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. Thomas sonnymoon for two strode rode tenor madness. The sonny rollins omnibook celebrates the bebop legend that worked with miles, monk, mjq, and many others. Stream ad free or purchase cds and mp3s now on so, sonny rollins is this young man living in harlem in nyc in the 40s, he has seen a bit more of life than we midwestern farm folk, or their. Sonny rollins blue 7 tenor sax saxophone popular music. Rollins long, prolific career began at the age of 11, and he was playing with piano legend thelonious monk before reaching the age of 20.
Solid 1986 there will never be another youwoody shaws transcription. 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. Blue seven solo 3 sonny rollins b7 6 vib b7 8 4 4 1 3 e7 vib 3 6 3 3 8 4 e7 vib 3 3 3 6 3 vib 6 8 b7 c 7 8 8 d7 g7 vib f7 f 6 5 7 8 11 b7 b7 3 6 6 vib 8 e7 b7 vib 2 16 e 7 6 6 6 6 vib 8 g7 d7 6 3 3 6 6 6 18 8 b 7 f7 5 10 21 8 c7 e7 23 b7 8 b 7 f7. Please click button to get the sonny rollins collection book now. Blue 7 tommy flanagan, max roach, sonny rollins, doug. Sonny rollins theodore walter rollins, new york city, september 7, 1930 is an american jazz tenor saxophonist. Jun 18, 2019 jazz legend sonny rollins has given us many fabulous jazz standards, and. He presents sonny rollins blue seven solo as one possessing all of these qualities and analyzes it bar by bar to show the elements of formal thematic. The tune is a blues, which is a twelve bar form, composed of three fourmeasure phrases. Sonny rollins solos on blue 7 off of his album saxophone colossus. Download and print blue seven sheet music for tenor sax transcription by sonny rollins from sheet music direct. Gunther schuller and the challenge of sonny rollins.
Transcription of sonny rollins solo from saxophone colossus. Sonny rollins blue 7 tenor sax free download as pdf file. Blue seven jazz version for piano solo, intermediate piano sheet music. Sep 08, 2011 sonny rollins quartet blue seven7247dnc. He presents sonny rollins blue seven solo as one possessing all of these qualities and analyzes it bar by bar to show the elements of formal thematic coherence within it. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Sonny rollins blue seven sheet music, notes and chords.
Transpose printable composition or download, save tenor sax transcription pdf. The fact remains that colossus is an outstanding forty minutes of jazz, still fresh half a century later, so thank goodness for the van gelder studio. Instantly downloadable sheet music by sonny rollins for piano solo of medium skill level. No wonder rollins bristled a bit when gunther schuller wrote an academic analysis of his blue 7 solo. You can purchase and download the transcription in. Airegin blue seven doxy duke of iron oleo pent up house st. Sonny rollins blue seven sheet music notes printable jazz. In 1957, when prestige records first released rollins s blue 7 on the album saxophone colossus, schuller b. Chords and lead sheets included bass flute, flute, guitar, harp, harpsichord, mandolin, oboe, organ, piano, piccolo, recorder, violin. Strode rode sonny rollins sax solo transcription in bb. Sonny rollins download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Collier argues that similar structural features can be heard on earlier recordings, such as joe. 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.
Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. A night in tunisia from a night at the village vanguard. Rollins blue seven jazz version sheet music for piano solo. In 1957 he made his carnegie hall debut and recorded again for blue note with johnson on trombone, horace silver or monk on piano and drummer art blakey released as sonny rollins, volume two. In a seven decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader. Thomas went on to become not only one of rollins signature tunes but a jazz standard, with dozens of recorded versions. Learn more pdf, 69kb interview with sonny rollins pdf, 36kb listen external. The keith oxman sonny stitt solo transcriptions book 1 compiled and edited by charles mcneal. The album closes with the critically acclaimed blue 7, arguably the most important recording of sonny rollins distinguished career. Blue 7 sheet music for tenor saxophone download free in pdf or. Sonny rollins recorded blue seven on his album saxophone colossus in 1956. Jazz theorists view the articles close analysis of rollins s 1956 jazz saxophone improvisation blue 7 as one of their disciplines founding statements. Sometimes only 1 note needed to be changed other solos needed a little more work.
I ve what i think is a 1st pressing because it has everything as described, the only thing not matching is the r under note only on the side 1 not present on the side2 and rvg is printed in both side not handwritten on side2. I cant believe ive never transcribed this one before. Dm7 5g7 cm7 5 g 7 f7 b7 b m7 e 7sus4 a 6 fim gm7 5 c7 9 bop 1 airegin sonny rollins. It was recorded on june 22, 1956, with producers bob weinstock and rudy van gelder at the latters studio in hackensack, new jersey.
Blue seven for piano solo sonny rollins piano solo. Scholarly opinion has for many years been divided over gunther schullers landmark 1958 article, sonny rollins and the challenge of thematic improvisation. Annotation of sonny rollinss blues seven 1956 in figure 1, the first two choruses of sonny rollinss solo on blue seven are depicted together. 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 c7 3. Download and print blue seven sheet music for voice and other instruments in c by sonny rollins real book melody and chords. Sonny rollins sonny rollins volume 1 1966, vinyl discogs.
If you have older versions of some of these solos check the updated date to see if a newer version has been posted since your last download. Click download or read online button to get sonny rollins book now. Sonny rollins and the challenge of thematic improvisation jazz. Sonny rollins blue seven chords, sheet music notes download. Jazz theorists view the articles close analysis of rollinss 1956 jazz saxophone improvisation blue 7 as one of their disciplines founding statements. 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. Feb 19, 2012 sonny rollins quartet blue 7 1956 personnel. Transpose, print or convert, download jazz pdf and learn to play tenor sax transcription score in minutes. Download digital sheet music of sonny rollins for piano solo. Download sonny rollins blue seven sheet music notes and chords for piano. Its a simple song, a steady rolling blues groove that sounds like the last song of a set in a latenight jazz club.
In a sevendecade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader. Schuller, sonny rollins and the challenge of thematic improvisation. High quality and interactive, transposable in any key, play along. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. Sonny rollins and the challenge of thematic improvisation. In 1957, when prestige records first released rollinss blue 7 on the album saxophone colossus, schuller b.
That december, he and fellow tenor saxophonist sonny stitt were featured together on dizzy gillespies album sonny side up in 1958, he appeared in art kanes a great day in harlem photograph of jazz. It is interesting to since it makes its own laws and sets blue 7 prestige lp 7079. Blue seven guitar jazz blues cover yvan jacques youtube. Rollins blue seven sheet music real book melody and. Rollins led a quartet on the album that included pianist tommy flanagan, bassist doug watkins, and drummer max roach. It features performances by oliver nelson and joe newman, among the others. 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. Sonny rollins blue seven sheet music pdf notes, chords jazz. 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. Licensed to virtual sheet music by hal leonard publishing company. The hawkins body and soul second others, like sonny rollins, prefer to. Its a simple song, a steady rolling blues groove that sounds like the last song of a. Blue seven for tenor saxophone solo transcription, intermediate tenor sax transcription sheet music.
Sheet music can be viewed and printed as a downloadable pdf file or through the interactive sheet music viewer. Rollins blue seven sheet music for tenor saxophone solo. Download sonny rollins blue seven sheet music notes and chords for tenor sax transcription. Blue seven jazz version blue seven jazz version music made famous by sonny rollins. Sonny rollins available for download and read online in other formats. And despite all the gigs and albums that came after it, it remains sonny s most. The sonny rollins collection download the sonny rollins collection or read online here in pdf or epub. Transcription of sonny rollins solo from saxophone. Ive read through all of my old transcriptions and made my own corrections. Blue seven sheet music sonny rollins tenor sax transcription. Sonny rollins blue seven jazz version sheet music pdf notes. Sonny rollins blue seven sheet music notes printable. Blue seven solo 3 sonny rollins b7 6 vib b7 8 4 4 1 3 e7 vib 3 6 3 3 8 4 e7 vib 3 3 3 6 3 vib 6 8 b7 c 7 8 8 d 7 g7 vib f7 f 6 5 7 8 11 b7 b7 3 6 6 vib 8 e7 b7 vib 2 16 e 7 6 6 6 6 vib 8 g7 d 7 6 3 3 6 6 6 18 8 b 7 f7 5 10 21 8 c 7 e7 23 b7 8 b 7 f7.
Sonny rollins blue seven the jazzomat research project. Get sonny rollins blue seven sheet music notes, chords. Sonny rollins omnibook for bflat instruments hal leonard online. This is a very famous drum solo by max roach, on the tune blue seven from the album saxophone colossus by sonny rollins. A long blues solo on saxophone colossus, blue 7, was analyzed in depth. Saxophone colossus is a studio album by american jazz saxophonist sonny rollins. Sonny rollins tenor sax, tommy flanagan piano, doug watkins bass, max roach drums from the album saxophone colossus prestige records.
Jay jay johnson is probably the greatest jazz trombonist of all time and he is in top form on this recording. Blue seven is a studio album by organist shirley scott recorded in 1961 for prestige and issued in 1966 as prlp 7376. Blue seven sheet music sonny rollins real book melody. Metrical circle maps divides the bar duration into equal sized bins 48 in this case and maps metrical positions to the corresponding bin. Transcribe blue seven by sonny rollins cambridge saxophone. Groovin high webb city cool blues tri horn blues au privave blue lights up and over nuff guff liza nice work if you can get it watch what happens after youve gone sonny side all gods chillun got rhythm takin a. Sheet music can be viewed and printed as a downloadable pdf file or through the interactive. The real books master index eight volumes composer blue spirits hubbard, freddie new real book, vol. In this essay, often cited and reprinted, schuller argues that a jazz solos thematic structure should be considered on a par with its swing, melodic interest, and originality. Print and download in pdf or midi blue 7 sonny rollins arr. Dm7 g7 cmaj7 d m7 g 7 bmaj7 cm7 f7 b maj7 b m7 e 7 a maj7 gm7 5 c7 d maj7 2. Sonny rollins blue seven chords, sheet music notes.