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Summertime

Summertime — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Summertime was composed by George Gershwin. The lyrics are credited to DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin. It dates from 1935. It is in A minor, 16 bars long, and in AB (8-8) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

A minor

Section A1

GmD7
GmD7
GmD7
GmG7
Cm
Cm
Am7b5
D7

Section B1

Gm
Gm
Gm
Cm7F7
Bbmaj7Eb7
Am7b5D7
Gm
Am7b5D7

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)

  • Bob Crosby and His Orchestra — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1944
  • University of South Carolina Combined Concert Bands — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1970
  • Dinah Washington with Clifford Brown — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1989
  • Mel Tormé — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1992
  • [unknown] — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2000
  • Dizzy Gillespie & Roy Eldridge — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2003

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

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • Sidney Bechet (soprano sax) — The Cradle Of Jazz -Sidney Bechet - Chant In The Night CD 1
    Traditional jazz · 84 bpm · twobeat feel

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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