Oleo - Medium Slow Swing || BACKING TRACK

Head In, Solo x5, Head Out Medium Slow Swing 135 BPM Download a free chord chart for this tune here: https://www.jazzguitarcomprehensive.com/rep/oleo Check out my page for hundreds more of the best Play-Alongs and Loops in the world! Join me on Patreon for Backing Tracks and Lead Sheets each week, as well as much more: ► https://www.patreon.com/jazzguitarcomprehensive Some notes about the composition as found on https://www.jazzguitarcomprehensive.com/ Composer: Sonny Rollins Year: 1954 Origin: Introduced on the Miles Davis album Bags' Groove. Style: Swing, typically played at an up tempo. Form: A-A-B-A (32 Bars) [8-8-8-8] A common arrangement is for the rhythm section to lay out during the A sections of the first few choruses with the exception of the bass, as heard on Miles' recordings from Bags' Groove and Relaxin'. Key: Bb Major Harmony/Overview: This composition is a rhythm changes, based on the chord progression of George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm". The A sections are made up of a bebop oriented line and the B sections are left open with no set melody. Recordings: This song has been recorded over 150 times to date and is one of the most widely known rhythm changes in the repertoire. It was first introduced on the Miles Davis album Bags' Groove and it remained in Miles' repertoire well throughout his career, recording and performing it on several occasions. It remains an especially popular rhythm changes head amongst jazz musicians and continues to be called at jam sessions frequently. JGC Top Picks: Bill Evans, Everybody Digs Bill Evans, 1958 Miles Davis, Live at the Plugged Nickel, 1965 Coleman/Cobb/Stern/Carter, Four Generations of Miles, 2002 Please consider supporting this channel through a donation, https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jazzguitarc Be sure to subscribe to my main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsHefbnzId7of6XcFJWh8UQ As well as JGC History to trace the lineage of some of the most important compositions in jazz: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIyOG2gaFIP2hxfdrTMsafw The World's Premier Site for Jazz Guitar Education and Beyond https://www.jazzguitarcomprehensive.com/ #Oleo #JazzBackingTracks #RhythmChanges