Jazz Chord progressions for guitar?

Consider the old standard, "Blues in the Night." Much depends upon the key in which you will play it, but you can count on using major and minor sixths and ninths as well as dominant sevenths. Some altered chords would be dominant sevenths with raised fifths.

Another classic could be "Sweet Georgia Brown." That's in the key of G, which modulates to the main chorus in the key of E.

There are plenty of good jazz books out there so pick up a "fake book" or two. A good introduction to minor 7th and 9th chords are some basic "jazz blues" progressions like "Stormy Monday". One of my all time favorites chord melody pieces is "Satin Doll".

A very common device for learning Jazz voicings is the basic ii-V-I progression. It is a jazz standard and should be learned in several keys with different inversions. It is a great static progression to solo over too. Try G major first: Gmaj7 Am7 D9 G. You can substitute C6 for Am7 and F#m7b5 for D9 so experiment with adding those in too. This is a great progression for working out different voicings as well as a great vehicle for soloing in a jazz context. Be sure to learn as many variations on the basic chords as possible so you can play it all over the neck.

The minor version of the ii V i is also important. In the key of Eminor it would be Em7 F#m7b5 B7 (or B9) back to Em This is technically a harmonic minor progression so use E harmonic minor. Try to stay away from using an obvious "neo classical" metal style instead trying for more of a "Hungarian" folk style. Turn this progression around and start on B major as the I chord using Em as the iv chord and F#m7b5 as an altered V chord and you have the phrygian dominant scale, also very "eastern european" sounding.

Something with alot of 2-5-1's in it. Like Erroll Garner's "Misty". I know good old Wes Montgomery did a version that is truly amazing. Look it up. Its in the Real Book.

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