Jazz waltz
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A Jazz waltz is a composition played by jazz musicians in a syncopated 3/4, 6/4, or 6/8 time signature. Frequently a feeling of swing is created in the accompaniment by anticipating the second beat by a quaver.
[edit] Notable jazz waltzes
The following were either composed as jazz waltzes, or are frequently played as such.
- All Blues (Miles Davis)
- "Gary's Notebook" and "Boy, What a Night!" (both from The Sidewinder by Lee Morgan)
- My Favorite Things (associated with John Coltrane)
- Some Day My Prince Will Come (associated with Miles Davis)
- Waltz For Debby (Bill Evans)
- West Coast Blues (Wes Montgomery)
- Wild Flower (Wayne Shorter)
