Recado Bossa Nova - Djalma Ferreira

[pdxdjazz]

Are you changing the chord and melody in the 7th bar to G7/B? The melody note in the charts I've seen are all Bb. The YouTube recordings are Gmi for the 7th and 8th bars.

Yup, 'cause the B natural in the descending line is just too sweet!
Imagine a trombone layin' down that chromatic line against the (ever so slightly) altered melody.
I can hear that <major> chord change used in the Cesar Swing Youtube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zEEsz9nBRk0 without the guide line being emphasized.
I put the /notes in the alt chord field so they would transpose with the chart. I don't view them as slash-chord inversions.

If songs could only be played one way, there'd be no jazz.
)BOB

[raymb1]

Sounds good. Reminds me of the bass line to How Insensative.

[pdxdjazz]

Sounds good. Reminds me of the bass line to How Insensative.

Yeah, I can see that. That's kinda the idea.
It Don't Mean A Thing has a quick descending 6 semitone bass line as well.
Rosetta and Lover are two more tunes with long chromatic descending lines.
)BOB