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The style was made somewhat famous by carl fontana in a concert on youtube with just rhythm section. Its a 12bar blues, and the melody is the same 2note phrase repeated 3 times per chorus. Cjam blues by duke ellingtonarranged by mark taylor hal leonard jazz ensemble. Dorham, blue bossa saxophone bigband, pdf, jazz, 46, 20200123. C major scale things worth the knowing c blues scale c chords. The tune is well known for being extremely easy to play. Baby, take me down to dukes place wildest box in town is dukes place love that piano sound in dukes place saxes do their tricks in dukes place fellas swing. Find c jam blues, by composer performer, ellington, duke, jazz ensemble big band and more at marina music. C jam blues by sonny stitt was written by duke ellington and was first released by barney bigard and orchestra in 1942.
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