Virtual Jam Session - "Lazy Bird"

Jam to Lazy Bird

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Here is a quintessential Coltrane tune.  The melody reminds one of "Giant Steps", but without all the giant steps.  That is to say, the melody is mostly based around the major 7ths and 9ths, which gives it that cool jazz sound, but the changes aren't as angular and unfamiliar as "Giant Steps".  This is a good tune as an entry point to the mind of Coltrane.

It is a simple 32-bar AABA song form, so that part goes very naturally.  The bridge has a very ordinary set of changes.  The A section is less ordinary, but not off-the-wall.  Spend a little time at the keyboard assimilating the chords in the A section.  That will be time well spent.