All The Things You Are

Jerome Kern · Key of Ab · AABA

Intermediate · 21 unique chords

Jerome Kern composed this for the 1939 Broadway show Very Warm for May. With its five key centres and 36-bar form, it is considered one of the most harmonically sophisticated standards in the repertoire — a rite of passage for serious jazz musicians (Gioia, The Jazz Standards).

Voicing style:

A

Fm7Rootless A

Bbm7Rootless B

Eb7Rootless A

Abmaj7Rootless B

Dbmaj7Rootless A

Dm7Rootless A

G7Rootless B

Cmaj7Rootless A

Cmaj7Rootless A

A2

Cm7Rootless A

Fm7Rootless B

Bb7Rootless B

Ebmaj7Rootless A

Abmaj7Rootless B

Aø7Rootless B

D7Rootless A

Gmaj7Rootless B

Gmaj7Rootless B

B

Am7Rootless B

D7Rootless A

Gmaj7Rootless B

Gmaj7Rootless B

F#ø7Rootless A

B7b9Rootless B

Emaj7Rootless A

C7b9Rootless A

A3

Fm7Rootless A

Bbm7Rootless B

Eb7Rootless A

Abmaj7Rootless B

Dbmaj7Rootless A

Dbm7Rootless A

Cm7Rootless A

Bø7Rootless B

Bb7Rootless B

Abmaj7Rootless B

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Practice this standard

Stage 6Upper Structure Triads — Learning Path

Listen to

Art Tatum — Solo Masterpieces (1953)

Virtuoso stride and open voicings — Tatum's harmonic imagination at its peak.

Chords in this standard

Fm7 Bbm7 Eb7 Abmaj7 Dbmaj7 Dm7 G7 Cmaj7 Cm7 Bb7 Ebmaj7 Aø7 D7 Gmaj7 Am7 F#ø7 B7b9 Emaj7 C7b9 Dbm7 Bø7

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Sources & Further Reading

Gioia, The Jazz Standards — Oxford University Press Levine, The Jazz Piano Book — Sher Music Mantooth, Voicings for Jazz Keyboard — Hal Leonard Jazz at Lincoln Center — Education Learn Jazz Standards