Look At Her – Don Sickler

This lyrical ballad presents a new melody for the changes of the standard Little Girl Blue. The melody flows elegantly throughout the form, often outlining smooth voice-leading approaches within the changes. Our melody parts show a few piano rhythms and fills from the recording. There is an intro consisting of one measure of solo piano to set up the melody.

This song is available in a Minus You melody format; click on Minus You for more details.

For more ballad Minus You recordings with master accompanist Norman Simmons on piano, check out Tadd Dameron's I Remember Love and Sweet Life and Curtis Fuller's The Court.

Our exclusive recording is available in a Minus Melody format. CLIP This track is two choruses long. On the second chorus of the full quartet track, Don Sickler solos on the first A section, plays the melody again for the second A, solos on the first six measures of B and then plays the rest of the melody to the end. If you're playing with the minus melody track, you can explore other possibilities for this chorus—such as soloing for the entire chorus, or soloing until B and taking the melody out from there. Having two full choruses to play over is a great opportunity to work on the unique form of Little Girl Blue, with its extended 12-measure A sections, eight-measure B and four-measure C.

There is no count off on the minus melody track; the measure of solo piano at the beginning sets up the melody.