Deep Dive Into My Favorite Jazz Ballad

Welcome to episode 339 where today I walk you through one of my favorite jazz ballads. Ballads are important to know, and this particular one has a lot to teach us about jazz harmony and how to create an amazing melody. I play the ballad and then deep dive into the harmonic analysis.

In today's episode, I'm gonna be going over one of my favorite jazz ballads of all time, do a little deep-dive into the harmony, and hopefully, you're gonna come away with some amazing lessons that you can learn about jazz and other jazz standards, and it's gonna be a lot of fun!

So grab your favorite beverage, grab some popcorn, or whatever you like to eat meals in the podcast.

In this episode:

1. Why this jazz ballad is so great
2. Side steps 2-5's and what they are
3. Secondary dominants
4. Motivic melodic movement

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