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    This document summarizes Billy Strayhorn's 1941 arrangement of the song "Chelsea Bridge" by Duke Ellington. It describes the AABA chorus structure of the arrangement and highlights how the melody is passed between different instruments in each chorus. It also lists several recorded versions of the song from 1941 to 1952, noting some variations including a piano solo in one version and an interlude in another.

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    Chelsea Bridge the unabridged recordings by Duke Ellington

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    This document summarizes Billy Strayhorn's 1941 arrangement of the song "Chelsea Bridge" by Duke Ellington. It describes the AABA chorus structure of the arrangement and highlights how the melody is passed between different instruments in each chorus. It also lists several recorded versions of the song from 1941 to 1952, noting some variations including a piano solo in one version and an interlude in another.

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    Chelsea Bridge - Structural Analysis - HCD

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    This document summarizes Billy Strayhorn's 1941 arrangement of the song "Chelsea Bridge" by Duke Ellington. It describes the AABA chorus structure of the arrangement and highlights how the melody is passed between different instruments in each chorus. It also lists several recorded versions of the song from 1941 to 1952, noting some variations including a piano solo in one version and an interlude in another.

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    Chelsea Bridge

    1941-52 recordings by Duke Ellington


    CHELSEA BRIDGE, arr. Billy Strayhorn 1941
    Arrangement Structure
    (Chorus = 32 bar AABA form)

    Chorus 1 - Theme
    Piano intro
    (AA) Melody brass unison (16) (B) Bridge tenor (8)* (A) Melody trombones (8)
    (var)

    Chorus 2- Variation
    (A) Melody trombone
    (AA) Reeds soli (16) (B) Bridge trombone (8)*
    over reed soli (8)

    Chorus 3 - Reprise
    (A..) Melody (..A) Melody (A..) Melody (..A) Melody (A..) Melody (..A) Melody
    brass (4) reeds (4) reeds (4) brass (4)
    (B) Bridge baritone (8) reeds (4) brass (4)

    **
    **

    (*) Saxes in the background are the same behind tenor and trombone („copy & paste“).
    (**) Identical sections re-used („copy & paste“).

    (c) 2018 Hans Doerrscheidt


    [clarinetowner@gmail.com]
    Chelsea Bridge recorded versions

    16 Feb 41 Casa Mañana

    20 Feb 41 Casa Mañana

    17 Sep 41 Standard Transcriptions

    26 Sep 41 RCA alternate take Tizol only (*)

    2 Dec 41 RCA master take

    30 Jun 45 D.E.T.S. #12 (Vol. 7) (**)

    8 Sep 45 D.E.T.S. #22 (Vol. 12)

    X Mar 52 private recording Tizol only

    (*) Piano solo over sax background from chorus 1 (AA)


    (**) Piano interlude to „Something to Live For“

    (c) 2018 Hans Doerrscheidt


    [clarinetowner@gmail.com]

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