How High the Moon
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"How High the Moon" is a popular jazz standard from the 1940s that became a cornerstone of the bebop repertoire and a frequent basis for improvisation and contrafacts.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jazz standard
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
scat singing
ⓘ
virtuosic improvisation ⓘ |
| chartSuccess | Les Paul and Mary Ford version reached number one on US charts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Morgan Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decade | 1940s ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | Two for the Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceType | Broadway revue ⓘ |
| form | 32-bar AABA ⓘ |
| genre |
bebop
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ |
| harmonicFunction | common bebop chord progression ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
circle-of-fifths motion
ⓘ
frequent key changes ⓘ functional harmony ⓘ |
| includedIn | Real Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | development of bebop improvisation ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyUsedFor |
improvisation practice
ⓘ
jam sessions ⓘ |
| isStandardIn |
bebop repertoire
ⓘ
jazz repertoire ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | jazz education ⓘ |
| key | G major ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Nancy Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecording |
Ella Fitzgerald live scat versions
ⓘ
Les Paul and Mary Ford 1951 hit version ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
commonly used for extended solos
ⓘ
often played at fast tempos ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Benny Goodman
NERFINISHED
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Charlie Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Brown and His Band of Renown NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ Oscar Peterson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Vaughan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tal Farlow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tempo | medium-up swing ⓘ |
| usedAsBasisFor |
How High
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lester Leaps Again NERFINISHED ⓘ Ornithology ⓘ Satellite ⓘ The Serpent’s Tooth NERFINISHED ⓘ contrafacts ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.