In jazz music, the Montgomery-Ward bridge (also Riepel's Monte) is a standard chord progression often used as the bridge, or 'B section', of a jazz standard. The progression consists, in its most basic form, of the chords I⁷–IV⁷–ii⁷–V⁷. Often, some or all of the dominants are substituted with ii–V progressions or otherwise altered. This is used in such standards as "The Sunny Side of the Street", "When You're Smiling", "Satin Doll",^[1] and particularly "Honeysuckle Rose".^[2]

Eight bars:^[2]

v⁷	I⁷	IV	IV	vi m⁷	II⁷	ii m⁷	V⁷	Play^ⓘ

References

^ Rich, Scott, "Bridge Construction", Money Chords, Angel fire.
^ ^a ^b Holbrook, Morris B (2008), Playing the Changes on the Jazz Metaphor, Now Publishers, p. 104, ISBN 978-1-60198-172-1.

Terminology

By number
of chords

Three	I–IV–V–I ii–V–I turnaround V–IV–I turnaround ♭VII–V⁷ cadence Backdoor progression Eight-bar blues Twelve-bar blues ("Bird" changes) Sixteen-bar blues Passamezzo moderno
Four	'50s progression Andalusian cadence Folía vi–ii–V–I Montgomery-Ward bridge Passamezzo antico I–V–vi–IV (list) IV^△7–V⁷–iii⁷–vi Romanesca Tadd Dameron turnaround

By name

See also