Pensativa - Clare Fischer

[jaztbone]

I edited the iRealbook version to reflect Clare's changes

Pensativa (Clare's Changes) by Clare Fischer

 

[raymb1]

Pensativa - Clare Fischer
A few chords spelled out a little to better fit the melody.

 

[CyrilleB]

The chart I posted is from the composer's original version (Clare Fischer with Bud Shank in 1962). The one you posted is a different version from some other artist. I suggest you also indicate the artist name in your chart and/or a YouTu be link

 

[CyrilleB]

FYI, here's a statement from Clare Fischer about that song (from Wikipedia):

"That has been recorded by some jazz players - Freddie Hubbard is one of them. They don't understand two-beat samba, so they play it like a 4... [demonstrating], then they change the melody, then they change the chords, which are going into what we call bebop II-V. Mine go [plays mm. 9 through 13]. He recorded that with Art Blakey. Very famous. 85 percent of the people who know that song know it from that recording. Everyone who records it now plays it with the same cancer that I've had all my life with that song. I've been unable to disestablish that because I don't sell as many records as Freddie Hubbard. It gets to a point where you say, "Hey! It's my song. Yeah." Well, it doesn't make any difference."

 

[raymb1]

The reason I posted was because some of the chords won't fit the melody. i.e., The se ond chord has to be G7+11, not G7.

 

[CyrilleB]

This chart from Clare Fischer original version (with Bud Shank in 1962):

Pensativa - Clare Fischer

 

[raymb1]

You can even hear the bassist playing the +11 (or flat 5) on the G7 chord.

 

[raymb1]

No one is playing a D in those chords either.

 

[CyrilleB]

Clare Fischer with Helio Delmiro (1999) version:

Pensativa (1999) - Clare Fischer