List of jazz contrafacts

A contrafact is a musical composition built using the chord progression of a pre-existing song, but with a new melody and arrangement. Typically the original tune's progression and song form will be reused but occasionally just a section will be reused in the new composition. The term comes from classical music and was first applied to jazz by musicologists in the 1970s and 1980s.

Contrafacts by notable jazz artists include:

See also

• '50s progression

References

Further reading

• Aebersold, Jamey (1982). Charlie Parker Omnibook. Criterion. ISBN 0-7692-6053-5.
• Baker, David (2006). How To Play Bebop, Volume 3. Alfred. ISBN 0-7390-2182-6.
• Crawford, Richard (June 30, 2000). "George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm" (1930)". The American Musical Landscape: The Business of Musicianship from Billings to Gershwin. Ernest Bloch Lectures. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. pp. 213 ff. ISBN 9780520224827. OCLC 44421950. Retrieved 22 December 2023. A less formatted but complete version can be found at The American Musical Landscape: The Business of Musicianship from Billings to Gershwin.
• Markewich, Maurice (Reese) (1974). The new expanded bibliography of jazz compositions based on the chord progressions of standard tunes. Markewich. ISBN 0960016058.
• Owens, Thomas (1982). Bebop: The Music and Its Players. Oxford. ISBN 0-1951-0651-2.
• Sher, Chuck (2005). The New Real Book, Volume 1. Sher Music. ISBN 0-9614701-4-3.
• Sher, Chuck (2005). The New Real Book, Volume 2. Sher Music. ISBN 0-9614701-7-8.
• Sher, Chuck (2005). The New Real Book, Volume 3. Sher Music. ISBN 1-883217-03-2.

External links

• Searchable Realbook Index at www.seventhstring.co.uk
• Jazz era transition to Bebop: "Hot House" and the revolutionary aspect "Charlie Parker I: – Hot House", article by Bernard Chazelle (Princeton, Collège de France), Sep. 9, 2008

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