Chords & Changes

How High the Moon

How High the Moon — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

How High the Moon was composed by Morgan Lewis. The lyrics are credited to Nancy Hamilton. It dates from 1940. It is in G major, 32 bars long, and in AB (16-16) form.

Key facts

Composer	Morgan Lewis
Lyricist	Nancy Hamilton
Year	1940
Source show / film	Not listed
Form	AB (16-16)
Bars	32
Key	G major

Fact sources: title — wikidata; composers — wikidata; lyricists — wikidata; year — wikidata; key — wikidata; wikipedia — wikidata; musicbrainz — wikidata; recordings — musicbrainz; changes — wjazzd; form — wjazzd; bars — wjazzd; performances — wjazzd.

Reference links: Wikidata Q1631676 · MusicBrainz work · Wikipedia.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

G major Key

Section A1

Gmaj7

Gm7

Fmaj7

Fm7

Bb7

Ebmaj7

Am7b5D7

Gm7

Cmaj7

Bm7Bb7

Am7D7

Section B1

Gmaj7

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.

Listen

Recordings (from MusicBrainz)

Harry James and His Orchestra — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1979
Charlie Parker — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1990
Red Nichols & His Five Pennies — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1999
Schlüter, Nabatov, Antolini — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2001
Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2014
Ull Möck Electrio — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2026

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

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

Pepper Adams (baritone sax) — Chet, Chet Baker
Hard bop · 116 bpm · swing feel
1959

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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