A Child Is Born (jazz standard)

Not to be confused with When a Child Is Born.

"A Child Is Born" is a jazz ballad. It was written in 1969 by the jazz trumpeter Thad Jones and Alec Wilder and has since become a jazz standard. The piece has been recorded by a number of musicians including Tony Bennett, Stanley Turrentine and Bill Evans[1] (also released on Christmas with Sinatra & Friends), Richard Davis, Kenny Burrell, and Hank Jones.

Form

"A Child Is Born" is 32 bars long, and when soloing over it, jazz musicians "usually omit the last two bars", leaving a "30-bar solo form".[2] The original was recorded in B-flat major. It features a slow, lengthy introduction on the piano, lasting over a minute. Bob Yurochko in his book A Short History of Jazz refers to it as a "beautiful ballad" of mainstream jazz.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "A Child Is Born - Tony Bennett, Bill Evans". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Levine, Mark (12 January 2011). The Jazz Theory Book. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". p. 561. ISBN 978-1-4571-0145-8.
  3. ↑ Yurochko, Bob (1993). A Short History of Jazz. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-8304-1595-3.
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