Avalon — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
Avalon by Buddy DeSylva & Vincent Rose & Al Jolson — key of F (manouche), form A. Below is the full chord grid; on Haute Gitanerie you can play along with a scrolling chord ribbon, transpose to any key, set the tempo, and switch on a rhythm backing (la pompe) to practise your solos over the changes.
Avalon chords — the grille
A : | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 | F | F C7♯5 | F | F | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 | F | F C7♯5 | F | F | D7 | Am7♭5 | D7 | D7 | Gm | Gm | B♭m | B♭m B° | F | F | D7 | D7 | Gm | C7 | F | F |
Chords used
C7 · F · C7♯5 · D7 · Am7♭5 · Gm · B♭m · B°
Play along
Open the interactive grille to play Avalon with the backing track (beta), transpose it, and slow it down — a practice backing to blow over, right in the browser, free.