Songs rich in 251 and 1625 chord progressions

[teleboli]

Really doing the woodshedding lately on 251/1625 material, lines and chordal.

I'd like to compile a list of songs that have a high number of these progressions within them.

I'll start.


1) Cherokee

[bako]

2) Moments Notice
3) Minority

[MattC]

Here's a few that have at least 2 or 3 ii-Vs in them.

Afternoon in Paris - long and short ii-Vs

Stella By Starlight - starts off with 3 ii-Vs

Tune Up - 3 different ii-Vs

Algo Bueno/Woody N' You - minor ii-Vs descending in whole steps resolving to a major chord

Autumn Leaves and Fly Me to the Moon - ii-Vs in relative major/minor

Blue Bossa - ii-Vs in major and minor

Lady Bird - several ii-Vs resolving in different ways, plus the classic "Dameron" turnaround

Goes w/o saying, but for maximum key practice coverage, one could always just shed one or more tunes in various keys.

[jasaco]

Have You Met Miss Jones?

[AlohaJoe]

All The Things You Are covers quite a few.

[enablement]

fly me to the moon

---oops didn't see someone already had it above...

[JonR]

Jazz standards that DON'T feature ii-V-Is would be a shorter list...

[Eric Rowland]

Fried Bananas.
Elucidation.
Along Came Betty.
Star Eyes.

[Ronald1978]

Blue moon
I've got rhythm

[PMB]

Might be a good idea to work on tunes with consecutive ii-Vs at different interval distances. You mentioned Cherokee where they are a tone apart at the bridge. How about chromatic ii-Vs of the bridge in The Eternal Triangle and the blowing section of West Coast Blues or the major third relationships in Have You Met Miss Jones and Giant Steps?

[Nate Miller]

the one that really makes a good study is I Got Rhythm with all the substitute changes you can think of

[PMB]

the one that really makes a good study is I Got Rhythm with all the substitute changes you can think of

It's possible to argue that Rhythm Changes is harmonically nothing but a 1625 progression. Even the bridge is an expanded version with dominant chords throughout and a III sub for the I.

[Nate Miller]

It's possible to argue that Rhythm Changes is harmonically nothing but a 1625 progression. Even the bridge is an expanded version with dominant chords throughout and a III sub for the I.

that's why its such a good study. Plus there's a lot of common substitutions for the basic chords that use ii-Vs in cycles and with tritone subs

[nado64]

Satin Doll

[yaclaus]

The Song is You

[Little Jay]

Woody'n You: A-part is decending minor II-V chords, B-part is a couple of major II-V-Is.

Invitation: lots of II-Vs, the 2nd part is a long string of decending II-V chords

Blues For Alice: a couple very fast II-Vs (à la West Coast Blues)

[Petimar]

Confirmation, just an expanded Blues For Alice

[Bluzac]

I agree about Invitation, that is a fantastic song to work on your ii-V's. Jaco's version of this with Hiram Bullock is great.