List of jazz contrafacts

A contrafact is a musical composition built using the chord progression of a pre-existing one but introducing a new melody. Typically the original tune's progression and song form will be reused but occasionally just a section will be reused in the new composition. This article is a list of notable contrafacts by jazz artists.

See also

• Counter-melody

References

Further reading

• Aebersold, Jamey (1982). Charlie Parker Omnibook. Criterion. ISBN 0-7692-6053-5. 
• Baker, David (2006). How To Play Bebop, Volume 3. Alfred. ISBN 0-7390-2182-6. 
• Crawford, Richard (1993). The American musical landscape. University of California Press. ISBN 0520077644.  ISBN 9780520077645.
• Owens, Thomas (1982). Bebop: The Music and Its Players. Oxford. ISBN 0-1951-0651-2. 
• Sher, Chuck (2005). The New Real Book, Volume 1. Sher Music. ISBN 0-9614701-4-3. 
• Sher, Chuck (2005). The New Real Book, Volume 2. Sher Music. ISBN 0-9614701-7-8. 
• Sher, Chuck (2005). The New Real Book, Volume 3. Sher Music. ISBN 1-883217-03-2. 

External links

• Searchable Realbook Index at www.seventhstring.co.uk
• Jazz era transition to Bebop: "Hot House" and the revolutionary aspect "Charlie Parker I: – Hot House", Article by Bernard Chazelle (Princeton, Collège de France), Sep 9, 2008

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