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“Soul Eyes” is a composition written by Mal Waldron. It was first recorded on March 22, 1957, for the album Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors. One of the tenor saxophonists on that recording was John Coltrane, who brought the song back to attention by recording it in 1962 for his album Coltrane. This was only the second ever recording of the song, which has since become part of the basic repertory of jazz performers. Waldron wrote the piece with Coltrane in mind: “I liked Coltrane’s sound and I thought the melody would fit it”.
In the first lesson we study the form, the right chords, the melodic analysis.
We study the chords scales in the lessons 2 through 4.
We practice a great exercise in lesson 5: repeat and transpose a phrase throughout the entire form.
In the fifth lesson I am sharing some ideas around the color of the Maj7#5 chord.
Video lessons:
Lyrics:
A soul, I’m told
Can be both hot and cold
So how is one to know
Which way to go?
The soul is mirrored in the eyes
But how is one to know
When the whole world is full of such lies?
So darling, watch those eyes
And even more, those lies
And when you see them smile
For a long, long while
Then you know you’ve found the one
Who’ll always, always be true
I know, that it is how I found you
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3 comments on “Soul Eyes”
Hey! Here I am using ideas from lesson 4:
Hi Alex, i’ve just found a cool backing track for Soul Eyes …plan is to record my alto horn with your harmonic concepts in mind .. will post my recording at some point. Again, I apologise for being un-prepared re webinar on November 30th…i had a weird week with life stuff ha ha. 😉
Cool analysis, thanks Alex.