Hot House (composition)

Hot House is a jazz standard, which was composed in 1945 by Tadd Dameron. Unlike many other of his compositions Hot House based on the harmonies of a well-known songs, namely, What Is This Thing Called Love? .

Features of the song

Structurally Hot House is an " innovative adaptation of Porter's songs: Serves this still the AABA, Dameron chose the AA'BA - form - actually, a ABCA - form, since A and A ' are similar only in harmony. " The melody is striking chromatic and could even be seen as a " chromatic fantasy into bebop ." " The mainly consisting of eighth-tone chains melody line makes heavy use of transitional tones and touches the fundamentals of the respective harmony often only fleetingly or not at all. "

Starting the recording mode

Dameron wrote the piece for the first recording sessions of bebop, which was held on May 11, 1945 Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie; this recording is considered a " milestone in jazz history. " Parker played the piece in the next few years again and again, most recently on May 15, 1953 at the legendary concert Jazz at Massey Hall.

Other recordings

As a result, measures such diverse musicians as Lionel Hampton, Dexter Gordon, Chaka Khan, Steve Lacy with Mal Waldron, Larry Coryell and James Moody took the piece on. 1959 played a John Coltrane Fifth House, which is based on the harmonies of Hot House, which he had recorded in 1946.

In some interpretations of the piece What Is This Thing Called Love? and Hot House combined, for example by the beginning of the piece, the Porter - theme is played and is in accordance with the improvisations of the musicians closed with the Dameron theme.