On The Street Where You Live

Question 1

Overall structure

Answer 1

Altered AABA song form

Question 2

Tempo

Answer 2

Very brisk, requires band and Rhythm section to be extremely rhythmically tidy

Question 3

Solos

Answer 3

Art Pepper Alto Sax solo and Al Porcino TPT solo

Question 4

Intro

Answer 4

TPT and sax lead followed by dom pedal

Question 5

Verse 1

Answer 5

Ride cymbal swing, Torme straight rhythmically but keeps ballad feel, short horn cross rhythm

Question 6

Bridge

Answer 6

Horns add colour through stabs, answering phrases, sustained chords and rising idea

Question 7

Verse 3

Answer 7

Torme stresses the weak syllables ‘nowhere else I’d rather be’

Question 8

Instrumental Verse 1

Answer 8

TPT and sax lead melody with band as a unit (no vocals), Art improvises over the Verse’s changes with swung quavers

Question 9

Extended Verse 3

Answer 9

Sings against complex countermelody

Question 10

Coda

Answer 10

Scat, stabs with long held note

Question 11

Melody

Answer 11

Mostly follows original lead sheet but ends verses slightly differently (major 6th chord)

Question 12

Harmony

Answer 12

More complex chords than lead sheets, harmony more implied rather than stated, chromatic harmony

Question 13

Rhythm

Answer 13

Syncopated, delays, ‘yodel like’ decorations

Question 14

Texture

Answer 14

Rhythm section provide swing and mostly purely accompany Mel to make bare sound, frontline in homophony lots, provide interjections and dialogue between singer and band, ends countermelodies in horns