Misty Jazz Backing Track – Practice your improvisation techniques over one of the most beautiful jazz standards of all time.

The song “Misty” was composed in 1954 by pianist Erroll Garner. Lyrics were added later by Johnny Burke.

This song has a traditional 32-bar AABA format, has several II-V-I cadences quite common in jazz, so more experienced musicians will have no difficulty improvising on this theme. For beginner musicians, it is very important to study each point; mapping the triads and tetrads of all the chords will help the student to orient themselves throughout the song.

There are fantastic interpretations of this song by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Count Basie, Hank Crawford, Bing Crosby, Aretha Franklin, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Oscar Peterson, Freddie Hubbard, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Barney Kessel, George Benson, Larry Coryell, Larry Carlton, Erroll Garner, Ahmad Jamal, Dave Koz and others. Listening to and knowing these interpretations is very important for the development of musical vocabulary.

This backing track is composed of drums, double bass and piano. The tempo is 70bpm.

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