Blue seven is a simple 12 bar blues form with some classic sonny rollins language, short punchy phrases that are packed full of harmonic inventiveness. He has worked with greats such as miles davis, art taylor, j. Chords and lead sheets included bass flute, flute, guitar, harp, harpsichord, mandolin, oboe, organ, piano, piccolo, recorder, violin. After 7 decades, sonny rollins cant get music off his. If you want to ignite your jazz skills with 10 indepth studies of jazz standards that will help you take your jazz harmony knowledge to the next level, check out my ebook and companion course. The album was the last recording including pianist richie powell and brown, as both died in a car accident three months later.
Schuller praises rollins on blue 7 for the use of motivic development. Rollins blue seven sheet music real book melody and. Sonny rollins born september 7, 1930, new york city, new york, usa is an american jazz tenor saxophonist, widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. Born in harlem in 1930, sonny rollins was still in his teens when he began. Sonny rollins volume two is, as the name suggests, rollins second recording for blue note. Albums include saxophone colossus, the bridge, and sonny side up. Among other things, it is noted for the appearance of pianists thelonious monk and horace silver, both playing on the monk composition misterioso. After 7 decades, sonny rollins cant get music off his mind the legendary saxophonist, who recently donated his personal archives, speaks with christian mcbride and audie cornish about. Sonny rollins tem uma longa e produtiva carreira no jazz, havendo. Its a simple song, a steady rolling blues groove that sounds like the last song of a set in a latenight jazz club. Adrev for rights holder, and 1 music rights societies.
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. On this album rollins plays with the clifford brownmax roach quintet. Blue seven for tenor saxophone solo transcription, intermediate tenor sax transcription sheet music. Sonny rollins spent a mythical night at the village vanguard 60 years ago today on the 60th anniversary of the touchstone jazz album, sonny rollins, fred hersch, and others recall the rooms. Blue 7, sonny rollins, form diagram university of virginia. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent. Joining rollins are jazz messengers art blakey on drums and horace silver on piano, miles davis favorite bassist paul chambers, the quintessential trombonist j.
You can purchase and download the transcription in. Thomas sheet music for piano solo by sonny rollins from sheet music direct. Sonny rollins blue 7 tenor sax free download as pdf file. Tenor madness sonny rollins solo tucson jazz institute. In 1999, its easy to look back at this remarkable lineupsonny rollins, jay jay johnson on trombone, horace silver and thelonious monk sharing piano duties, bassist paul chambers, and drum wizard art blakeyand call it an allstar affair. Saxophone colossus is the sixth studio album by american jazz saxophonist sonny rollins. The original lp record, blue note release blp1542, did not distinguish the volume number in the title.
A long blues solo on saxophone colossus, blue 7, was analyzed in depth by the composer and critic gunther schuller in a 1958 article. Original jazz classics ojc091, ojccd0912 j j johnson, kai winding, benny green trombone by three prestige pres 164 jay jay johnson, kai winding, bennie green trombone by three prestige prlp 7253 j. Transcription sonny rollins solo just in time youtube. Blue 7 tommy flanagan, max roach, sonny rollins, doug. The nows the time and standard sonny rollins dates address classic jazz and show tunes with scattershot results. Charliemusic you can purchase and download the transcription in. Gunther schuller and the challenge of sonny rollins. 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. Thomas sits in the shadow of the original, while django and travelin light make. Sonny rollins and the challenge of thematic improvisation. Buy mp3 music online sonny rollins the best of sonny rollins blue note sonny rollins the best of sonny rollins blue. Blue 7 was in fact improvised in its entirety, and the melodic pattern that schuller cited as a thematic motive was one of rollinss habitual improvisational formulas. Saxophonist sonny rollins on his colossal archive wbgo.
Rollins blue seven sheet music for tenor saxophone solo. Its a simple song, a steady rolling blues groove that sounds like the last song of a. High quality sonny rollins mp3 downloads from 7digital united states. Licensed to virtual sheet music by hal leonard publishing company. Sonny rollins and the challenge of thematic improvisation pdf. Johnson looking back prestige p24067 various artists early bones prestige prlp 109 kai winding, j.
Monk also plays on his composition reflections, while silver handles the piano duties on all the other tracks. Collier argues that similar structural features can be heard on earlier recordings, such as joe. Sonny rollins, volume 1 is a jazz album by sonny rollins, his first effort for the blue note label. Sonny rollins plus 4 is a jazz album by sonny rollins, released in 1956 on prestige records. Sonny rollins blue seven the jazzomat research project. A long blues solo on saxophone colossus, blue 7, was analyzed in depth by the composer and critic gunther schuller in a 1958. Blue seven solo 2 sonny rollins e 7 6 1 b7 8 4 4 8 3 6 6 3 8 b7 3 6 6 3 5 8 e7 c 7 3 6 6 8 7 b7 5 6 10 8 f7 b7 b7 3 8 2 e 7 16 8 7 19 f7 6 3 b7 8 b7 c 7. In a sevendecade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader. Cameos by hall, hancock, and thad jones dont displace rollins from center focus, where the tenor is at his most erratic. Track listing all pieces by rollins unless otherwise noted. Tenor saxophonist and jazz great sonny rollins poses for a picture at his home in germantown, new york, monday, jan. I have chosen this particular piece to transcribe because it will help to ingrain the lessons you have studied in our memorising chord changes course. Transcription of sonny rollins solo from saxophone. Schuller, sonny rollins and the challenge of thematic improvisation.
Music profile for sonny rollins, born 7 september 1930. Sonny rollins the best of sonny rollins blue note mp3. Favourite sonny rollins solo my favourite single sony rollins solo is the one on without a song from the bridge,listening to this is like feeling the sun come out. Its uniformly excellent with a fantastic band, especially the great j. In 1957, when prestige records first released rollinss blue 7 on the album saxophone colossus, schuller b.
In 1957, when prestige records first released rollinss blue 7 on the. Walter theodore sonny rollins born september 7, 1930 is an american jazz tenor. There are no bad records by sonny rollins, but some are better than others. In the decades to come, with a horn in his hands, sonny rollins. Sonny rollins spent a mythical night at the village. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. Transcribe blue seven by sonny rollins cambridge saxophone. Sonny rollins high quality music downloads 7digital. The closing number on sonny rollins seminal 1956 album saxophone colossus, blue 7 is one of the greatest performances the great tenor saxophonist ever cut, as well as one of his finest groove songs. Download and print blue seven sheet music for voice and other instruments in c by sonny rollins real book melody and chords. Sonny rollins blue 7 tenor sax saxophone popular music. I have always enjoyed reading and looking at the transcriptions in downbeat magazine over the years.
S7 e7 25 a7 d7 transciption by andrew frankhouse moritat mack the knife sonny rollins solo from the album saxophone colossus 3 3 3 3 3 3 3. An alumnus of bud powell 1949, miles davis 1951 and max roach 195557, having contributed the compositions airegin, doxy and oleo to davis bags groove june 1954, theodore sonny rollins 1930 started out as a leader with the confusingly titled sonny rollins with the modern jazz quartet october 1953, that contained his mambo bounce recorded in december 1951 by a quartet with. Sonny rollins wasnt really thinking about the formation of an archive as he went about his life and career over the last 60 years as a tenor saxophonist of unsurpassed stature, an artist of active spiritual and social engagement, and an embodiment of jazzs improvisational ideal. Sonny rollins recorded blue seven on his album saxophone colossus in 1956.