First post / Clarifying "How High the Moon"

Hey guys, first post here. Clarifying minor conversion theory here over How High the Moon. I had to re-go through Linear Conversions because I thought you started formations on the ii chord as if it were Dorian - so my initial chord set-up was wrong when approaching the tune.

If I look at the first handful of bars of How High the Moon, we get:

G major (2 bars) = E minor formations

ii-V-I in F major (4 bars) = D minor formations

ii-V-I in E major (3 bars) = C minor formations

Amb75 > D7b9 (1 bar - short) = G minor formations

Gm7 (1 bar) - G minor formations

Amb75 > D7b9 (1 bar - short) = G minor formations

G major (1 bar) > Am7 > D7 (1 bar-short) = E minor formations

Is this right?

I had it wrong initially and was doing formations in A over G major, formations in G over G minor (> Fmaj), and formations in F over F minor (> Eb maj).

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