THE HOT NUTS PROGRESSION
has a long history, as it dates back at least to 1906 with Percy Cahill's Don't Go Away, Nobody. In the Key of C it is:
C | A7 | D7/G7 | C | C | A7 | D7 | G7
C*** | C7*** | F*** | Fm*** | C | A7 | D7/G7 | C
C*** | C7*** | F*** | Fm*** | C | A7 | D7/G7 | C
As you can see, it is a very simple 16-bar structure. In some songs, a two-bar tag is added, making 18 bars in all. Where I have placed askerisks, the band sometimes chooses to include solo instrument (or vocal) breaks.
Like the 12-bar blues, this is one of the most common progressions in traditional jazz.
You can hear it for example in:
Like the 12-bar blues, this is one of the most common progressions in traditional jazz.
You can hear it for example in:
If It Don't Fit, Don't Force It
Droppin' ShucksEverybody's Talking About Sammy
Forget Me Not Blues
Hot Nuts, Get 'Em from the Peanut Man
How Come You Do Me Like You Do Do Do? Hot Nuts, Get 'Em from the Peanut Man
Maybe Not At All
Meat on the Table (one theme)
My Sweet Lovin' Man
Prove It On Me Blues
Take Your Fingers Off It
Walk Right In
Watchin' The Clock
Don't Go Away, Nobody
Like the Sister Kate Progression, this one ends with the Sunshine Sequence (described elsewhere in this Blog). So nothing could be more natural or simple to play. But the progressions are extremely effective.
My Sweet Lovin' Man
Prove It On Me Blues
Take Your Fingers Off It
Walk Right In
Watchin' The Clock
Don't Go Away, Nobody
Like the Sister Kate Progression, this one ends with the Sunshine Sequence (described elsewhere in this Blog). So nothing could be more natural or simple to play. But the progressions are extremely effective.
