Who wrote the intro to All The Things You Are?

[@phenylphenol]

That Mingus recording is wild. It's hard to imagine that Rachmaninoff was the inspiration for Good Jelly Blues's intro, but I suppose it's possible.

[@Xavia_Dimoff]

Charlie Parker practiced out of Hyqcinthe Klosé’s 1882 “25 Daily Exercises for Saxophone” The bebop scale was written 6 times in first exercise in 1882.

[@raycorri]

@@Xavia_DimoffBird plays Klose #23 in this paractice session in a hotel room! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXTElqmQf7GGhZI

[@Xavia_Dimoff]

@@raycorri That’s the only reason I knew that he practiced out of the book haha

[@jman12849]

Very interesting history! Thanks for this. This is probably my favorite jazz standard of all time.

[@davidhadley370]

Good job Tim... Keep up the exceptional work and standard... Cheers.

[@danielsedano9751]

Wonderful content! I am hooked, keep at it dude!

[@BernardProfitendieu]

lose the dudetalk

[@jamcam9]

This was awesome.

[@danielagonzalezcamacho5242]

Really great content, I'm catching up with all of your videos and they're awesome:)

[@jessepearson5579]

Nice job, very informative. Keep it up...Thanks

[@TimBeauBennett]

Cheers Jesse - will do!

[@PlayLikeTheGreatscom]

Thank you so much for this :D

[@riccardobrazzale4264]

Really well told story

[@KimBrown900]

Perfect!

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

Not entirely convinced. It's such a common sort of progression 5#, 5, 5#, 5, 1, which is really just a variation (using the tritone sub) of 2,5,2,5,1, which itself is just a common variation on 2 (two bars), 5 (2 bars), 1. All of these are natural introductions, used frequently.

[@tomtownsend5009]

Buffy on violin 2:57

[@BernardProfitendieu]

Jerome Kern wrote his own introduction to the song. That would be considered the "classic" introduction to the song. If you're doing a whole video on the intro to All the Things You Are, you might have mentioned that fact.

[@davidjernigan6846]

Do you know who the arranger was for Good Jelly Blues? I know Tadd Dameron and Gil Fuller among others wrote for the band. I also wonder, in the face of the skepticism of some commenters, whether Dizzy or anybody who was around then actually said it was lifted from the Prelude. I played that intro, which is a simple 3 note riff, for over 40 years (and Mom played the Prude, too) before anyone pointed out it was the same notes. Obviously, Mingus got it. I'm inclined to say it's possible, and even likely, but it could have just happened; I'd believe someone who was there in 44/45.

[@ejtonefan]

So is Charlie Parker or Dizzy credited with popularizing the intro?

[@hippira3721]

oh holy shit ive never made the connection

[@woosix7735]

Hey, if "There is no greater love" is the kitchen song, then "All The Things You Can C#" is the programer's song

[@TimBeauBennett]

Hahahahaha, this is the best comment I've seen for a while. Pretty niche audience for it tho :/

[@beforeourveryeyes]

How about a new intro? I've been singing this for awhile and I've started telling the musicians that if I hear the intro again, (I know it's great.) I'll throw something at them. The tune has a verse. Please leave a reply here if you come up with another cool intro. In my opinion, it's time for one: ditto for "Star Eyes". Thank you! Thanks for the very informative video.

[@davidjernigan6846]

Right on! While these classic bebop intros can be great, especially in jam sessions and pickup bands, for a vocal version, a normal intro would be better, and have more to do with the song. The verse is OK, too-it's a beautiful bit, but the song is plenty strong without it. There's an opinion going around that if a verse was written, you should perform it, but that's rarely true of dance band recordings of the era from which these songs come, and also rare on jazz recordings. If your audience has come to sit still and listen to you deliver stories, rubato verses can work. If you're doing background or playing for dancing, better to start in swinging the refrain.

[@beforeourveryeyes]

@@davidjernigan6846 Thanks for responding.! I was asking for someone to come up with a new intro as iconic as that one.

[@beforeourveryeyes]

@@davidjernigan6846 Yes and someone started it at sometime. What have you come up with for an intro? Thanks for responding.

[@LouisRazonMusic]

new subscriber here👍🏻👍🏻😁

[@TimBeauBennett]

Cheers Louis! More coming soon, I promise!

[@Don2Rich]

Dizzy Gillespie wrote the intro.

[@jazzrecordingsandarchives9198]

Have you heard the recording of Dark Eyes by Maxine Sullivan? The intro is certainly inspired by Rachmaninov, the arranger and pianist on that date was Claude Thornhill: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJDHiIuMrcaAedk

[@woosix7735]

Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLq5Sb0lmyLT-UWrPEZhNYrELhKdODY-Qy

[@QuadriviumNumbers]

Bit of a stretch🤨