Misty Jazz Backing Track - Practice your improvisation techniques on what is one of the most beautiful jazz standards of all time.

The song "Misty" was composed in 1954 by pianist Erroll Garner. The lyrics were later added by Johnny Burke.

This song has a traditional AABA format of 32-bar, has several cadences II-V-I quite common in jazz, so more experienced musicians will not find it difficult to improvise on this theme. For beginning musicians, it is very important to study each point, mapping the triads and tetrads of all the chords will help the student to orient himself 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 and knowing these interpretations is very important for the development of musical vocabulary.

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

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