I began writing this post on November 23rd, 2o19, one day after the anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. https://youtu.be/AKRibWtkaM8?t=76, Djavan’s “Samurai” chords are related too : [1] It is also known by its first line: "Sunny, yesterday my life was filled with rain".[2]. The single was backed by a non-album track "New York City", a reworked version of Farian artist Gilla's 1976 hit single "Tu es!" An excerpt from Shirley Horn’s solo on ‘What Would A Woman Do?’ (The State of the Blues, part 5), The Technique of Creating Harmonic Melody for the Jazz Improviser, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPFgBCUBMYk, The State of The Blues, Part One: Helen Sung’s solo on C Jam Blues, Talking and taking the words away: a visit from Stefon Harris (The State of the Blues, Part 2), State of The Blues, part 3: Joe Davidian’s solo on ‘Straight, No Chaser’, A message from the future of jazz: Camille Thurman and her solo on ‘Sassy’s Blues’ (The State of the Blues, part four), ‘Silverbird’ – a tune on the changes to ‘There Is No Greater Love’, Terry Town Line – a melodic line based on ‘I Could Write A Book’, You Are Here: a melodic study on ‘All The Things You Are’, That Thing You Said: a line on the changes to “What Is This Thing Called Love”, Harmonic Moss, Part 1: The ‘A form’ voicing of the major ii-V-I (including a scale outline and related melodic patterns), Harmonic Moss, Part 2: The ‘B form’ voicing of the major ii-V-I (including a scale outline and various melodic patterns), Harmonic Moss, Part 3: Route 37, a voicing-based melodic line, Harmonic Moss, Part 4: the ‘A’ form voicing of the minor ii-V-i progression, Harmonic Moss, Part 5: The ‘B’ form voicing of the minor ii-V-i progression, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Part 1: the seventh scale, the circle of fifths, melodic patterns from rootless dominant 7th voicings (featuring ‘October Blues’), Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Part 2: an exercise and reflections on the circle of descending fifths and the dominant cycle, Everybody’s Inside Blues: ‘making the changes’ in a blues line, Simple Paris Dancers: a bop-style rhythm changes, Charlie Parker and Alan Turing: Cracking the bebop code in ‘Anthropology’, One half step of separation: Miles Davis and Ray Vega (a.k.a. Sunny (musical), a 1925 Jerome Kern musical. Harmonically the foundation of the song is great, especially for the genre of the original. Here is a link to an informal solo piano recording I made of the tune. It is one of the most performed and recorded popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. / Sunny, you smiled at me and really eased It seems somewhat possible that the progression for the 1980 Bill Withers/Ralph MacDonald/William Salter song Just The Two Of Us might have been devised by halving (i.e. Personally I agree with Pat Martino’s decision to take out the key changes between the verse and chorus; not sure what it adds to the composition. Martino has reprised this arrangement of the tune a number of times, notably in a live version from 2000 with fellow guitarist John Scofield and fellow Philadelphians organist Joey DeFrancesco and drummer Byron ‘Wookie’ Landham. Submissions should come only from the actors themselves, their parent/legal guardian or casting agency. It is considered to be a tribute to her then husband, Sonny Bono. Sunny, you smiled at me and really eased the pain. [27] Stevie Wonder, who recorded ‘Sunny’ in 1968, seems to have built his 1973 song Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing by expanding the third phrase of the song’s progression. For me it doesn’t quite work. I learned this concept from pianist Mike Longo’s book, The Technique of Creating Harmonic Melody for the Jazz Improviser, which shows how to build melodic lines from chord voicings that employ efficient voice leading (i.e. Sunny South Part 1 (Original Mix) is a popular song by Robbie Rivera & Robbie Rivera | Create your own TikTok videos with the Sunny South Part 1 (Original Mix) song and explore 0 … [25] A cover version appears in another 2018 ad, this one for Visit Israel. Nice post! The song peaked at No. According to an interview with composer Bobby Hebb, it was that event, as well as the murder of his own brother the following day, that led him to compose his song Sunny as an antidote to the shadow these tragedies cast over his life. For those interested in learning to improvise on the changes and/or building their own line on the tune, I have also created a ‘chord line‘ based on root position patterns from the tunes ‘Round Midnight’ and ‘I Can’t Get Started’. 5 years ago. "Sunny" was recorded at Bell Sound Studios in New York City and released as a single in 1966. (Thanks to Sam Mark for recommending this song and pointing out its relationship to ‘Just The Two of Us’. Lv 5. As well as being a show about a horrible group of friends who hate the world and each other, throughout the years, Dennis, Mac, Dee, Frank, and Charlie have shown off their vocal talents through a whole host of songs, ditties, and melodies. the half step between the root and the seventh in the seventh scale), Midnight Donna and Reets in Paris: anagrams, mirrors and the one bar ii-V, The neighborhood hang and the history hang (including ‘Monk, Bud and Elmo’, a tune on the changes of ‘In Walked Bud’), ‘Ornithology’: the memory palace of two bebop masterminds, What is this scale called: Charlie Parker, Barry Harris and the minor ii-V progression, Root Systems, Part 1: Join the ii-V-I Club, Root systems, part 2 / Take three at a time: an approach to learning major scales and ii-V-I progressions in all keys along with tunes from The Real Book (Volume I, sixth edition), Root systems, part 3 / outlining the ii-V and ii-V-I progressions with 7-up scales, Root systems, part 4: Give it up for the root (position pattern)s! 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