Chords & Changes

So What

So What — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

So What was composed by Miles Davis. It dates from 1959. It is 32 bars long and in AABA (8-8-8-8) form.

Key facts

Composer	Miles Davis
Lyricist	Not listed
Year	1959
Source show / film	Not listed
Form	AABA (8-8-8-8)
Bars	32
Key	Not listed

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

Reference links: Wikidata Q919291 · MusicBrainz work · Wikipedia.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

C major Key

Section A1

Dm7

Section A2

Dm7

Section B1

Ebm7

Section A3

Dm7

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)

Jaki Byard and The Apollo Stompers — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1985
Benghazi Saxophone Quartet — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1996
Chip Shelton — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2004
Ray Bryant — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2011
Marcus Miller — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2011
Jaco Pastorius — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2017

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

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

Cannonball Adderley (alto sax) — Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis
Post-bop · 142 bpm · swing feel
1962
John Coltrane (tenor sax) — Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis
Post-bop · 142 bpm · swing feel
1962
Miles Davis (trumpet) — Kind Of Blue
Post-bop · 138 bpm · swing feel
1962

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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