Jazz Waltz

The jazz waltz is a composition in the ³ / ₄ ¯ clock , in a swing rhythm is interpreted. This results in polyrhythms 2 versus 3, also known as "sausage butter bread".

The first recorded jazz waltz is Waltzing the Blues by Benny Carter (1936). In 1942 Fats Waller wrote his Jitterbug Waltz , which "cleverly combines the syncopation of boogie with three-four time". Other well-known jazz waltzes are: Some Day My Prince Will Come , Waltz for Debby , Valse Hot ( Sonny Rollins ), Bluesette ( Toots Thielemanns ) and the Fire Waltz ( Mal Waldron ) and My Favorite Things, made famous by John Coltrane . It was not until the 1950s that jazz waltzes found their way into the jazz repertoire. The first jazz album that only contained titles in 3/4 time was Jazz in 3/4 Time by Max Roach (1957); the album He and She by Wynton Marsalis contains only jazz waltz.

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Ted Gioa, Jazz Standards, 2012, p. 209
3. ^ Hans-Jürgen Schaal Fats Waller: Masterworks for $ 10
4. ^ Martin Pfleiderer , Rhythm: psychological, theoretical and style-analytical aspects of popular music Transcript: Bielefeld 2006, p. 247
5. ↑ Jazz in 3/4 Time at Allmusic (English)
6. ↑ Review (Sound & Image) ( Memento from December 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )