Re: Chord Function?

On Jul 30, 5:12=A0pm, "Tom K." <tkor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> You can use a triad on any blues as a I chord. It is not a norm. The
> >> blues, in general begins on a I7 and ends on I7. That is the norm. If
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> >> guys want to say this is not the norm, there is nothing i can add to
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> >> discussion. Any quality may be substituted for a I chord. Any
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> >> musician is aware of this. When I played with Joe
born 1911, loved jazz

, every tune was of the
> >> 7th. That was back in '73. We have minor blues too.
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> Jimmy Witherspoon's
born 1920, loved jazz

 changes were all 7ths when I worked with him - but Al
> Hibbler's
born 1915, loved jazz

 blues tunes often used triads (did a 4 week stint with him in
> '68). [...]

Frank Stokes is a good example of the first wave of blues musicians,
and was born 23 years before Big Joe Turner. Wilbur Sweatman, an
im****tant jazzman who recorded "Joe Turner" in 1917, was 29 years
older than Big Joe Turner.

Joseph Scott