Jean-Marie – Ronnie Mathews
A waltz that is in constant harmonic motion. Lead sheets, second parts and solo piano arrangement available.
- Recording: Woody Shaw - Little Red's Fantasy
- Recorded on: June 29, 1976
- Label: Muse (MR 5103)
- Concert Key: E minor
- Style: 3/4 swing (medium)
- Trumpet - Woody Shaw
- Alto Sax - Frank Strozier
- Piano - Ronnie Mathews
- Bass - Stafford James
- Drums - Eddie Moore
Video
- Johnny Griffin, sax; Ronnie Mathews, piano; Ray Drummond, bass; Kenny Washington, drums. Live at Jazz in Antibes, 1980.
- Pianist Isaiah J. Thompson performing Ronnie's Solo Piano Arrangement at the jazzleadsheets.com studio
Although this composition works great in a trio or quartet format, the Woody Shaw recording is a quintet, so second parts are available including a Trumpet second part (for a Soprano Sax melody). The C treble clef lead sheet has both horn parts notated and also contains some specific information for the bass and piano that you'll hear on the recording. There are some complex chord symbols (C6 with sharp 11 and 9, for example), as Ronnie had specific voicings for the pianist in mind.
Vocalist/lyricist Judy Niemack wrote a lyric to Jean-Marie entitled Like A Butterfly. It's in B minor and has an accompaniment-only rhythm section track.
Lyricist/vocalist Judy Niemack put a lyric to Jean-Marie and titled it Like A Butterfly (available in B minor, with a recording and also an accompaniment-only MP3).
Ronnie Mathews
December 2, 1935 – June 28, 2008
Ronnie Mathews was born in Brooklyn, NY. He studied at Brooklyn College, and also with pianist/composer/arranger Hall Overton starting in 1953, then continuing his music education at Manhattan School Of Music from 1955-1958. He played with Gloria Lynne (1958-1960) and started his small group jazz recording career with Charles Persip And The Jazz Statesmen for Bethlehem records on April 2, 1960. He also performed with Kenny Dorham in 1960 and 1961, as well as recording in 1961 on sessions with leaders Clifford Jordan (February 14), Roland Alexander (June 17), his own trio session for Savoy (June 19, unissued), Bill Hardman (October 18), and Junior Cook (December 4). Read more...