Jazz Standards Library

Chords & Changes

Mean to Me

Mean to Me — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Mean to Me was composed by Fred E. Ahlert. The lyrics are credited to Roy Turk. It dates from 1929. It is in Eb major, 32 bars long, and in AABA (8-8-8-8) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

Eb major

Section B1

Abmaj7
Bb7Eb7
Abmaj7
Db7C7
Fm7
Db7C7
F7
Fm7Bb7

Section A3

Ebmaj7Edim7
Fm7Bb7
Ebmaj7Bbm7Eb7
Abmaj7Db7
Gm7C7
Fm7Bb7
Ebmaj7Cm7
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)

  • Mad Dodo — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1992
  • Sarah Vaughan — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1997
  • Billie Holiday — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2007
  • Dean Martin — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2013
  • Dean Martin with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2014
  • Oscar Peterson — 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

  • Lee Konitz (alto sax) — Jazz Edition, Quadromania, Lee Konitz, Sax of a Kind CD 4
    Cool jazz · 139 bpm · swing feel
    2005

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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