Con Alma

"Con Alma" ("with soul") is a jazz composition by Dizzy Gillespie from 1954, known for a melody that keeps moving through distant keys. This page has the Con Alma chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose.

Who wrote "Con Alma"

Dizzy Gillespie wrote it as an instrumental, and it has no lyrics. He recorded it in 1954, and it soon became a standard of the Latin-tinged side of modern jazz.

Recordings that made it a standard

• Ray Bryant — Con Alma (Columbia, 1961), the pianist's trio album named after the tune.