The Jazz Half Cadence
IIm7
V7
Jazz
About this progression
The unresolved ii–V: tension without release. Often used mid-phrase in jazz, or as the last 2 bars of a section that cadences at the top of the next chorus.
Example from the library
As it appears in Take the A-Train
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