East broadway run down is a 1966 album by jazz saxophonist sonny rollins, his last album before industry pressures led him to take a sixyear hiatus. Sonny rollins beyond the notes 2014 plot summary imdb. It was rollins first release following a threeyear sabbatical and was his first album for rca victor. Sonny rollins volume two tends to get short shrift in the rollins discography. Ive transcribed 5 really awesome licks and am taking a look at what made them catch my ear and why they are so valuable to learn. Tenor madness on the best of sonny rollins by sonny rollins blue seven on saxophone colossus remastered by sonny rollins from his important album saxophone. The chord changes on several tunes are such that even the novice improviser can solo using a single scale such as the blues or pentatonic, yet intermediate. Pent up house on plus 4 by sonny rollins this selection from one of most important hard bop groups of the 1950s showcases the improvisations of trumpet sensation clifford brown, tenor saxophonist sonny rollins and drummer max roach. The solo album is a title to be taken quite literally when it comes to this 1985 release from the legendary sax master sonny rollins. These tunes represent a large portion of the jazz players vocabulary and all are considered jazz standards. Download sonny rollins mp3 songs and albums music downloads. In 2010, the greatest living saxophone player put on an exhilarating production to mark his 80th birthday at the beacon theater with some of the worlds most extraordinary musicians. After repeated listenings, however, my interest in and respect for sonny rollins has deepened and this cd now sits alongside a small collection of rollins albums. A torrent of tenor from sax legend sonny rollins in.
The album represents one of his more notable experiments with free jazz, according to the new grove dictionary of jazz illustrating the furthest extent to which he incorporated noise elements into his playing. Hal leonard digital sheet music at sheet music plus. Pent up house premium study guide matt warnock guitar. Tenor madness has a typical jazz blues form and chord changes. Track listing all pieces by rollins unless otherwise noted.
A few selections from the smithsonian collection of classic jazz 6 lp set. Pent up house by sonny rollins sonny rollins digital. Clifford brown on trumpet, max roach on drums, george morrow on bass and richie powell on piano. Strode rode by sonny rollins saxophone colossus transcribed by michael cheret. May 29, 2017 the archive includes personal notes on breathing exercises and a fullpage sketch of the bones making up the human core.
In 1948 sonny rollins left high school and went on to make his first album as a saxophonist. Rollins pent up house sheet music for tenor saxophone. Music notes for real book melodychords sheet music by sonny rollins sonny rollins. Jun 30, 2015 the tune in this case is sonny rollins playfully titled pent up house, and an excuse to play two contrasting versions, and in seamless link, to the growing up of stereo. Rollins original, pent up house 1956 from the iconic sonny plus 4. Songs range from simple to complex, slow tempos to fast. The original lp record, blue note release blp1542, did not distinguish the volume number in the title. Unlimited online sheet music + 50% off prints get your 1st month free get unlimited sheet music with pass 1st month free. Aug 11, 2017 tenor madness has a typical jazz blues form and chord changes. Sonny rollins, volume 1 is a jazz album by sonny rollins, his first effort for the blue note label. Rollins pent up house sheet music real book melody. Original jazz classics ojc029, ojccd0292 sonny rollins the sound of sonny milestone msp47007 sonny rollins the freedom suite plus riverside rlp 1124 sonny rollins, benny golson saxes in stereo jazzland jlp 72, jlp 972 sonny rollins sonny s time.
Best transcriptions sharepoint, interactive exercises to enhance musical expression, technique and creativity. Sonny rollins at his 80th birthday show, the beacon theater, new york city, 20100910. Ap photoseth wenig tenor saxophone legend sonny rollins. Nov 03, 2017 sonny rollins during the recording of a night at the village vanguard. May 14, 2010 tenor saxophonist and jazz great sonny rollins poses for a picture at his home in germantown, new york, monday, jan. Not only will you add a new tune to your repertoire by learning this sonny rollins classic, you get a deep dive into iivi comping and soloing concepts in this tune. The bridge is a studio album by jazz saxophonist sonny rollins, recorded in 1962. This lead sheet is for a great sonny rollins tune titled solid. I would highly recommend that you check out a couple of different versions of this tune because it can be played a little bit differently. Sonny rollins is one of the best saxophonists and jazz musicians, in general, to ever exist. 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. The jazz style of sonny rollins download ebook pdf, epub. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Its not often that you can justify the use of the term living legend.
Avid jazz presents four classic sonny rollins albums on a. If you need the pdf file, please hit the subscribe button and leave your email address below. In 1959, he had the jazz world at his feet and he quit the scene. No problem is an album by jazz saxophonist sonny rollins, released on the milestone label in 1981, featuring performances by rollins with bobby broom, bobby. Avid jazz presents four classic sonny rollins albums on a finely remastered and low priced double cd. Sonny rollins the essential sonny rollins on riverside. The tune in this case is sonny rollins playfully titled pent up house, and an excuse to play two contrasting versions, and in seamless link, to the growing up of stereo. Nov, 2012 a few selections from the smithsonian collection of classic jazz 6 lp set. There is an instinctually pervasive nature as they weave into and back out of each others melody lines, only to emerge with a solo that liberates the structure of the mostly pop standards. Rollins, who had briefly considered a career as a cartoonist, has. What led me to this cd, riversides the sound of sonny, was not so much sonny rollins as sonny clark, the multitalented pianistcomposer, one of my favorite jazz musicians.
Jim hall on guitar, bob cranshaw on double bass and. Aug 12, 2014 this lead sheet is for a great sonny rollins tune titled solid. In a sevendecade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader. Bb sonny rollins transcription eternal triangle youtube. Sonny rollins tickets, 2020 concert tour dates ticketmaster. I have always enjoyed reading and looking at the transcriptions in downbeat magazine over the years. Click download or read online button to get the jazz style of sonny rollins book now. Joining rollins are jazz messengers art blakey on drums and horace silver on piano, miles davis favorite bassist paul chambers, the quintessential trombonist j. Pent up house on plus 4 by sonny rollins this selection. Years later rollinss freedom suite, recorded in 1958, was inspired by the sitins in the south, just as global warming milestone, his most recent cd, is, in rollinss words, about how were. Sonny rollins spent a mythical night at the village vanguard.
Its just a bb blues, but its a nice melody that doesnt get played too often. But when it comes to jazz saxophonist sonny rollins, the title fits. Licensed to virtual sheet music by hal leonard publishing company. Sonny rollins during the recording of a night at the village vanguard. As a tribute to the cause of africanamerican freedom, jazz. We start off in march 1956 with sonny rollins plus 4 where unsurprisingly we find sonny accompanied, by you guessed it, four stellar jazzmen.
Thomas from isaxophone colossusi prestige transcribed by kelly bucheger recorded june 22, 1956. Library of congress artifact added 2016 1956, grammy hall of fame in 1999 1956, bea 4 of 1956, acclaimed 370 1956, rym 1 of 1957. Kodi archive and support file community software vintage software apk msdos cdrom software cdrom software library console living room software sites tucows software library shareware cdroms software capsules compilation cdrom images zx spectrum doom level cd. Sonny rollins is an american jazz tenor saxophonist, widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians on the planet. 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. This is where pent up house fits into your development as a jazz guitarist. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Arguably, it is rollins and heath the latter, incidentally, makes his east coast debut on this album who set the ambience for the sound of sonny. Pent up house for voice and other instruments bass clef, intermediate voice sheet music.
Library of congress artifact added 2016 1956, grammy hall of fame in 1999 1956, bea. The entire album is nearly an hours worth of unaccompanied solo tenor saxophone recorded live at new yorks mueseum of modern art. Board of education was four years old, and the civil rights movement was heating up. Inside sonny rollinss jazz archive, headed home to harlem. Original jazz classics ojc029, ojccd0292 sonny rollins the sound of sonny milestone msp47007 sonny rollins the freedom suite plus riverside rlp 1124 sonny rollins, benny golson saxes in stereo jazzland jlp 72, jlp 972 sonny rollins sonnys time. Sonny rollins, the journey of a jazzman internet archive. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. Tenor saxophonist and jazz great sonny rollins poses for a picture at his home in germantown, new york, monday, jan. Pent up house for tenor saxophone solo transcription, intermediate tenor sax transcription sheet music. The archive includes personal notes on breathing exercises and a fullpage sketch of the bones making up the human core. Francis wolffblue note records one of the greatest jazz albums ever made was recorded 60 years ago today. Rollins had so many classic records in the 1950s, with so many bands and labels, that its easy to lose track of one record, especially with a pedestrian title like volume two. Music profile for sonny rollins, born 7 september 1930.
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