Passing Diminished Turnaround- Miles Davis "Someday My Prince Will Come"
The May 2019 tune of the month is "Someday My Prince Will Come," originally from the 1937 movie "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" but now a classic jam tune for jazz musicians. The song is also a waltz, written in a time signature of 3/4. The song features several interesting harmonic devices, including passing diminished chords (both a biii dim and a #I dim). This part of the tune can be challenging to solo over, so I've transcribed the improvisational phrases used by Miles Davis in his classic recording to see how he approaches soloing over this tune. Note that I've also posted a blog about quoting the heads of jazz standards as one other possible approach.