Satin Doll (C) [No Piano] - Medium Slow Swing || BACKING TRACK

Head In, Solo x5, Head Out Medium Slow Swing 125 BPM Download a free chord chart for this tune here: https://www.jazzguitarcomprehensive.c... Check out my page for hundreds more of the best Play-Alongs and Loops in the world! Join me on Patreon for Backing Tracks and Lead Sheets each week, as well as much more: ►   / jazzguitarcomprehensive   Some notes about the composition as found on https://www.jazzguitarcomprehensive.com/ Composer: Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn Lyricist: Johnny Mercer Year: 1953 Origin: Recorded on Ellington’s first session for Capitol Records in 1953. Style: Swing, usually played at a laid back medium tempo. Form: A-A-B-A (32 Bars) [8-8-8-8] Key: Most commonly played in C Major. Harmony/Overview: The song is very functional and is made up almost entirely of II-V’s. The A sections are straightforward, although the 5th and 6th bars feature a not so conventional turnaround to deceptively resolve back to the tonic: II-V of V followed by II-V of bV. Although seemingly illogical at first, the II - V of bV is really just a tri-tone substitution of an ordinary II - V - I. The bridge is identical to that of “Honeysuckle Rose”, beginning with a II-V of IVMaj7 that is followed by brief stay on II7 before a final II - V leads back to the tonic. Recordings: This song has been recorded over 400 times to date. Duke Ellington introduced it as an instrumental on his first recording date for Capitol Records in 1953, and Johnny Mercer would later add lyrics to the piece. Although the song has become a sort of cliché in jazz circles, it continues to be performed by instrumentalists and vocalists alike. JGC Top Picks: McCoy Tyner, Nights of Ballads & Blues, 1963 Dexter Gordon, Billie’s Bounce, 1964 Dewey Redman & Joshua Redman, African Venus, 1992 Please consider supporting this channel through a donation, https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jazzg... Be sure to subscribe to my main channel:    / @jazzguitarcomprehensive   As well as JGC History to trace the lineage of some of the most important compositions in jazz:    / @jgchistory   The World's Premier Site for Jazz Guitar Education and Beyond https://www.jazzguitarcomprehensive.com/ #SatinDoll #DukeEllington #JazzPlayAlongs