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“Groovin! HIGH” is a Welln wn aus joyer What bur se Ih Providos rel with an eston, Sppropriately the on ing decades that separate toh 10 the evolving laze a musical homage to his oe lo Nre o Fi is embodied in his reading of the in mae wlth Gilespie and ing are ie “Groovin’ High" is one of th ebop standard, al onthe chord changes and form of the on i ee and durable co group of bebop pieces that defined the genre mean ineption al the Dizzy Gilespie.charig Sen ata moderately fast swingin \ '9 tempo in the ment, distinguished from the outset by ty duction hice acts in jazz, Based "SPering,” itis one of a select a eu has remained in the epertory since its i ssions Of 1945. Here the tune is played ae key Of Eh and given a Scintillating treat- Sullar interpretation of the original intro- by the distinctive Spanish flavor of it is modemized and spelled out in p: sonorities. Note the use of a variant sonant harmonically-vague chord i step Phrygian movement into the or a G+/AS, your choice. VI-V. Here the harmony arallel 6/9 chords: E-D'-C!-B.-E voiced as quartal t of the prevailing 6/9 shape to produce the more dis- in 41, beat 3. This chord exploits the characteristic half- tonic chord and can be regarded as either an Fi6/9!11 Fig. 26 [A] tetro (Band tacet) Fast Bop J= 118 (=) 3) ° age a Pome manent Ur Ba rowed 1° crlTD ———— 3 2 [: 5 | as ries ae Abo G9 a cn? je " ms hme rnp on Ga ===} Gh? hm Emp OS p and Coda Figure 27—Guitar Solo, Recal sure form. The lop Sed 9p mel takes four and a half choruses OV the thinty=worme \gement reflects an altered, abdrev ted time SF nin the latter part of the solo. ing proves) and Po 8 are be seen— i8 is mo erate likely the result of @ 18° edit (com! ly truncated song structure: Chord mes—as | pe 2 ohne final s@ction © “ord names displayed ae prea s Ne arene hy parentheses in anges actuall layed. o . a paren solo is a nit the art of BoP: HE begins hk with a florid inthis gone uber band tacet preceding the soto. TREN ar approach his openinn statement, beginning Wl zigzag9i"d scent in the E> major soale a” . ing wih Canoting at!Ne ‘outset his mix pand blues: ing at tne Oo principles O tpebop in k panna ohrasing. He bet Plies 1 ; 58s 6 {gaitarSolo Band Imp - First Chorus

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