Nica's Dream (Bbmi) - Straight/Swing Up Tempo || BACKING TRACK

Head In, Send-Off, Solo x6, Send-Off, Head Out, Send-Off (Ending)
Samba/Swing Fast 215 BPM

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Composer: Horace Silver

Year: 1956

Origin: Introduced on the album The Jazz Messengers.

Style: Usually played either straight or swung, or a combination of the two. 

Form: A-A-B-A (64 Bars) [16-16-16-16]
Typically the A sections are played straight, with the B section swung.

Intro: On the first recording from The Jazz Messengers, as well as Horace Silver's later rendition from Horace-Scope, a brief 7 bar introduction is included. However, this intro is oftentimes omitted.

Send-Off: On both recordings mentioned above a send-off is used to begin each solo, and is also used at the end of each solo. This arrangement tends to be included in performances.

Shout Chorus: Additionally, on both recordings mentioned above a shout-chorus is included. For the first 8 bars of both 16 bar A sections the band plays a shout figure, and the remaining 8 bars are opened back up to the soloist. During the bridge the band then returns to the melody to play the head out. However, this arrangement tends to not be included in performances.

Coda: A Coda can also be heard on both recordings; an additional 12 bars added to the form that concludes the performance. This coda is seldom used in practice, and instead the send-off is often used instead to finish performances.

Key: Almost always performed in Bb minor.

Harmony/Overview:  The harmony although exceptionally original is very functional throughout. The main theme in the A sections revolve around a ImiMaj7 - bVIImiMaj7 vamp before a II - V to the relative Major. The A sections then finish with a IImi7b5 - V7 back to Imi. The bridge takes place entirely in the relative Major and begins with a V7sus pedal. It then continues with various II - V's before returning back to the main theme once again.

Recordings: This composition is one of Horace Silver's most popular, and it has been recorded over 120 times to date. The first recording comes from the 1956 album The Jazz Messengers. Horace would later re-record the composition with his quintet on his 1960 album Horace-Scope at a much brighter tempo. "Nica's Dream" is one of the many compositions written for and inspired by Pannonica de Koenigswarter; a leading patron of jazz music in her time who was a scion to the Rothschild family.

JGC Top Picks:
Horace Silver, Horace-Scope, 1960
Oscar Peterson, Mellow Mood, 1968
Dave Liebman, Setting the Standard, 1992

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