Английская Википедия:Bolivia (Walton song)
"Bolivia" is a jazz standard written by American jazz pianist Cedar Walton.[1][2][3] It is regarded as his best-known composition.[4]
Background
Bolivia was first recorded on Eastern Rebellion's self-titled album released in 1976 with Cedar Walton on piano, George Coleman on tenor saxophone, Sam Jones on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums.
Musical composition
Шаблон:Listen Bolivia is composed in G major and typically played in an Afro-Cuban style.
The song contains a bass ostinato[5] that is repeated throughout the first 16 bars of the song. The first 16 bars are entirely based upon a G7(13) chord.
The B section—or the final 16 bars—contains the following form. After the B-section, the song repeats with the same bass ostinato.
| E♭Δ7 | A13(7) | DΔ7 | A♭7 |
| GΔ7 | F♯7 (♯9) | B-7 | C7 (♯11) |
| B-7 | B-7/A | A♭-7♭5 | G-7 C7 |
| FΔ7 | B7 | B♭Δ7 | A7 |
Notable recordings
- Eastern Rebellion in Eastern Rebellion (1976)[6]
- Sam Jones in Something in Common (1978)
- Doug Raney Quintet in I'll Close My Eyes (1982)
- Freddie Hubbard in Bolivia (1991)
- Cody Moffett in Evidence (1993)
- John Carlini in Further Adventures (2007)
- Sean Dobbins and the Modern Jazz Messengers in Blue Horizons (2008)
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