It was first recorded for blue mitchells riverside album big 6 on july 2 and 3, 1958, and has become a jazz standard. It was influenced by new orleans marching bands, and starts in long meter form and transforms back into regular time. Golson also recasts his classic blues march in a new orleans style, while the steady ticktock to shuffle stride of moanin is not all that different from the original. Find blues march, 3 horn combo, benny golson jazz sextet, jazz combo small ensembles, new releases 2020 and more at marina music to use this site, you must first enable javascript.
A prodigious writer, golson has written well over 300 compositions. Killer joe, i remember clifford, along came betty, stablemates, whisper not, blues march, five spot after dark, are you real. At 120 bpm, this swingmarch begins with trumpet, alto and tenor on the melody, and then builds. One of the key elements of a good performance is to make sure there is a distinction between the sixteenth notes in the melody, as. Composed by the great benny golson, this classic jazz standard will enhance your jazz library. Writtenout solos provided for tenor, trumpet and alto, a sweet shout chorus, a sax section soli. Written solos are provided for tenor sax, trumpet and alto sax, theres a sweet shout chorus, a sax section soli and a big ending completing the package. Benny golson has made major contributions to the world of jazz with such jazz standards as. Mar 12, 2012 stablemates was written in 1955 by benny golson, one of the great composers in jazz and a killer tenor saxophonist. Benny golson is as renowned for his distinctive compositions and arrangements as for his innovative tenor saxophone playing. Tracks a1b2 recorded in new york, november 17, 1958 and released on pathe marconi felp 2 benny golson and the philadelphians tracks b3b5 recorded in paris, december 12, 1958 and released on french columbia fp 1117 roger guerin benny golson. Jul 03, 2019 benny golson has enjoyed an illustrious, musical career in which he has not only made scores of recordings but has also composed and arranged music golsin giants such as john coltrane, miles davis, sammy davis jr. Timmons moanin and golsons blues march and along came betty, songs that greatly increased the bands popularity and remained in the messengers repertoire right up to the groups final days.
Youll find new releases, a discography, his bio, stories about his childhood adventures with john coltrane and more. At about 120 bpm, this swingmarch begins with trumpet, alto and tenor on the melody and then builds. Benny golson born january 25, 1929 is an american bebophard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. The changes to this song are not easy, but they are well worth learning to blow on. Song information for blues march art farmer, benny. Blues march sheet music for piano download free in pdf. Blues march first appeared on the 1958 album by art blakeys jazz messengers entitled moanin. Blues march benny golson trombone transcribed by cory grossman for as played by curtis fuller from meet the jazztet, 1960 geffen records. Blues march art farmer, benny golson song info allmusic. This 1998 cd reissues tenorsaxophonist benny golson s excellent free album of 1962 plus seven of the ten selections from his take a number from 1 to 10 project of 1960. On the benny golson tune blues march, lee morgan plays a phenomenal solo where he plays in three distinctly different choruses where he displays a wide range of ideas from both a harmonic use of pentatonic, bebop and altered scales and rhythmic perspective repeated figures, fast lines and space. One of the key elements of a good performance is to make sure there is a distinction between the sixteenth notes in the melody, as illustrated in this first example. Check out blues march by benny golson on amazon music.
Best transcriptions sharepoint, interactive exercises to enhance musical expression, technique and creativity. Blues march by benny golson score sheet music for jazz. Benny golson, saxophone player and composer of such classics as whisper not. One is by art blakey, from the jazz messengers album moanin, and the other is by lex humphries, from art farmer and benny golson album meet the jazztet. Here are the instructions to enable javascript in your web browser.
Although one wishes that both sets could have been reissued in full the cd is just 62 minutes long, it is a joy to have free available aga. Apr 11, 2015 blues on down is from sam jones plus tens the chant riverside rlp 358 blues march is from blue mitchells big 6 riverside rlp 12273 out of the past is from benny golson s the modern touch riverside 12256 whisper not is from wynton kellys piano riverside 12254. Artist profile 16,0,0,0 benny golsons official website. Benny golson is the only living jazz artist to have written 8 standards for jazz repertoire. Blues after dark dizzy gillespiebenny golson jazz scores. As an improviser, golsons smooth tone and fluid lines contrast with and complement the aggressive playing of lee morgan. The along came benny concert is the culmination of a yearlong celebration at harvard of the jazz performercomposer, which focused in the fall on the literature of mary lou williams and guest appearance of geri allen, and in the spring on benny golson. This 1998 cd reissues tenorsaxophonist benny golsons excellent free album of 1962 plus seven of the ten selections from his take a number from 1 to 10 project of 1960. However, this fact and the results are outside this tenor saxophone solography.
Golson has recorded over 30 albums for many recording companies in the united states and europe under his own name and innumerable ones with other major artists. Major cornerstones of his career have included not only notable additions to the jazz canon, but also his work in film and television studios, and his contributions to jazz education. Art farmer benny golson jazztet blues march 1993, cd. Several distinguished jazz artists have received this award. Jun 14, 2019 several distinguished jazz artists have received this award. Blues march impulse after moving to new york inhe worked with tenor saxophonistcomposer gigi gryce for two years before joining horace silvers quintet in and killer gerry mulligans band in march learn how and when to remove this template message. Blues march is unique in that it has elements of a traditional march rhythm, but also the form is a 12bar blues with some harmonic alterations. While in high school in philadelphia, pennsylvania golson played with several other promising young musicians, including john coltrane, red garland, jimmy heath, percy heath, philly joe jones, and red rodney. Blues march, theme by benny golson written in fclef, with chords for c instruments. Composed by the great benny golson, this classic jazz standard will enhance your library. As performed by the dizzy gillespie octet, 1957 jsc002 score and parts for trumpet, trombone, 3 saxophones alto, tenor, baritone, piano, bass and drums 30 a latenight and easy blues by benny golson, written for the dizzy gillespie octet and recorded on the verve album the greatest trumpet of them all. Hard bop art farmer benny golson jazztet blues march 1993, cd discogs.
Benny golson has enjoyed an illustrious, musical career in which he has not only made scores of recordings but has also composed and arranged music golsin giants such as john coltrane, miles davis, sammy davis jr. Benny golson arrangement yves keroas 120 v u uju %uu q u q. Benny golson was an important composer and arranger, it is enough to mention stablemates, i remember clifford, whisper not. Stablemates was written in 1955 by benny golson, one of the great composers in jazz and a killer tenor saxophonist. Blues march two intros two intros to a famous tune. It was first recorded for blue mitchells riverside album big 6 on july 2 and 3, 1958, and has become a jazz standard composition and recording. The ultrafunky work song is much more so than the original, while sidewinder is the single tune on the date that is most faithful to the original and not rhythmically.
Blues march 3 horn combo, benny golson jazz sextet, jazz. Writtenout solos provided for tenor, trumpet and alto, a sweet shout chorus, a sax. Golson would soon leave the band, but not before adding two more. Blues march sheet music for piano download free in pdf or. Kris allen, director with jazz legend benny golson, saxophone. Art blakey drums lee morgan trumpet benny golson tenor saxophone bobby timmons piano jymie merritt bass. At about 120 bpm, this swing march begins with trumpet, alto and tenor on the melody and then builds.
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