Music and Musicians Exchange - Help on B section of My Latin Brother

Print Page | Close Window

Help on B section of My Latin Brother

Printed From: JazzMusicArchives.com
Category: Other music related lounges
Forum Name: Music and Musicians Exchange
Forum Description: Talk with and get feedback from other musicians on the site
URL: http://www.JazzMusicArchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26321
Printed Date: 27 Apr 2024 at 11:34pm
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 10.16 - http://www.webwizforums.com

Topic: Help on B section of My Latin Brother

Posted By: tgb
Subject: Help on B section of My Latin Brother
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2019 at 5:15pm

Could anyone help me with some ideas on how to approach improvising on the B section (below) to George Benson's "My Latin Brother"? Right now, all I can come up with is treating each of the first 7 measures as a ii V of a new tonal center. Is there a broader concept that can be used that wouldn't chop up the tonality as much? Thanks for any ideas.

Ab-9 Db13/G-11 C7b13/Bb-11 Eb7/Ab-9 Db13

E-7 A7 /Db-9 Gb13 /F-7 Bb7 /F-7 Bb7

Replies:

Posted By: js
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2019 at 6:59pm

In the first bar, substitute the Db13 with a G13 (tritone substitution) and you might see some more interesting melodic ideas develop as you move from G dom melody to the G minor in the second bar.

I'll try to get some more later, I just got off work.

I moved this to the musicians exchange.

Posted By: js
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2019 at 7:55pm

Substitute the Db13 in bar 4 with a G13, when you go to the next bar, a Em7 is more or less the same as a G6, so when you now go from the G13 to the G6 you are going from a very similar G dom harmony to G major.

Posted By: tgb
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2019 at 9:43pm

Thanks! Interesting ideas and will play with them.

Posted By: js
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2019 at 9:51pm

You can link the Gb13 in bar 6 to the following measure by making the Gb13 a C13. The C13 becomes the V7 of the following Fm7.

There are some more possibilities here, I'll be back tomorrow.