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Satin Doll Guitar Chords Lesson

Satin Doll                          

 

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Song Background
Written in 1953 by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Satin Doll is a Jazz standard that has been recorded by many many artists including Ella Fitzgerald, and Frank Sanatra. It is often used in Jazz Education as a great example of the use of the II-V-I turnaround which is used extensively throughout the chord progression.
Suggested Listening

Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass

Album – Sophisticated Lady

 

 

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

Album – Ken Burns Jazz – Duke Ellijngton

Barney Kessel

Album – Plays for Lovers

Charlie Byrd

Album – I’ve got the World on a String

 

Earl Hines

Album – Earl Hines plays Duke Ellington

 

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