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Soy Califa

Composer Dexter Gordon    (click to list other tunes)
Submitted by David Luebbert
Posted 6/24/2000; 11:11:16 PM
Msg# 469 (top msg in thread)
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Reads 4823

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Chord progression for Dexter Gordon's Soy Califa. In Spanish, the title means "I'm the king" or literally "I'm the caliph". On Dexter's album "A Swingin Affair", he begins the performance by loudly intoning "Soy Ca-li-faaa".

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Listen to a "Soy Califa", Track #1 from Dexter Gordon's album "A Swingin' Affair" in Windows Media Viewer format (courtesy of Amazon.com)


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