The single most common chord movement in jazz — the sound of a phrase arriving home.
Drop ii–V–I straight into the interactive looper, hit play, and hear the full sequence cycle.
Play ii–V–I in the Studio →It's the fundamental cadence jazz is built on — the way a phrase creates tension and resolves. Thousands of standards are essentially chains of ii-V-I movements in different keys, so learning to hear and play it unlocks a huge amount of the repertoire.
C major. Dm7 is the ii chord, G7 is the V, and Cmaj7 is the I (the tonic, or home). Move all three chords up or down by the same amount and you get the same progression in a different key.
The added 7th on each chord is what makes it sound like jazz rather than a folk or pop cadence. The 7ths create gentle dissonances that lean into each other as the bass descends, giving the movement its characteristic richness and forward pull.