How High the Moon

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"How High the Moon" is a popular jazz standard from the 1940s that became a cornerstone of the bebop repertoire and a frequent basis for improvisation and contrafacts.

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How High the Moon canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWith scat singing ⓘ
virtuosic improvisation ⓘ
chartSuccess Les Paul and Mary Ford version reached number one on US charts ⓘ
composer Morgan Lewis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
decade 1940s ⓘ
firstAppearanceIn Two for the Show ⓘ
firstAppearanceType Broadway revue ⓘ
form 32-bar AABA ⓘ
genre bebop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
harmonicFunction common bebop chord progression ⓘ
hasCharacteristic circle-of-fifths motion ⓘ
frequent key changes ⓘ
functional harmony ⓘ
includedIn Real Book ⓘ
influenced development of bebop improvisation ⓘ
isFrequentlyUsedFor improvisation practice ⓘ
jam sessions ⓘ
isStandardIn bebop repertoire ⓘ
jazz repertoire ⓘ
isTaughtIn jazz education ⓘ
key G major ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Nancy Hamilton ⓘ
notableRecording Ella Fitzgerald live scat versions ⓘ
Les Paul and Mary Ford 1951 hit version ⓘ
performancePractice commonly used for extended solos ⓘ
often played at fast tempos ⓘ
publicationYear 1940 ⓘ
recordedBy Benny Goodman ⓘ
Charlie Parker ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Les Brown and His Band of Renown ⓘ
Les Paul ⓘ
Mary Ford ⓘ
Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
Tal Farlow ⓘ
tempo medium-up swing ⓘ
usedAsBasisFor How High ⓘ
Lester Leaps Again ⓘ
linked to: "Lester Leaps In"

Ornithology ⓘ
Satellite ⓘ
The Serpent’s Tooth ⓘ
contrafacts ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ornithology → basedOn → How High the Moon ⓘ
Ornithology → usesChordChangesOf → How High the Moon ⓘ
Ornithology → influencedBy → How High the Moon ⓘ
Mary Ford → notableWork → How High the Moon ⓘ
Chet → hasTrack → How High the Moon ⓘ
Bud Powell in Paris → hasTrack → How High the Moon ⓘ
Jazz at Oberlin → hasTrack → How High the Moon ⓘ
Frances Black → notableWork → How High the Moon ⓘ
Iris Colleen Summers → notableWork → How High the Moon ⓘ
Les Paul & Mary Ford → notableWork → How High the Moon ⓘ