triad) continues the strategy used at the beginning of chorus two. Measure 53 is a melodic sequence based on the figure in measure 20. The continuity of chorus two is complete with the use of nine and eleven extensions of E dorian in a descending then ascending triad (D major). Measures 62-63 use a melodic fragment from measures 13-14 of chorus one that serves to tie both choruses together into a prize little package that ends so neatly on the tonic E.
This solo (CL-1812) of So What was recorded during a live performance with the musical genius Gil Evans and his 21-piece orchestra. This 1961 improvisation, being some three years later than the solo previously analyzed
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