[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:the-way-you-look-tonight":3},"title: The Way You Look Tonight\ncomposer: Jerome Kern\nstyle: Medium up\nkey: F\nform: AABC, 68 bars\nrecording: Ella Fitzgerald; Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book; Verve; 1963\nyoutube: -F9vX3uNjXU\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; F\n# recording: recorded 1963-01-05\u002F07, Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, with Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra; Verve V6-4060; songbook standard → Ella's reading; jazzstandards.com also names Billie Holiday\u002FTeddy Wilson (1936), Art Blakey's A Night at Birdland (1954) and Johnny Griffin's A Blowin' Session (1957), none a clear single reference; sources: Wikipedia, jazzstandards.com; video: \"Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group\", the album track (4:28), the same take\n# book: Med-Up Swing. Solo on form (AABC); after solos, D.S. al Fine. The last four bars of C (C bars 17–20) may be\n# omitted for solos. The intro is repeated (written out here).\n\n# bar | chord\n\nsection: Intro\n# area: F major (Intro 1 – A 16)\n1  | F6          # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n1  | Dm7         # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n1  | Gm9         # ii of the ii–V to F\n1  | C7          # V7 of F: natural tensions\n2  | FMaj7       # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n2  | Dm7         # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n2  | Gm9         # ii of the ii–V to F\n2  | C7          # V7 of F: natural tensions\n3  | F6          # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n3  | Dm7         # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n3  | Gm9         # ii of the ii–V to F\n3  | C7          # V7 of F: natural tensions\n4  | FMaj7       # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n4  | Dm7         # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n4  | Gm9         # ii of the ii–V to F\n4  | C7          # V7 of F: natural tensions\n\nsection: A\n@segno 1\n1  | FMaj7       # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n2  | Dm7         # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n3  | Gm7         # ii of the ii–V to F\n4  | C7          # V7 of F: natural tensions\n5  | FMaj7       # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n# alt (optional): bar 5, beats 3–4 (Eb13)\n6  | D7          # V7\u002Fii in F: the b13 is in the key\n7  | Gm7         # ii of C7: Dorian\n8  | C7          # V7\u002FI in F: natural tensions\n9  | Cm7(add11)  # ii of the ii–V to Bb\n10 | F7          # V7\u002FIV in F: natural tensions\n11 | BbMaj7      # the F7 before it makes Bb the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n12 | Gm7         # ii of the ii–V to F\n12 | C7          # V7 of F: natural tensions\n13 | F6          # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n13 | Dm7         # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n14 | Gm9         # ii of the ii–V to F\n14 | C7          # V7 of F: natural tensions\n15 | FMaj7       # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n15 | Dm7         # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n16 | Gm9         # ii of C7: Dorian\n16 | C7          # V7\u002FI in F: natural tensions\n# area: Ab major (A 17 – B 13)\n17 | Bbm7        # ii of the ii–V to Ab\n17 | Eb7         # V7 of Ab: natural tensions\n@ending 1 16\n@ending 2 17\n\nsection: B\n1  | AbMaj7      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n2  | Adim7       # vii°7 of Bbm7: F7♭9 without its root\n# alt (optional): bar 2 (F7)\n3  | Bbm7        # ii of the ii–V to Ab\n4  | Eb7         # V7 of Ab: natural tensions\n5  | AbMaj7      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n6  | Cm7         # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n6  | Bdim7       # passing diminished: Bb7♭9 without its Bb, the Eb9's dominant (Bbm7 its ii)\n# alt (optional): bar 6 (Fm7)\n7  | Bbm7        # ii of the ii–V to Ab\n8  | Eb9         # V7 of Ab: natural tensions\n9  | AbMaj7      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n10 | Adim7       # vii°7 of Bbm7: F7♭9 without its root\n# alt (optional): bar 10 (F7)\n11 | Bbm7        # ii of the ii–V to Ab\n12 | Eb13        # V7 of Ab: natural tensions\n13 | AbMaj7      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n# alt (optional): bar 14 (DbMaj7)\n# area: F major (B 15 – C 20)\n15 | Gm7(add11)  # ii of the ii–V to F\n16 | C7          # V7 of F: natural tensions\n\nsection: C\nbars: 23\n1  | FMaj7       # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n2  | Dm7         # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n3  | Gm7         # ii of the ii–V to F\n4  | C7          # V7 of F: natural tensions\n5  | FMaj7       # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n# alt (optional): bar 5, beats 3–4 (Eb13)\n6  | D7          # V7\u002Fii in F: the b13 is in the key\n7  | Gm7         # ii of C7: Dorian\n8  | C7          # V7\u002FI in F: natural tensions\n9  | Cm7(add11)  # ii of the ii–V to Bb\n10 | F7          # V7\u002FIV in F: natural tensions\n11 | BbMaj7      # the F7 before it makes Bb the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n12 | Gm7         # ii of the ii–V to F\n12 | C7          # V7 of F: natural tensions\n13 | F6          # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n13 | Dm7         # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n14 | Gm9         # ii of the ii–V to F\n14 | C7          # V7 of F: natural tensions\n15 | FMaj7       # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n15 | Dm7         # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n16 | Gm9         # ii of C7: Dorian\n16 | C7          # V7\u002FI in F: natural tensions\n17 | Gm7         # ii of the ii–V to F\n18 | C7          # V7 of F: natural tensions\n19 | F6          # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n@nav 19 Fine\n20 | Dm7         # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n20 | Gm7         # ii of the ii–V to F\n20 | C7          # V7 of F: natural tensions\n# bars 19–20: solo break after the F6\n@nav 20 D.S. al Fine\n",1793484803970]