Archives: March 2013

• New lead sheets from 5 great pianists

  Soul Time - Bobby Timmons
  Another delight, this time in 3/4, from Bobby Timmons, which he recorded on three occasions. We’re also offering Bobbby’s complete piano voicings.

  Freffie - Elmo Hope
  Another great “II-V” blues melody to add to your repertory. Read more about it in our notes.

  Gone To See T - Bertha Hope - new composer to jazzleadsheets.com!
  Bertha Hope, whose first jazz teachers were Elmo Hope and Richie Powell, recalling the days she and Elmo hung out with T (Thelonious Monk). Definitely not just the wife of Elmo Hope, Bertha is a tremendous talent herself, both as a composer and as a pianist.

  Something In B-flat - Ray Bryant
  As you can see by scanning our Composer list, we already have a lot of great Ray Bryant on jazzleadsheets.com and there are other gems that we’re still working on. Ray had almost forgotten about his Something in B-flat, which was the opening track of Benny Golson’s “New York Scene” album. I immediately got his attention when I told him that this track was used in the Tom Hanks movie “The Terminal,” in which Benny Golson, and some of Benny’s music, also played a prominent role.

  Two Sides Of A Penny - Cecilia Coleman
  One of my favorite Cecilia Coleman compositions, from her California period.

  Enjoy the music!
  Don Sickler
  phone 212-741-1175
  email don@secondfloormusic.com

• You asked for it, we got it!

  The Feelin’s Good - Hank Mobley
  Recently I got a very nice email from one of our customers, Steve Christian: “I wanted to express my gratitude for the wonderful resource you have created …” He went on to say great things about Hank Mobley music, and asked: “I hope you have plans to release more of Hank’s treasures in the future. I would love to see The Feelin’s Good from “Straight No Filter.”

  This jogged my memory, and I remembered the session was recorded sometime in 1963. Lo and behold, I discovered the 50th anniversary was right around the corner. March 7, 1963. Today! A perfect time to make The Feelin’s Good available. That Mobley recording session produced three more gems that are already on jazzleadsheets.com. Instead of releasing that session on one LP, Alfred Lion of Blue Note Records put these four selections on three different recordings. Check out the others for more historical information:
  East Of The Village
  Old World New Imports
  Up A Step

  Happy 50th Anniversary! Hank Mobley’s music: it’s always feelin’ good.

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  Adding another great composer to jazzleadsheets.com: Freddie Redd - And Time Marches On
  Pianist Freddie Redd is a marvelous composer we’ve known since 1985 when I produced two albums for him for Uptown Records. The second trio album, where Freddie played this title, with bassist George Duvivier and drummer Ben Riley, is still unissued. However, you can hear this great track as Freddie played it with his International Jazz Connection. Freddie’s music is a delight to play. Listen to this one; more is on the way.

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  Joao - Tommy Turrentine
  A beautiful slow samba first recorded by tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, brother of Tommy. Take a look at the descriptive notes to learn about the brothers’ differing views on the song. Recorded on Stanley’s “Nightwings” album.

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  Fred’s Delight - Tadd Dameron
  We’ve also received some requests for more Tadd Dameron lead sheets. Plus, the long awaited Paul Combs book, The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron, has just been released. Paul Combs was instrumental in getting me a copy of Tadd’s big band score (in Tadd’s manuscript) for “Fred’s Delight,” and the big band arrangement (score and parts) is available from ejazzlines.com. Even without a big band, everyone should get a chance to play Dameron’s distinctive melody and harmonies and add it to their combo repertory.

  Thanks for visiting jazzleadsheets.com!

  Don Sickler (phone 212-741-1175, email don@secondfloormusic.com)

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