Solar (composition).html

"Solar" is a musical composition attributed to Miles Davis on the studio album Tune Up, considered a modern jazz standard. A controversy exists over authorship of this composition and one current consensus¹ holds that Davis' "Solar" is essentially an earlier song, "Sonny" (or "Sunny"?), written by Chuck Wayne.

The commonly accepted chord structure² for this piece is:

A	CmMaj7	%	Cm7 or Gm7	Gm7 : C7
	FMaj7	%	Fm7	Bb7
	EbMaj7	Ebm7 : Ab7	DbMaj7	Dm7b5 : G7

Notable recordings:

Miles Davis - Walkin'
Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Pat Metheny - Question and Answer
Brad Mehldau - Art of the Trio, Vol. 4

References

^ Voce, Steve. Chuck Wayne Obituary. The Independent (London), 1997 August 1 (link). Accessed 2007 August 6
^ New Real Book Volume 1. New Real Book Volume 1. Petalnuma, CA: Sher Music Co., 1988