What are New Orleans Block Chords?
("Have You Met Miss Jones")

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This is a great solo piano texture that creates a full sound out of the piano and a provides a contrasting groove to create variety in the architecture of your arrangement:
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1) Full Sound
** RH: Octave Melodies (sometimes filling in with 1, 2 or 3 available tones)
** LH: Solo Piano Shells (1+7, 1+10 or sometimes even 1+3+7 or 1+7+10)

2) Contrasting Groove
**Unlike Red Garland Block Chords, the hands are not in rhythmic unison. Instead, the LH is playing this "New Orleans Comping Pattern": 1 + &of2 + 4. This creates a great groove for the RH to play against.