Afternoon In Paris Jazz Backing Track – A great jazz standard for improvisation students to practice tonal center changes.

“Afternoon In Paris” is a jazz tune composed by pianist John Lewis in 1949. This tune follows the traditional AABA form with 32 measures. Throughout the A and B sections, the tonal center shifts from C major to Bb major and Ab major, creating a very attractive harmony for improvisation practice.

Great artists have performed this tune, including names like Phineas Newborn, Benny Golson, Sonny Rollins, Chet Baker, Bud Powell, Sonny Stitt, Kenny Barron, Milt Jackson, Art Farmer, Cedar Walton, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Kenny Burrell, George Coleman, Roland Kirk, Stéphane Grappelli, and many others.

This jazz standard can be found in the “Real Book vol. 1” on page 10.

This backing track is composed of drums, bass, and piano. The tempo is 150bpm.

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