[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:imagination":3},"title: Imagination\ncomposer: Jimmy Van Heusen\nstyle: Ballad\n# book: Med. Ballad\nkey: Eb\nform: ABC, 36 bars\nrecording: Art Pepper; Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section; Contemporary; 1957\nyoutube: 6v-9wu_0twY\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; Eb\n# recording: recorded 1957-01-19, Contemporary's studio, Los Angeles, Pepper with Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones; chart follows no version, so the best-known jazz reading over the 1940 Dorsey\u002FSinatra and Ella Fitzgerald 78s; Penguin Guide core album; sources: Wikipedia (Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section, Imagination (1940 song)); video: \"Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group\" album track, the same take\n\n# the book's A is two 8-bar A's (AABA'); its C is the last A, 12 bars\n# a one-bar melodic pickup (no chords) leads into A\n# bar | chord\n\nsection: A\n# area: Eb major (A 1 – B 3)\n1  | EbMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n1  | Edim7    # vii°7 of Fm7: C7♭9 without its root\n2  | Fm7      # ii of the ii–V to Eb\n2  | Bb7      # V7 of Eb: natural tensions\n3  | EbMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n3  | AbMaj9   # IV: the #4 is the key’s 7th\n4  | Gm7b5    # iiø7 of F minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n4  | C7       # V7\u002Fii in Eb: the b13 is in the key\n5  | Fm       # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n5  | C7#5     # V7\u002Fii in Eb: the b13 is in the key, the #11 from the symbol\n6  | Fm7      # ii of Bb7: Dorian\n6  | Bb7      # V7\u002FI in Eb: natural tensions\n7  | G7       # V7 of C7, on the way to F minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n7  | C7       # V7 of F minor, the chain's last link: b9 and b13 are in the key\n8  | Fm7      # ii of the ii–V to Eb\n8  | Bb7      # V7 of Eb: natural tensions\n9  | EbMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n9  | Edim7    # vii°7 of Fm7: C7♭9 without its root\n10 | Fm7      # ii of the ii–V to Eb\n10 | Bb7      # V7 of Eb: natural tensions\n11 | EbMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n11 | AbMaj9   # IV: the #4 is the key’s 7th\n12 | Gm7b5    # iiø7 of F minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n12 | C7       # V7\u002Fii in Eb: the b13 is in the key\n13 | Fm       # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n13 | C7#5     # V7\u002Fii in Eb: the b13 is in the key, the #11 from the symbol\n14 | Fm7      # ii of the ii–V to Eb\n14 | Bb7      # V7 of Eb: natural tensions\n15 | EbMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n16 | Bbm7     # ii of the ii–V to Ab\n16 | Eb9      # V7\u002FIV in Eb: natural tensions\n\nsection: B\n1  | AbMaj7   # the Eb9 before it makes Ab the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n1  | Fm7      # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n2  | Am7      # ii of the ii–V to G minor\n2  | D7       # V7\u002Fiii in Eb: b9 and b13 are in the key\n3  | Gm7      # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n# area: D minor (B 4–7)\n4  | Em7b5    # iiø7 of D minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n4  | A7b9     # V7 of D minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n5  | Dm7      # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n5  | Gm7      # iv: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n6  | Cm7      # ii of F7: Dorian\n6  | F7       # extended dominant: V7 of Bb9sus4\n7  | Bb9sus4  # ♭VI7sus4 before its dominant: Mixolydian, the 4th is a chord tone here\n# area: Eb major (B 8 – C 11)\n8  | Bb7#5    # V7 of Eb: #11 and b13 from the symbol\n\nsection: C\nbars: 12\n1  | EbMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n1  | Edim7    # vii°7 of Fm7: C7♭9 without its root\n2  | Fm7      # ii of the ii–V to Eb\n2  | Bb7      # V7 of Eb: natural tensions\n3  | EbMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n3  | AbMaj9   # IV: the #4 is the key’s 7th\n4  | Gm7b5    # iiø7 of F minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n4  | C7       # V7\u002Fii in Eb: the b13 is in the key\n5  | Fm       # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n5  | C7#5     # V7\u002Fii in Eb: the b13 is in the key, the #11 from the symbol\n6  | Fm7      # ii of Bb7: Dorian\n6  | Bb7      # V7\u002FI in Eb: natural tensions\n7  | G7       # III7 in Eb, not resolving: b9 and b13 are in the key\n7  | Db7#11   # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to C7\n# alt: bar 7 (Dm7 G7)\n8  | C7       # V7\u002Fii in Eb: the b13 is in the key\n9  | Fm       # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n9  | B7b5     # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Bb9sus4\n10 | Bb9sus4  # V7sus4 before its dominant: Mixolydian, the 4th is a chord tone here\n10 | Bb7      # V7 of Eb: natural tensions\n11 | Eb6      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n# alt (optional): bar 12 (Fm7 Bb7) turnaround\n",1793484800365]