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62.95Apply it to “Mack the Knife”
This is excellent during an improvisational chorus.
Walking swing remains stable.
Take one melodic fragment.
Play it:
in key.
Then half-step above.
Then back.
Because the rhythm section remains grounded, the outside phrase can sound sophisticated rather than lost.