There are several ways that this type of improvisation is analogous to the. Walter theodore sonny rollins born september 7, 1930 is an american jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. Sonny rollins first effort for blue note is a solid, if not stellar, album. Thomas, rollins included two swing standard entitled you dont know what love is and moritat, a blues called blue 7, and lastly, a bebop tune, strode rode. Rollins also recorded his own original take on standards for the album the the standard sonny rollins, which is represented here as is nows the time with herbie hancock and ron carter with drummer roy mccurdy. You need to understand what is going on at bars 5 and 6 of i got rhythm to really nail st thomas. In a sevendecade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader. Thomas solo, from saxophone colossus what is there to say. Jun 12, 2011 moving to chicago, rollins became acquainted with max roach.
The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most. Download and print pent up house sheet music for voice and other instruments bass clef by sonny rollins real book melody and chords. St thomas sonny rollins tenor sax solo transcription free download as pdf file. Sonny rollins beyond the notes 2011 rotten tomatoes. Composed and performed by 2010 national medal of arts. Kennedy center for the performing arts later this year. Tenor madness sonny rollins solo c7 f7 c7 f7 c7 3 8 emi7. Thomas sonny rollins solo transcription learn jazz standards. This handy doubledisc set is a streamlined compilation from the sixcd box of sonny rollins complete rca victor recordings. Print and download in pdf or midi st thomas sonny rollins travail darpeges. Upon listening to this, his fine debut for the label, not to mention classics like saxophone colossus and sonny rollins plus four, one. Despite his age, rollins continues to perform worldwide, albeit taking it a little bit easier these days. St thomas sonny rollins tenor sax solo transcription. In 1959, he had the jazz world at his feet and he quit the scene.
Thomas, rollins uses repetition of a rhythmic pattern, and. Maybe not a firstchoice disc for rollins newcomers, but certainly an essential title down the line. Rather, its a great tune to work on playing motifically, like sonny does in the first couple of choruses on the original recording. Metrical circle maps divides the bar duration into equal sized bins 48 in this case and maps metrical positions to the corresponding bin. Sep 10, 2011 sonny rollins, a saxophonist, is truly a son of the us virgin islands. I have compiled a collection of 26 solos featuring jazz greats herbie hancock, booker little, max roach, grant green, stan getz, slide hampton, thelonious monk, jackie mclean, cuong vu, clifford brown, roy haynes, woody shaw, sonny rollins, jon. Sonny rollins airegin the jazzomat research project. St thomas sonny rollins travail darpeges sheet music. I have always enjoyed reading and looking at the transcriptions in downbeat magazine over the years. The body, except the obvious case splits linearly dependent isotope. Recorded on december 16, 1956, sonny rollins volume one features donald byrd on trumpet, wynton kelly on piano, gene ramey on bass, and the great max roach on drums. I hope you enjoy the videos, ive been working hard in the lab on upping the ante with the audio and video and quality. In the following twopart video tutorial, i teach you an arrangement of sonny rollins st.
Moving to chicago, rollins became acquainted with max roach. The standard sonny rollins by sonny rollins on amazon. Thomas sonny rollins sax alto transcription duration. Before his fine impulse outings, rollins began exploring the fringes of modern jazz playing outside. I really like sax colossus and one of the reasons is because i like sonny with piano but this piano in particular. Sheet music arranged for big note, and easy piano in c major.
Chords and lead sheets included bass flute, flute, guitar, harp, harpsichord, mandolin, oboe, organ, piano, piccolo, recorder, violin. These transcriptions are for your own sonic edification. Sonny rollins st thomas sheet music easy piano piano. At the end of the year rollins appeared as a sideman on thelonious monks album brilliant corners and also recorded his own first album for blue note records, entitled sonny rollins, volume one, with donald byrd on trumpet, wynton kelly on piano, gene ramey on bass, and roach on drums. Rollins pent up house sheet music real book melody and. Thomas, rollins uses repetition of a rhythmic pattern, and variations of that. Your top 3 sonny rollins albums steve hoffman music forums. Sonny has just really started to click for me after a few years of casual listening. Roach, by the way, brings much needed cohesion to the recording. Thomas is not a tune to get hung up on what scale to play. Thomas sonny rollins solo transcription learn jazz. In 1957, when prestige records first released rollinss blue 7 on the album saxophone colossus, schuller b.
In 1948 sonny rollins left high school and went on to make his first album as a saxophonist. Leonard best of sonny rollins saxophone pdf symbolizes the arctic circle, and we must not forget that time is behind moscow for 2 hours. Collier argues that similar structural features can be heard on earlier recordings, such as joe. Thomas d6 fm7 h7 em7 a7 d6 transscription by thomas hoffmann. Also analyse the way sonny rollins uses that opening melodic fragment. Nows the time is a 1964 album by jazz saxophonist sonny rollins, released by rca victor featuring performances by rollins with herbie hancock, thad jones, ron carter, bob cranshaw and roy mccurdy on several bebop tunes. I have compiled a collection of 26 solos featuring jazz greats herbie hancock, booker little, max roach, grant green, stan getz, slide hampton, thelonious monk, jackie mclean, cuong vu, clifford brown, roy haynes, woody. Although rollins is commonly credited as its composer, the tune is based on the traditional english song the lincolnshire poacher.
Saxophone colossus 1956 if youd like to support me you can do so at. The 911 concert was a milestone release, earning sonny rollins a grammy amongst several other accolades, proving that he was still an important musician and still the best tenor sax around. Thomas live for halloween this year, i dont have anything particularly spooky to share with you all, unless the following counts. Sonny rollins spent a mythical night at the village vanguard 60 years ago today. The most rewarding state of todays music is its newness whatever its categories, the new thing as todays jazz composer and performers are called is just as the title, these inventors seek to express the jazz state of inventors, it is at its most high and has been for the last five years, don cherry has certainly had his position in this new music over a decade or more as it has been for the. Thomas variation that we did and the good press we got. The standard sonny rollins combines the elements of his tenor saxophone solos and the standard repertoire popular standards that is, not jazz standards which sonny rollins and co. Sonny rollins and the challenge of thematic improvisation pdf. May 26, 2010 this is a nice, easy latin tune by sonny rollins. Rollins tenure with the label coincided with his return from an extended period of inactivity between 1962 and 1964.
Also, i like sonnys sound his cuts dont have to be eight minutes long to be enjoyable for me. For the price, this is a decent set, though rollins fans will have everything on it. Gunther schuller and the challenge of sonny rollins. By way of the folk process, the lincolnshire poacher evolved into a nursery song in the virgin islands, which rollins. If you enjoy what you see here, please consider checking out my other thoughts on music and more archived here.
Yeah, bop lines and some blues licks work fine over it. Licensed to youtube by believe music on behalf of not now music. Im having trouble trying to solo on this piece and was wondering if the jazz players of reddit would help me out. Sonny rollins, a saxophonist, is truly a son of the us virgin islands. Please tell me what you think, im always looking for ideas on how to get better. I met tootie heath for a minute out in santa cruz jazz camp west.
Thomas by sonny rollins ive been taking a guitar class recently and have been working on st. Thomas is among the most recognizable instrumentals in the repertoire of american jazz tenor saxophonist sonny rollins. For some great lefthand piano voicings to use on st. Rollins pent up house sheet music real book melody. Thomas sheet music for tenor saxophone download free. Thomas march 2, 1959 sonny rollins, live in stockholm it dont mean a thing march 4, 1959. After several incredible dates for prestige, rollins moved over to blue note to cut a series of studio and live recordings.
Print and download sheet music for st thomas by sonny rollins. Nows the time is a 1964 album by jazz saxophonist sonny rollins, released by rca victor featuring performances by rollins with herbie hancock, thad jones, ron carter, bob cranshaw and roy mccurdy on several bebop tunes track listing. Aug 09, 2010 sonny rollins solo transcription of st. Excerpts from airegin, composed by sonny rollins, performed by sonny rollins, miles davis, horace silver, percy heath, and kenny clarke, from the album the definitive sonny rollins on prestige, used courtesy of prestige. In the event of a suspension resonance indirectly induces the quasar. But its a great song to work on not associating scales with. Dec 04, 20 in the following twopart video tutorial, i teach you an arrangement of sonny rollins st.
Walter theodore sonny rollins born september 7, 1930 is an american jazz tenor. This tune first appeared on sonny rollins 1956 record, saxophone colossus. This is a great solo to learn, and every jazz musician should learn to play it. Sonny rollins, one of the greatest living saxophone players. Sonny rollins with the modern jazz quartet wikipedia. Thomas sheet music for voice and other instruments in c by sonny rollins real book melody and chords. It is a very good tune for beginners, but it is a nice tune for musicians at any level to blow over. Thomas sonny rollins sax alto transcription youtube. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from sonny rollins. Thomas from isaxophone colossusi prestige transcribed by kelly bucheger recorded june 22, 1956. In 1956, sonny rollins recorded saxophone colossus. November 3, 2017 on the 60th anniversary of the touchstone jazz. This classic solo would be very difficult, if not impossible, to play on alto, trombone, or bass.
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