Arranged for six horns and rhythm section, this accessible char. Yardbird suite is a bebop standard composed by jazz saxophonist charlie parker in 1946. Ben aronov released it on the album suavity in 1978. Yardbird suite hank jones piano solo transcription. Changes chord changes to various jazz standards, and other tunes, without analysis.
Listen free to hank jones bop redux groovin high yardbird suite, confirmation and more. The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most. Sep 11, 2010 yardbird suite was composed by charlie parker in 1946. A deeper analysis, however, yields some interesting patterns about chromaticism and jazz harmony. One was a legendary jazz pianist, the other a hardcorepunk combo from pennsylvania. It was covered by jim cohen, prowizorka jazz band, stefano benini quintet, john mehegan and other artists. This page contains jazz saxophone and flute solo transcriptions by numerous jazz masters. Bop redux groovin high by hank jones on apple music. Charlie parker made the car stop so he could take the chicken home and cook it.
In 1989, the national endowment for the arts honored him with the nea jazz masters award. Provided to youtube by dreyfus jazz yardbird suite roy haynes birds of a feather a tribute to charlie parker feat. Hank jones has so much talent, chops, musicality that be bop seems an easy language in his hands. Listen to your favorite songs from eloquence by steve davis feat. This album is nothing less than a master class in bebop improvisation. The two lps reissued on this 1998 cd bop redux and groovin high, both originally put out by muse, feature veteran pianist hank jones mostly playing bopera standards.
July 31, 1918 may 16, 2010, best known as hank jones, was an american jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. The exercise is based on a charlie parkers yardbird suite iivi and, thus, has a lot of interesting chromatic and neighbor motion. The other that he was in a car that accidentally hit and killed a chicken yardbird. Yardbird suite stan getzs sax solo sheet music for piano. In presenting these solos, we hope to bring musicians closer to the true genius of bird. The list also includes solos for flute,clarinet and ewi. I happened upon yardbird suite while scrolling through potential soundtracks for the sundappled, perfect 95degree afternoon, and cued it up while laying back in the water against a rock in the stream, watching the sun coming down on the burbling brook in crisp beams of light as the crickets hummed and the birds sang. On the surface it is a onemeasure iiv turnaround pattern that cycles through itself and then repeats up a halfstep. Hank jones piano george duvivier bass ben riley drums veteran pianist hank jones teams up with bassist george duvivier and drummer ben riley for. Yardbird suite by charlie parker score and parts sheet. Veteran pianist hank jones teams up with bassist george duvivier and drummer ben riley for a set of highquality explorations of eight bop standards. Bop redux is an album by pianist hank jones, bassist george duvivier and drummer ben. The examples for the textonly pdf version of this item are available.
Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. A compendium of the music and life of charlie parker koch, lawrence o. Joe lovano, left, with hank jones at a recording session for the 2004 album im all for you. Discover lyrics and videos from hank jones on shazam.
A salute to hank jones is made possible by the richard j. I view transcription of jazz solos to be an essential part of learning how to improvise. The title combines parkers nickname yardbird often shortened to bird and a colloquial use of the classical music term suite in a manner similar to such jazz titles as lester youngs midnight symphony and duke ellingtons ebony rhapsody. Attempt at transcribing the magnificent piano solo by hank jones in this amazing album. At the start of his second chorus, jones solo lines elegantly outline the chord changes and include eighthnote triplets in the second bar over the fmin7 to bb7 sequence. Jazz standards songs and instrumentals yardbird suite. Freejazzinstitute chord changes to jazz standards and more. Unless otherwise noted,all transcriptions are in the original key. Typically tasteful performances come from one of the greats. Yardbird suite 11 tommy banks way, edmonton, alberta t6e 2m2 rated 4. From altered narratives chatter from all sides piano the merge parts october ballad parts 6 a. In future takes, pianist hank jones can be heard playing a b 7 chord, with its a.
Parts second chance strings parts katabasis strings parts porcupine dreams strings parts benjis song piano i used to hate the blues parts friday at the thursday club. Print and download yardbird suite sheet music by charlie parker arranged for piano. Hank jones biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. A compendium of the music and life of charlie parker, 2nd. Nastos recorded in the great year of music and especially jazz 1957 herbie mann at the time was gaining momentum as a premier flute player, but was a very competent tenor saxophonist. Critics and musicians described jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. Charlie parker yardbird suite sheet music piano solo. The tasteful and swinging trio session is highlighted by blue lou, cotton tail, polka dots and moonbeams, and yardbird suite. Provided to youtube by universal music group yardbird suite hank jones bop redux groovin high. Lyrics written by eddie jefferson originally written by charlie parker language english iswc t071. Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars calling it a set of highquality explorations of eight bop standards and stating jones is sensitive on the ballads and lightly but firmly swinging on the more uptempo material.
Hank jones trio featuring shelly manne live in japan. Nov 21, 2014 provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises yardbird suite gerry mulligan phil woods hank jones gene krupa gene krupa plays gerry mulligan arrangements. He must have liked the name too as one of his defining albums, made at his peak around 1947, was yardbird suite. Use the search at the top of the page to find tunes sitewide.
Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. This twocd set contains most of birds 1945 bebop sessions, as well as koko, one of. Charlie bird parkers liv og musikk library of congress. The ultimate charlie parker collection comes close. Rick margitzas solo on cry me a river danny walsh solo excerpt on cold duck time bob bergs solo on games live chad lefkowitzbrowns solo excerpt on straight no chaser chad lefkowitzbrown plays 8 choruses of blues with metronome transcriptions page updates for march 2016. My favorite pianist and mentor, hank jones, spent many hours sharing his. A compendium of the music and life of charlie parker. The title refers to parkers nickname known amongst his colleagues. Introduction the solos in this book represent a cross section of the music of charlie parker. Yardbird suite 8 charlie parker biography ii introduction iv scale syllabus 143 ij1978.
Premier collection of jazz saxophone and flute transcriptions. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The ultimate collection charlie parker on allmusic 1997 this nicely priced and packaged twodisc set is a. Autumn leaves piano solo hank jones somethin else sheet. Softly as in a morning sunrise live at pilars martini feat. Provided to youtube by universal music group groovin high hank jones bop redux groovin high. Stan getz on yardbird suite stan getz and chet baker in 1983 40 years later. The former set matches jones in a trio with bassist george duvivier and drummer ben riley, while the latter is a quintet outing for jones with bassist sam jones, drummer mickey roker, tenor saxophonist charlie rouse, and hank s. Find hank jones song information on allmusic allmusic. The all art jazz labels in japan 1979, is a fine release from veteran pianist hank jones who, with the assistance of bassist george duvivier and drummer shelly manne both of whom have plenty of short solos, is heard throughout in top form. Yardbird suite by ben aronov was written by charlie parker and was first released by charlie parker septet in 1946.
Print and download in pdf or midi autumn leaves hank jones. Henry hank jones born july 31, 1918 died may 16, 2010 was a jazz pianist born in vicksburg, mississippi who grew up in pontiac, michigan, where he studied piano at an early age and came under the influence of earl hines, fats waller, teddy. Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate. The most rewarding state of todays music is its newness whatever its categories, the new thing as todays jazz composer and performers are called is just as the title, these inventors seek to express the jazz state of inventors, it is at its most high and has been for the last five years, don cherry has certainly had his position in this new music over a decade or more as it has been for the. A transcription of stan getzs sax solo from the track yardbird suite, from the live album west coast live by stan getz and chet baker. Four studies of charlie parkers compositional processes. This page lists 1779 solo transcriptions that are available somewhere on the internet. Modal, free, third stream, avant garde, fusion things didnt thrown a. Charlie parker yardbird suite sheet music piano solo in c. Solo transcriptions in pdf salt peanuts yardbird suite.