Listen to that, Francis. The swing bands used to be all straight tonics seventh chords....
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Listen to that, Francis. The swing bands used to be all straight tonics seventh chords. And then, with the Basie band I heard Lester Young and he sounded like he came out of the blue. Because he was playing all the color tones the sixths and the ninths and major sevenths. You know, like Debussy and Ravel. Then Charlie Parker came on and he began to expand and he went into elevenths and thirteenths and flat fives. Luckily, I was going in the same direction already. You just don't go out and pick a style off a tree one day. The tree is inside you growing naturally
Listen to that, Francis. The swing bands used to be all straight tonics seventh chords. And then, with the Basie band I heard Lester Young and he sounded like he came out of the blue. Because he was playing all the color tones the sixths and the ninths and major sevenths. You know, like Debussy and Ravel. Then Charlie Parker came on and he began to expand and he went into elevenths and thirteenths and flat fives. Luckily, I was going in the same direction already. You just don't go out and pick a style off a tree one day. The tree is inside you growing naturally
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The swing bands used to be all
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straight tonics seventh chords
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And then with the Basie band
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I heard Lester Young
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and he sounded like he came out of the blue
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Because he was playing all the color tones
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the sixths and the ninths
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and major sevenths
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You know like Debussy and Ravel
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Then Charlie Parker came on
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and he began to expand and uh
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he went into elevenths thirteenths
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and flat fives
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Luckily I was going in the same direction already
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You just don't go out and pick a style off a tree one day
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Movie Summary
A troubled, but talented musician flees the US to escape his problems, finding refuge and support in Paris.
