Max Meazza – Nightime Call

 

Max Meazza - Nightime Call

Meazza @ discogs.com 

Cigarette smoke lounging inside of city cab, meandering out the cracked window like a 2am drunkard slithering the rain slicked streets.  Puddles reflect neon signing, endless always distant chattering.

1.  Nightime Call

 

               Intro is D-13 clashey chords including the minor 9.  On guitar these chords word particularly well: xx9960 and xx7968 and xx10 10 8 12.  Guitar plays some sliding 4^th riffs.  Horn (trumpet I think) introduced on G# to G, highlighting the #4 blue note.

 

               When the vocals kick in:

 

||:  D-13               |     F maj9    Eb maj9                 |   D-11                      |                                 :||

 

 

               After a few repeats:

 

||:      C-7    Fmaj          |  C-7  Fmaj           |  C-7   Fmaj                 | D-7   G7                                  |

|  D-7                             |                               |                                    |                                                ||

 

               Lots of big bad D- extensions in this one.  Almost modal like So What.

 

 

 

2.  Sweet Little Mistery

 

               Super mo town progression, Ab maj to F-,  Db maj to Eb7.

              

B section is Bb-7 for a few bars to F-7 for a few bars.

              

Second verse uses the same chord progression as intro but each chord holds double the length.

 

 

 

3.  Gas Service Station

 

               Main part:  Open E string on a lot of these chords.  Voicings below chord symbols.

 

               ||:  A maj9                 |   E-7                      |  D maj   C maj               |  A-                 :||

                ||:   x07650               |   0x5430               |      open voicings for these last chords   :||

              

               Woorrrkinn Woorrkiiin~

              

               ||  A- sort of A major blues thing  |                         |                     |F13     E7alt                   |

               |   A-                                                   |                            ||

 

               Fun voicing for F13:   x8788 10

               Fun voicing for E7alt:  0x6788

 

 

 

4.  Complicated Life

              

               Intro D ma7 and G maj7.

              

               When vocals come in:

 

               ||:  D maj7           |  G maj7                       |  D maj7                        |  G maj7                           |

               |      D maj7           |  A-9                             |   E-9                             |  A13                               :||

 

 

               After a few repeats:

 

               ||:  Gmaj add9      |  B7alt                    |  E-9    A13                       |  D maj7                          :||

              

               B7alt chord has like half a measure.

 

 

 

5.  Angel of the Night

 

               D maj and C maj and then form when vocals start:

              

               ||  D maj                   |   C maj7                          |  D maj                              |  C maj7                   |

               ||  E-7                        | D maj                               |  E-7                               |  D maj               ||

               |  A7 sus                     ||

 

               During the E-7 to D maj chorus, guitar is strumming D major triad on 10^th fret.

 

 

6.  Nervous Everytime it Rains

 

               Intro has A to F# trills on guitar, ends with open A note.

               Super simple.  First section chord progression is F-7 to Bb7 back and forth.

               Second section is C-7 to F7 back and forth.

 

 

 

7.  Shoes Full of Rain

 

               ||: Bb maj7                  |  C-7                     |  Bb maj7                    |  C-7   F7             :||

               || Bb maj7                  |  A7                      | E-7   A7                       | D maj7               |

               | E-7    A7                    |  D maj7              |  E-7    A7                  |  F#-   B-                  |

               | E-7    A7                    | E-7    A7             |  spacey chord then repeat  ||

 

 

 

8.  Get It On

 

               First part is like D maj7, A maj, E-7, with a lot of A in the bass.

               Second part is C-7 to Bb maj7, repeat then A 7sus.

               Chorus is C maj7/G to C maj7 a few times back and forth, then surprise Eb maj7, resolve C maj7.

 

 

9.  No One Cares

 

               Intro is D major pentatonic stuff over D maj and A7.

               Verse is D maj, B-7 to G maj, A7/G in bass…F#- to B-,  G maj, A maj, repeat. 

I, vi, IV, V, iii, vi, IV, V.

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1.  Jordan

              

               We have F major 9 vamp, followed by  A major vamp, and this repeats a few times.  Sometimes the bass plays F# root note over the A major vamp, implying F#-.  After some time we get to Bb major, then B major, repeat…then the B major holds on for a thunderstorm as a Bmaj7#11.  Then back to the top for keys SOLO!

               This is basically the form, with some nature jams happening for a few bars before the top of the song.

               2^nd nature jam is some Japanese A pentatonic thing, notes are A B D E G.

               3^rd nature jam, bird calls.

               F major vamp fade out!

 

 

 

2.  Dance Ternate

 

               Cutesty F#7 to F#7#5 riff!  Bass plays B, F#, E, G#, B.  Weird bass jam overtop the F# chords.  Not sure what tonality is being implied here, since B (the 11^th) doesn’t normally appear in a dominant 7 chord.

               Vocals come in A major chord, vocal line is A, E, D, C#, D, C#.

               Vocals modulate up to F# major, vocal line is A#, F, F#, F, F#, F.

 

               Bass tends to imply other harmonies over top of these vamps, a lot, throughout the album.

               Key board solo bounces between A major and G7#11.

               Synth Pad comes in playing D major, G7#11, D major, G7#11.

               Top of the form!

               A little later we get that vocal motif in the key of C major, then E major. 

 

 

3.  Nettai Yawa – Tales From Equatorial Nights

 

               This one is juicy!  Main riff is based on a G# major triad, with a low E in the bass, setting up this E major7 #5 harmonic/melodic minor mode type thing!

               Main melody is D#, G#, D#, G#, F#, F#, E, D#, C#.

               The next chord change is a good ol’ G#13, resolving eventually to C# maj69 chord, then repeat the funky top of the form.

               Jammy jam jazz part is ||G-  C7    |  F maj     |  G-    C7    |  Gmaj||

               Then:  ||A -7    D7     |G maj   E-    | A-7   D7 |  Gmaj         ||

               After a long while there’s a chromaticy riff that steps around, then back to the top G#maj/E to G#13 bit.  Eventually ultimately resolving to C#maj69 after some times through the form.

 

 

 

4.  Indigo Queen

 

|| D-7      |  E-7         | D-7                 |  E-7                |

| D-7       |  G7            | Cmaj7 #11     | Cmaj7#11   ||     

 

Then a chill F-7 to G-7, back and forth for a while.  Pretty straight forward.

Organ solo chord progress (F-7   G-7) will end on C- sometimes with some upward side steps.  Then eventually modulates to A-7   B-7

 

 

 

 

5.  Spanish Harlem

 

               Happy islands, G major and A- bopping back and forth with some crazy strings and slide guitar!

               Segment of A-.

               Some slight changes floating around to D major, G major, C major.

               Jammy segment in the middle back and forth between Eb13 and Ab13.

               Another strawberry of F-7  Bb13 funky fank.

 

 

 

6.  Tango Mania

 

               Basic idea is F# major to G7.  Next new section is some D major to G7#11 with lots half stepy things, sounds a little like Gutevolk. 

               Then theres liiike harmonic minor or mixolydian b9 stuff happening, or altered scale?

               Most of the song is based on that F# major G7 motif.

 

 

 

7.  Blue Canary

              

G minor I IV V stuff (G-, C-, D- or D maj).

               Modulates to G major I IV V stuff (G maj, Cmaj, Dmaj).

 

 

 

 

8.  Malabar Jubilee

 

               Dsus pedal, G maj69/D sus type of sound.

               Super cool minor 9 parallel harmonies!  G-9,  F-9,  Db-9,  D-9

               Keys solo in Bb major, modulates to Db major.  Hearing some Mccoy Tyner quartal voicings.

               Ancient tribal vibe, A13 to C13b9.  Illusions of Gaia Ankor Wat temple comes to mind.

 

 

 

9.  Coco and Perfume

 

               ||A -7             |  D7            |  Gmaj7           |  G maj7          ||

 

               ||Cmaj7         | B-7            |E-7                  |A7                     ||

 

               ||  A-7b5       | Gmaj7       |  A-7b5           |  G maj7           |

               |G dim7         | Abmaj7     |  D7sus          |  Bb-7  Eb9      |

               |  D7sus  D7 |                    ||

              

               Jazz town with these standard chord progressions!