Tomorrow – Lonnie Hillyer
This lovely, serene waltz is a welcome addition to the oeuvre of Lonnie Hillyer. Our recording, the only one so far, is a Minus You track that any instrumentalist or vocalist can use.
- Recording: Don Sickler - Further Explorations Vol. 1
- Recorded on: May 24, 2003
- Label: jazzleadsheets.com (JLS 1034)
- Concert Key: D-flat
- Vocal Range: , to
- Style: Swing (medium)
- Flugelhorn - Don Sickler
- Piano - Cecilia Coleman
- Bass - Tim Givens
- Drums - Vince Cherico
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- Description
- Historical Notes
- Solos
- Piano Corner
- Bass Corner
- Drum Corner
- Guitar Corner
- Inside & Beyond
- Minus You
Our Minus You recording introduces this song to the world. It's a serene, melodic composition in 3/4 recalling a standard ballad. Diatonic at the beginning, the changes imply several key centers without always touching down at a tonic chord. The sixth measure of the 16-measure A section begins a descending series of II-V7s from C minor to F♯ minor, resolving to E major in the first A section and then to A major. In the second A section these tonalities are replaced with a return to the tonic. The bridge implies B♭, A♭, and C key centers but does not contain those tonic chords, or for the most part the tonic melody notes. The C section resembles the first A section, but with a two-measure tag to return to the tonic; the form is thus 66 measures long.
"Further Explorations" was recorded at the legendary Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs.
Don Sickler: Unfortunately, Lonnie died before recording this beautiful piece. I knew him as a fellow trumpet player; he came to my studio once to audition for Philly Joe's Dameronia band. After his death, his widow Maxine wanted his music to live on, so she brought his lead sheets to me at Second Floor Music.
Lonnie wrote his own lyric to this composition. It's available in our Sing JAZZ! songbook, a collection of stunning, lesser-known vocal selections from the Second Floor Music repertoire (Sing JAZZ! contents). Vocalists can also use the minus melody track.
Don Sickler: Unfortunately, Lonnie died before recording this beautiful piece. I knew him as a fellow trumpet player; he came to my studio once to audition for Philly Joe's Dameronia band. After his death, his widow Maxine wanted his music to live on, so she brought his lead sheets to me at Second Floor Music.
Lonnie wrote his own lyric to this composition. It's available in our Sing JAZZ! songbook, a collection of stunning, lesser-known vocal selections from the Second Floor Music repertoire (Sing JAZZ! contents). Vocalists can also use the minus melody track.
Our Minus You track works for both instrumental and vocal settings. Any melody instrumentalist can play along. Separate parts are available for rhythm section members (piano, bass & drums)
MP3 The format of the track is:
-- intro (rhythm section) [can improvise]
-- melody
-- 2 choruses solo
-- out melody
MP3 minus melody minus you for the entire original track (this track works for any solo instrument)
-- count off sets up the intro
-- eight measure rhythm section introduction [can solo over intro]
-- pick up into melody
-- solo (accompanied by piano, bass and drums) [2 choruses]
-- play the out melody
MP3 minus Piano
-- count off sets up the intro
-- solo for the eight-measure introduction
-- comp for the melody
-- comp for the flugelhorn solo [2 choruses]
-- comp for the head out
MP3 minus Bass
-- count off sets up the intro
-- pedal for the eight-measure introduction [piano solos]
-- 1-feel for the melody
-- walk for the flugelhorn solo [2 choruses]
-- 1-feel for the out head
MP3 minus Drums
-- count off sets up the intro
-- comp for the eight-measure introduction
-- comp for the melody
-- comp for the flugelhorn solo [2 choruses]
-- comp for the out head
MP3 The format of the track is:
-- intro (rhythm section) [can improvise]
-- melody
-- 2 choruses solo
-- out melody
MP3 minus melody minus you for the entire original track (this track works for any solo instrument)
-- count off sets up the intro
-- eight measure rhythm section introduction [can solo over intro]
-- pick up into melody
-- solo (accompanied by piano, bass and drums) [2 choruses]
-- play the out melody
MP3 minus Piano
-- count off sets up the intro
-- solo for the eight-measure introduction
-- comp for the melody
-- comp for the flugelhorn solo [2 choruses]
-- comp for the head out
MP3 minus Bass
-- count off sets up the intro
-- pedal for the eight-measure introduction [piano solos]
-- 1-feel for the melody
-- walk for the flugelhorn solo [2 choruses]
-- 1-feel for the out head
MP3 minus Drums
-- count off sets up the intro
-- comp for the eight-measure introduction
-- comp for the melody
-- comp for the flugelhorn solo [2 choruses]
-- comp for the out head
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Lonnie Hillyer
March 25, 1940 – July 1, 1985
A fearless soloist armed with a crackling tone and keen melodic invention, Lonnie Hillyer is best known for his work with bassist/band leader Charles Mingus. Lonnie hailed from Detroit and was a teenaged friend of alto saxophonist Charles McPherson; they both studied with bebop maestro Barry Harris. Lonnie played with Yusef Lateef and Joe Henderson before moving to New York in 1961, where he worked and recorded with Harris, Charles Mingus and McPherson, all into the 1970s. Read more...
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