monio

I've recently discovered this term and discovered by thé way that it manages to describe what i'm really looking for in music.
But when you search for playlists or even single songs based on that aspect, pratically you find nothing unless by chance (maybe someone give it as an example in a tutorial, but you don't find collections as you can find for even guilty pleasure ).
So i've made this thread in order to gather songs, musicians, albums or even unknown genres which seems to you to be based on advanced chords.

Neapolitan

I honestly thought this song was an example of "Adavance chord progression" but here it turns out to be only one chord.
Rhys Chatham - Guitar Trio


Jazz always been at the fore of advancing chord progressions. Giant Steps is a perfect example.

John Coltrane - Giant Steps (2020 Remaster) [Official Audio]

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ando here

Ugh. No guarantee you're gonna get a good song simply because its chord progressions are beyond fundamental. But... maybe that's not the point.

ando here

Ok, on a serious tip, in the popular song vein I've always found Billy Strayhorne's Lush Life to have the oddest chord progressions. Now, I'm looking at it from a singer's point of view since that's my background. Crooner, Frank Sinatra, never sang it publicly because of its difficulty but after he passed someone released his attempts and (thanks to this thread) I'm just getting around to listening to it now. First, here's a nice run down of the song's unusual construction. Sinatra's aborted takes:



A favorite take by Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington. Here you can really hear the chords as Duke plays them. But not every singer (Sinatra, to wit, can handle them as adroitly as Ella. And, of course, she never sang anything strictly as written). I like this take better than her famous recorded version.

Neapolitan

Can't beat this chord progression with a stick ... a stone, it's the end of the road.

Elis Regina & Tom Jobim- Waters of March

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ando here

Hmmm

ando here

One thing you can count on with almost any Thelonious Monk piece are successive descending chords but if you can put his Round Midnight across with any panache, hats off!



with lyrics (via Carmen McRae)

monio

Not what I was really looking for
I don't know but replies are tending to jazz and blue
Well I guess i'm searching more soulful music
Ok guys take a look at this two for example :
Françoise Hardy- Parlez-moi de lui
Michael Jackson - One day in your life
By the way this song became an obsession for me few years ago
宇多田ヒカル - Automatic
Actually I don't mind if you post mainstream music lol

ando here

Well, you did initially say gather as opposed to looking for
but since you're now more explicit...


Queen's Killer Queen has always intrigued me as one of the more sophisticated of pop songs in terms of its progressions.



A breakdown: