bdim7
Eb6/Bb
Am7b5D7
Gm7
Am7b5D7b9
Gm7Gb7
Fm7Bb7

Section B1

Bbm7
Eb7
Ebm7
Ab7
B7
B7
Bb7
Dm7b5G7b9

Section A2

Cm7
Bdim7
Eb6/Bb
Am7b5D7
Gm7
Am7b5D7
Gm7Gb7
Fm7Bb7

Section C1

Bbm7
Gm7b5C7b9
Fm7
Db7
Eb/BbG7/B
Cm7F7
Fm7Bb7
Eb69Dm7b5G7

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)

  • Stanley Black conducting The Kingsway Promenade Orchestra — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1953
  • The Modern Jazz Sextet — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1956
  • Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1989
  • Jim Hall, John Scofield and Others — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1991
  • Harry James — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1992
  • Frank Sinatra — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2007

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

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • Charlie Parker (alto sax) — Boss Bird Disc 3
    Bebop · 72 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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