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Muskrat Ramble

Muskrat Ramble — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Muskrat Ramble was composed by Kid Ory. It dates from 1926. It is in Ab major, 16 bars long, and in A (16) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

Ab major

Section A1

Ab
AbAbdim7
Eb7
Eb7
Ab
Ab
Bb7
Eb7
Ab
Ab
F7
Bbm
Bb7Eb7
Ab

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)

  • Bing Crosby — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1960
  • Les Haricots Rouges — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1966
  • Dean Martin — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2006
  • Sidney Bechet — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2008
  • Freddy Cannon — 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

  • Johnny Dodds (clarinet) — College Music Sociecty Sourcebooks in American Music, Louis Armstrong, The Original Hot Five Recordings of Louis Armstrogn, Louis Armstrong
    Traditional jazz · 185 bpm · twobeat feel
    2007
  • Kid Ory (trombone) — College Music Sociecty Sourcebooks in American Music, Louis Armstrong, The Original Hot Five Recordings of Louis Armstrogn, Louis Armstrong
    Traditional jazz · 184 bpm · twobeat feel
    2007
  • Louis Armstrong (cornet) — College Music Sociecty Sourcebooks in American Music, Louis Armstrong, The Original Hot Five Recordings of Louis Armstrogn
    Traditional jazz · 184 bpm · twobeat feel
    2007

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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