Fuego De Corazon – Freddie Redd
One of the longest forms of any jazz song! This uptempo samba just keeps going. Our exclusive "Freddie Redd Project" recording is available in Minus You format for all instruments.
- Recording: Don Sickler - Freddie Redd Project
- Recorded on: January 25, 2015
- Label: jazzleadsheets.com (JLS 1021)
- Concert Key: F minor
- Vocal Range: , to
- Style: Latin (Samba)
- Trumpet - Don Sickler
- Tenor Sax - Elijah Shiffer
- Piano - Julius Rodriguez
- Bass - Nick Dunston
- Drums - Jeff Brillinger
Video
- Description
- Historical Notes
- Solos
- Piano Corner
- Bass Corner
- Drum Corner
- Guitar Corner
- Inside & Beyond
- Minus You
This song sets a record—at 114 measures, it has one of the longest of all song forms. It doesn't feel long, however, with its fast tempo and flowing melodic/harmonic development. The form can be broken down as sort of an AABA with a tag: 20-measure A sections, a 24-measure B section, 16-measure C (the same as the first 16 of A), and then a D section of 34 measures further divided as 8-10-8-8. The harmony travels to many related keys, with a special relationship to C (the dominant); the A section ends with C major followed by C7, and the 23rd through 30th measures of the D section are based around C minor. There is a descending cycle of II-V7s in the 9th through 14th measures of the B section, mirrored by an ascending cycle in the same part of the D section.
The quintet arrangement has the horns harmonized almost throughout, with the tenor sax playing a countermelody behind many of the longer notes of the trumpet melody. This recording is available as a series of Minus You tracks for all instruments.
The quintet arrangement has the horns harmonized almost throughout, with the tenor sax playing a countermelody behind many of the longer notes of the trumpet melody. This recording is available as a series of Minus You tracks for all instruments.
"The Freddie Redd Project" was recorded at the legendary Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs.
It's probably safe to say that Fuego De Corazon is the longest song published by Second Floor Music. That does not mean there isn't competition; Personage of Wes by Buddy Montgomery, also a minor-key samba, is only two measures shorter!
Freddie Redd recorded this song on his 1990 album "Everybody Loves A Winner"; however, this recording is not available as a download. It is a trio version (with Bill Langlois on bass and Larry Hancock on drums) that is particularly unusual for two reasons. The form on the "in" head is made even longer by inserting extra A and B sections between the B and C sections: A-A-B-A-B-C-D! Freddie's solo chorus and the out head follow the original form as written in the lead sheet. Another unique quality of this trio recording is that the tempo just takes off—the end of the song is very close to twice as fast as the beginning!
It's probably safe to say that Fuego De Corazon is the longest song published by Second Floor Music. That does not mean there isn't competition; Personage of Wes by Buddy Montgomery, also a minor-key samba, is only two measures shorter!
Freddie Redd recorded this song on his 1990 album "Everybody Loves A Winner"; however, this recording is not available as a download. It is a trio version (with Bill Langlois on bass and Larry Hancock on drums) that is particularly unusual for two reasons. The form on the "in" head is made even longer by inserting extra A and B sections between the B and C sections: A-A-B-A-B-C-D! Freddie's solo chorus and the out head follow the original form as written in the lead sheet. Another unique quality of this trio recording is that the tempo just takes off—the end of the song is very close to twice as fast as the beginning!
Exclusive Minus You audio tracks Though not as fast as A Night At Nalen, this song is nevertheless quite fast and, with with its extended form, a good challenge to play along with. The Minus Melody and Minus Piano (trio) tracks were taken from a separate quartet take. The format of both versions is the same.
-- intro
-- melody
-- 2 solo choruses (quintet version: piano 1 chorus, tenor sax 1 chorus)
-- out melody
mp3 minus melody - this track comes from the quartet version, Minus You for any melody instrument
-- count off sets up the intro
-- wait for intro and play the melody
-- solo 2 choruses
-- play the out melody
mp3 bass and drums only for the entire track: ideal for piano or vibes to take on the melody role, or for a melody instrument liking to play without harmonic accompaniment
-- count off sets up the intro
-- play the intro and melody
-- solo 2 choruses
-- play the out melody
mp3 minus Piano (quintet)
-- count off sets up the intro
-- play the intro
-- comp for the melody (solo on the break, measures 7 and 8 of B)
-- solo 1 chorus
-- comp for the tenor sax solo 1 chorus
-- comp for the out melody (solo on the break, measures 7 and 8 of B)
mp3 minus Bass
-- count off sets up the intro
-- 2-feel for the intro and melody
-- 2-feel for the piano and tenor sax solos (1 chorus each)
-- 2-feel for the out melody
mp3 minus Drums
-- count off sets up the intro
-- comp for the intro and melody
-- comp for the piano and tenor sax solos (1 chorus each)
-- comp for the out melody
-- intro
-- melody
-- 2 solo choruses (quintet version: piano 1 chorus, tenor sax 1 chorus)
-- out melody
mp3 minus melody - this track comes from the quartet version, Minus You for any melody instrument
-- count off sets up the intro
-- wait for intro and play the melody
-- solo 2 choruses
-- play the out melody
mp3 bass and drums only for the entire track: ideal for piano or vibes to take on the melody role, or for a melody instrument liking to play without harmonic accompaniment
-- count off sets up the intro
-- play the intro and melody
-- solo 2 choruses
-- play the out melody
mp3 minus Piano (quintet)
-- count off sets up the intro
-- play the intro
-- comp for the melody (solo on the break, measures 7 and 8 of B)
-- solo 1 chorus
-- comp for the tenor sax solo 1 chorus
-- comp for the out melody (solo on the break, measures 7 and 8 of B)
mp3 minus Bass
-- count off sets up the intro
-- 2-feel for the intro and melody
-- 2-feel for the piano and tenor sax solos (1 chorus each)
-- 2-feel for the out melody
mp3 minus Drums
-- count off sets up the intro
-- comp for the intro and melody
-- comp for the piano and tenor sax solos (1 chorus each)
-- comp for the out melody
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Freddie Redd
May 29, 1928 – March 17, 2021
Pianist Freddie Redd, best known for his role as composer and actor in the play and movie "The Connection," started playing the piano when he was in the Army. Mostly self-taught, he learned while performing in clubs with other musicians. According to Nat Hentoff's liner notes to "Shades Of Redd," Freddie says he's "been influenced by many things I've heard on a lot of instruments. What I do is try to piece together what stimulates me into my own way of feeling things musically." Redd's music is simultaneously optimistic and knowing—it makes you want to play along with it, to join in the experience. Read more...
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