Level: 3
Tuning: Standard

The standard "Sweet and Lovely" has an interesting history. It was written in 1931 by Charles N. Daniels and Harry Tobias and was a pretty big hit for several performers, including Bing Crosby. It got a second lease on life when it was used in a film called "Two Girls and a Sailor," and Bing rerecorded it. Modern jazzers have played it ever since, and this version in E is very much based on Thelonious Monk's unique re-casting of the progression, with its chromatically descending chords.