dubrosa22
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Hi Everyone,
I'm very honoured to pick the ballad for July. It's really very tricky picking something that sits well on Eb and Bb horns which is important I think. Okay, preamble over with this month's BOTM is:
Reflections by Thelonious Monk
Full of Monk's quirky, bluesy flavour this is a long-time favourite of mine. I've uploaded to YouTube 3 versions that I love and I think show just a little of the versatility of this tune:
Here's the first - the classic Sonny Rollins/Monk version on Rollin's Blue Note album 'Volume Two':
Chris has kindly made no less than 3 backing tracks and also put together the leadsheets for Eb and Bb horns. Kudos to Chris he's truly an asset to this Forum.
There is a 70bpm and a 76bpm which include the final 8-bar Tag/Coda. And a 64bpm version which omits the 8-bar Tag/Coda. The choice is all yours.
All 3 tracks and their relevant PDF sheets can be downloaded here:
https://www.box.com/s/5mzk0fy30e0ubpeuyi21
I hope this tune provides a fun and fruitful month of posting!
Cheers,
Vaughan
I'm very honoured to pick the ballad for July. It's really very tricky picking something that sits well on Eb and Bb horns which is important I think. Okay, preamble over with this month's BOTM is:
Reflections by Thelonious Monk
Full of Monk's quirky, bluesy flavour this is a long-time favourite of mine. I've uploaded to YouTube 3 versions that I love and I think show just a little of the versatility of this tune:
Here's the first - the classic Sonny Rollins/Monk version on Rollin's Blue Note album 'Volume Two':
Chris has kindly made no less than 3 backing tracks and also put together the leadsheets for Eb and Bb horns. Kudos to Chris he's truly an asset to this Forum.
There is a 70bpm and a 76bpm which include the final 8-bar Tag/Coda. And a 64bpm version which omits the 8-bar Tag/Coda. The choice is all yours.
All 3 tracks and their relevant PDF sheets can be downloaded here:
https://www.box.com/s/5mzk0fy30e0ubpeuyi21
I hope this tune provides a fun and fruitful month of posting!
Cheers,
Vaughan
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