Blue Bossa
by Kenny Dorham
🎷 Jazz
Difficulty
★★★★☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
A Latin jazz classic in Cm that blends bossa nova rhythm with jazz harmony. The melody is paired with chord voicings showing the Cm to Fm to Dm7b5-G7 progression that gives this tune its bittersweet character.
e|---3-----------3------1------1------3---------|
B|---4-----------4------1------1------4---------|
G|---3-----3--5--3------1------2------3---------|
D|---5-----------5------1------3------5---------|
A|---3-----------3------1------3------3---------|
E|---------------------1------1----------------|
e|---4-----------4------3------3------3---------|
B|---4-----------4------4------4------4---------|
G|---4-----4--5--4------3------3------3---------|
D|---3-----------3------5------4------5---------|
A|---4-----------4------3------3------3---------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|