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In a Sentimental Mood

In a Sentimental Mood — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

In a Sentimental Mood was composed by Duke Ellington. The lyrics are credited to Irving Mills and Manny Curtis. It dates from 1935. It is in Bb minor, 24 bars long, and in AAB (8-8-8) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

Bb minor

Section A1

DmDmMaj7
Dm7Dm6
Gm7C7
Fmaj7Bb7
Em7b5A7
Dm7G7
Gm7C7
Fmaj7

Section A2

DmDmMaj7
Dm7Dm6
Gm7C7
Fmaj7Bb7
Em7b5A7
Dm7G7
Gm7C7
Fmaj7Ab7

Section B

Dbmaj7Bbm7
Ebm7Ab7
Dbmaj7Bbm7
Ebm7Ab7
Dbmaj7Bbm7
Ebm7Ab7
Dbmaj7
Em7b5A7

Section A3

DmDmMaj7
Dm7Dm6
Gm7C7
Fmaj7Bb7
Em7b5A7
Dm7G7
Gm7C7
Fmaj7

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Changes confidence: draft. Source: Draft chart, under review. Chord symbols are an original simplified analysis for study, not a transcription.

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Recordings (from MusicBrainz)

  • Tommy Dorsey & Jimmy Dorsey — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1989
  • Bluecoats — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1994
  • Eddie Higgins — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1995
  • Duke Ellington — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1999
  • Glenn Miller — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2005
  • Tommy Smith / Brian Kellock — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2014

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

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • Chris Potter (tenor sax) — Concentric Circles
    Post-bop · 49 bpm · swing feel
    1993

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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