The blues walk by clifford brownarranged by paul murtha hal leonard jazz ensemble. In 1946, trumpeter dizzy gillespie recorded four jerome kern standards with an ensemble arranged by johnny richards. A transcription of clifford browns solo on take the a train. Gerkin for perkin was recorded on the first session day. The blues walk by clifford brown arranged by paul murtha hal leonard jazz ensemble.
Heres another abercrombie tune, which is recorded on his current events album. Blues walk, a donaldson minor blues line, starts everything rocking. Both sandu and the blues walk offer a solo break for brown. Introduce your young players to jazz legend clifford brown with th. Brownie speaks, university of the arts, philadelphia, october 30 november 1, 2008 upon hearing clifford brown for the first time, listeners are impressed with his. His fantastic tone, time, feel and command of the jazz language have been inspiring jazz musicians on all instruments for decades. Clifford brown more study in brown releases discogs. He died aged 25 in a car accident, leaving behind only four years worth of recordings. The blues walk by clifford brownarranged by paul murtha.
Clifford brown, by far my favourite jazz trumpeter, was one of the finest jazz musicians of his generation. Sunday, may 15, 2011 friday, june 10, 2011 mark baynes documents. Clifford brown quartet clifford brown quartet 1954. H g og g ng bo7 g x x ao o bo7 g f h g g g zzj g g h gg g g ggg y ao o. Clifford browns trumpet solo from both the master and alternate takes are available in bflat and c editions. Clifford started off 1955 with his classic clifford brown and strings recordings january 18, 19, 20. His solo on ida red contains elements of the blues, even though the tune itself is not a blues form. 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. I have always enjoyed reading and looking at the transcriptions in downbeat magazine over the years.
The solo was transcribed by david baker and presented to us in bb pitch, matching the transposition of the instrument it was performed on. Print and download in pdf or midi the blues walk clifford brown. Clifford brown complete transcriptions by brown, clifford. Nonetheless, he had a considerable influence on later jazz trumpet players, including donald byrd, lee morgan, booker little, and freddie hubbard, among others. I remember clifford is a 1992 album by arturo sandoval, the second album he made after leaving his native cuba the entire album is a tribute to clifford brown, who was a. Lou donaldson blues walk blue note blues walk lou donaldson, alto sax. Score and parts jazz ensemble score and parts hal leonard.
Adapted as a mambo, michael mossman pulls out all the stops on th. This creative arrangement for developing groups is great for learning to improvise with the suggested solos, and the ensemble figures are repetitive and easy to learn. I really wanted to share this jazz trumpet solo with you. I went to to listen to soundbites of browns the blues walk, but as luck would have it, the song isnt sampled. Lou donaldson blues walk blue note blues walk dave. I play alto sax, but one in concert pitch would be good as i. The complete emarcy recordings of clifford brown for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Jagged spheres original question refers to the blues walk. The assigned material for this topic is a clifford brown transcription of his trumpet solo during the performance of the standard entitled ill remember april, originally recorded in 1956. The blues walk alternate take clifford brown and max roach. Cliffords blues is the story of an african american gay musician who is imprisoned in the labor camps of germany during hitlers reign. Clifford brown and max roach was the first recording of a quintet that changed jazz. Mel bay clifford brown was one of the most influential jazz trumpeters and was a true master of jazz.
Disc one, dial b fr beauty contains sides he cut in 1952 as a member of chris powell and the blue flames. The blues walk clifford brown lead sheet2008082747. I know it was for clifford brown who died in 1956, but when i play it now, i think of clifford pepperidge. Dorham in the second version of the jazz messengers before joining horace. The novel follows clifford through diary entries made over may 1933 to april 1945. The blues walk by clifford brown sheet music for jazz.
Clifford brown takes a great trumpet solo on the tune confirmation. Sign up for compositionarranging study program that may include a portion of this material as the course syllabus. Clifford browns solo on the blues walk transcribed by peter bouffard from clifford brown and max roach, emarcy records, 1955 polygram inc. View more property details, sales history and zestimate data on zillow.
We have a fair body of his work from his short career but there is no telling how high this jazz prodigy would have risen. Cliffords blues is an incredible book and important piece of history too easily forgotten. Adobe flash player version 9 or above is required to play this audio clip. Combining walking thirds and jazzblues substitutions. Can anyone point me in the right direction for a chart for blues walk by lou donaldson not the clifford brown one. The blues walk clifford brown and max roach my jazz collection 36 4 albums premium. The last duo to really shape the music had begun over ten years earlier, with the relationship between bird and diz. Heres a classic riff tune by clifford brown set in a terrific.
Introduce your young players to jazz legend clifford brown with this classic riff tune. The blues walk by clifford brown score and parts sheet. Try out this technique in your own solos maybe over the blues or the a section to rhythm changes, playing blues language in the home key rather than thinking about every single chord. By incorporating some tothepoint blues motives, brown demonstrates how the blues. Clifford brown was born october 30, 1930 in wilmington, delaware. Clifford brown with strings emarcy 1955 recordings setting soloists alongside string ensembles were not a staple of the bop years, but, when trumpeter clifford brown recorded with strings, he had two illustrious predecessors. Cliffords blues is the story of a gay american negro jazz musician named clifford pepperidge who gets sent to the concentration camp dachau while living in germany. Clifford brown sheet music books scores buy online. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Chart for blues walk lou donaldson cafesaxophone forum. Clifford brown is known for using a hard tongue in his jazz solos. The other is yes, army bassclifford browns the blues walk. Brownie the complete emarcy recordings of clifford brown.
Brown then joined art blakey and in mid1954 teamed up with max roach to form the clifford brownmax roach quintet. Song the blues walk alternate take artist clifford brown, max roach quintet. Clifford brown also uses a lot of quick flips or turnarounds that he puts. Clifford brown 19301956 was the most brilliant trumpet player of his generation, an original and memorable composer, a dynamic stage presence and one of the authentic legends of modern jazz. Clifford browns solo on the blues walk transcribed by. Back in the usa, brown was fired along with most of the rest of the band when hampton learned of the records they had made. The blues walk sheet music for flute, bass download free in pdf. Watch the video for the blues walk from clifford browns brownie.
The blues walk clifford brown solo tucson jazz institute. Essential jazz lines in the style of clifford brown pdf. Clifford brownmax roach quintet clifford brown and max. Melbay\sbestselling essential jazzlinesseries essential jazz lines. On february 23, the clifford brownmax roach quintet was back in the studio recording a couple more clifford brown classics gerkin for perkin, swingin, followed on the 24th with georges dilemma and blues walk, and on the 25th with sandu.
It would be great if you could do something good with this. A lesson with clifford brown jul 6, 2016 feb 15, 2020 by eric. Joy spring is a fourcd, budgetpriced box set from the folks at proper in the united kingdom. In 1954 he and brown joined blakeys jazz messengers. Clifford brown and harold land, the blues walk posted on november 20, 2011 by ben audio clip. Essential jazz lines in the style of clifford brown guitar edition pdf essential jazz lines in the style of bill evans guitar edition pdf essential jazz lines guitar cannonball adderley pdf. Clifford brown is arguably one of the greatest of all jazz trumpet players. Cliffords blues is narrated through the fictionalized diary of an african american jazz pianist who survives more than a decade in the nazi concentration camp of dachau.
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