Chords & Changes

Yesterdays

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

Yesterdays was composed by Jerome Kern. The lyrics are credited to Otto Harbach. It dates from 1933. It is in C minor, 32 bars long, and in AA (16-16) form.

Key facts

Composer	Jerome Kern
Lyricist	Otto Harbach
Year	1933
Source show / film	Not listed
Form	AA (16-16)
Bars	32
Key	C minor

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

Reference links: Wikidata Q1509880 · MusicBrainz work · Wikipedia.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

C minor Key

Section A1

Em7b5A7b9

DmDm/C#

Dm/C

Bm7b5

Section B1

Aaug

Cm7F7

Bbmaj7

Em7b5

A7b9

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)

Gene Norman presents Charlie Ventura featuring The Charlie Ventura Septet, Jackie Cain, Roy Kral — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1953
The Buddy DeFranco Men — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1958
Bud Powell — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1990
J.J. Johnson — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1999
Lennie Tristano — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2001
John Coltrane — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2010

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

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

J.J. Johnson (trombone) — Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson At The Opera House, Stan Getz / JJ Johnson
Bebop · 125 bpm · swing feel
1995

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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