Harbor Freeway 5 p.m. – Jack Wilson
This composition has a modern even-eighths vibe and sounds equally convincing at a medium tempo or at breakneck speed.
- Recording: Jack Wilson - Something Personal
- Recorded on: August 10, 1966
- Label: Blue Note (BLP 4251)
- Concert Key: E minor to E major
- Style: Even 8ths (medium)
- Vibes - Roy Ayers
- Piano - Jack Wilson
- Bass - Ray Brown
- Drums - Varney Barlow
This version would work great with horns, so we've created B-flat, E-flat and C bass clef editions.
- Recording: Jack Wilson - The Jack Wilson Quartet featuring Roy Ayers
- Recorded on: February 6, 1963
- Label: Atlantic (LP 1406)
- Concert Key: E minor to E major
- Style: Even 8ths (uptempo)
- Vibes - Roy Ayers
- Piano - Jack Wilson
- Bass - Al McKibbon
- Drums - Nick Martinis
The first recording (as Harbor Freeway) is a super uptempo version featuring a drum solo. Our C lead sheet for this version shows Jack's introduction and coda as well as the hits and certainly illustrates his technical proficiency.
Although neither of these two recordings were with horns, the "Something Personal" interpretation would work great with horns, so we've created B-flat, E-flat and C bass clef editions for that version. Click on that album cover for details.
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Jack Wilson
August 3, 1936 – October 5, 2007
Pianist Jack Wilson was born in Chicago but moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, at age seven. By his fifteenth birthday, he had become the youngest member ever to join the Fort Wayne Musician’s Union. At the age of seventeen he played a two-week stint as a substitute pianist in James Moody’s band. After graduating from the local high school, Wilson spent a year and a half at Indiana University, where he met Freddie Hubbard and Slide Hampton. He went on to tour with a rock ‘n roll band, which led him to Columbus, Ohio, where he found the then-unknown Nancy Wilson and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. He settled there for a year, then moved to Atlantic City, where he led the house band at the local Cotton Club. Read more...