Sunday at the Village Vanguard – Alice in Wonderland

Tune: Alice in Wonderland 

Year: 1951

Composer: Sammy Fain

Original Key: C major

Meter: 3/4

Below is a transcription of the first sixteen measures (the “A” sections):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I will analyze the first sixteen bars over the next few days, which are rife with Bill’s idiomatic voicings and then provide a transcription of an excerpt from his solo (where Scotty and Paul share in the musical dialogue!)

MC

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