Sophisticated Lady Backing Track Jazz - Here the improviser will be able to apply his knowledge on one of the beautiful jazz songs ever created.

"Sophisticated Lady" is a jazz song composed in 1932 by Duke Ellington. The lyrics are by Irving Mills and Mitchell Parish.

The lyrics of this song are as follows:

“They say into your early life romance came
And in this heart of yours burned a flame
A flame that flickered one day and died away
Then, with disillusion deep in your eyes
You learned that fools in love soon grow wise
The years have changed you, somehow
I see you now
Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant
Diamonds shining, dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant
Is that all you really want?
No, sophisticated lady,
I know, you miss the love you lost long ago
And when nobody is nigh you cry
Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant
Diamonds shining, dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant
Is that all you really want?
No, sophisticated lady,
I know, you miss the love you lost long ago
And when nobody is nigh you cry
Sophisticated lady
You cry”

This song has already been wonderfully performed by renowned singers and instrumentalists like Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Chick Corea, Joe Pass, Larry Coryell, Kenny Burrell, Django Reinhardt, Billy Eckstine, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Tony Bennett, Nancy Wilson, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Art Tatum, Toots Thielemans, Marcus Miller, Jaco Pastorius, Christian McBride and many others.

This Jazz Standard has the AABA format of 32 bars quite common at the time it was created. Regarding harmony, we can say that, like the name of this song, it has a very sophisticated harmonic structure. With a lot of effort, the student will be able to improvise in a very fluid way about this song.

This theme can be found in "Real Book vol.1" on page 397 and in "The New Real Book vol.2" on page 337.

This backing track consists of drums, double bass and piano. The tempo is at 85bpm.

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