Sonny Rollins You Dont Know What Love Is Transcription

*I posted all the recordings I could find on Youtube that get with this transcription book at the bottom of this review………Enjoy!

My first recording of Sonny Rollins that I heard as a teenager was "Saxophone Colossus".  I checked information technology out of the local library. I didn't play tenor saxophone dorsum then but I was interested in annihilation having to exercise with jazz so I checked information technology out.   I retrieve trying to become into it, but information technology was then different than the "jazz" I had been listening to at the time.  I had been mostly listening to a combination of David Sanborn, Spyro Gyra, Hank Crawford and Chuck Mangione.  I was probably in 9th class at the time and sorry to say a chip to young and unseasoned to appreciate what I was hearing on Saxophone Colossus……….

About 4-5 years later on, in college, I got into Michael Brecker and bought a tenor saxophone.  I remember beingness at Berklee and a recital was happening that week that a tenor sax educatee from NEC was playing on.  (I cannot for the life of me remember who the student was simply wonder if it was maybe Kenny Brooks as he went to NEC in 1988 I believe…….but I don't know for sure).  My friends told me this pupil from NEC was totally into Sonny Rollins and as I was sitting at the recital I remember being totally diddled abroad.  I loved everything about the way this guy played the tenor sax.  His sound was amazing.  Full, lush and huge and he was ane of the most swingin' students I had always heard.  His lines were amazing besides!  It wasn't a mod sound or modern lines only but "old school" straight ahead swing with killin' lines.  I remember existence totally stoked equally I left that recital and thinking that that was how I wanted to sound on the tenor saxophone.  If he was into Sonny Rollins, and then I needed to become into Sonny Rollins!

I left that recital and went straight to Belfry Records and bought Saxophone Colossus,  A Nighttime at the Village Vanguard, Sonny Side Upward and I believe Tenor Madness.  I am glad to write that at that bespeak in my development, I was much more appreciative of these albums and Sonny Rollins as a player.  I listened to them non-stop for about a month and all the elements I loved about that recital I could hear magnified a hundredfold in those recordings with Sonny Rollins.

Recently, I received an e-mail that Hal Leonard was releasing a Sonny Rollins Omnibook for the tenor saxophone and all that excitement from the late eighty'southward came flooding back to me.  I had to check this out!  I contacted Hal Leonard and asked if I could review a copy.

The Sonny Rollins Omnibook

I received the Sonny Rollins Omnibook a few days ago.  I had actually forgotten nigh it, so when I received the package in the mail I had no idea what it was.  I opened it in the kitchen in front of my wife and when I saw what it was I got a huge grin on my face up and started dancing around the kitchen with the book saying "Oh Aye!, Oh Yes, Oh Yeah!"  She was laughing at me because she tin can't believe I am a fifty twelvemonth old man at times…….

Yesterday, I spent a few hours going through the volume.  I didn't do whatever playing,  but I went through the book listening to the tracks as I followed along with the transcriptions.  I could detect all of these tracks on Youtube which was awesome!  At that place were a few that were harder to detect but if y'all try different search words y'all can discover them.  For example, I couldn't find  "Wail when searching with "Sonny Rollins" but I could notice it when I searched for it with the discussion "Navarro" (It is on a Fats Navarro anthology). I also couldn't find "There Will Never Be Another You" just could observe information technology if I searched for "Rollins Stockholm 1959")

The Sonny Rollins Omnibook was transcribed by Chris "Dr." Stewart who was a student of Charlie Shoemake.  In that location are some dandy paragraphs on the second folio of the book where Chris writes well-nigh how he studied with Charlie Shoemake and Charlie would use Sonny Rollins transcriptions with Chris in their lessons.  Here is a quote from Chris on this:

"Past using Sonny'south transcribed solos, Charlie pointed out to me how Sonny would arts and crafts his improvisations following an incredibly well thought out ready of musical rules that respected all the important elements of jazz."-Chris "Doc" Stewart

I also love this quote from Charlie Shoemake who Chris asked to pick out all the solos that would be included in the Sonny Rollins Omnibook.

"He (Sonny) exemplified the nearly artistic, in-depth mastery of the basic 3 elements of music: melody, rhythm and harmony.  Sonny has mastered his craft to the point that his improvisations are completely free of any restriction simply yet maintain the bones structure of the song.  This to me-though it'southward a very difficult chore and one that requires enormous work-is what truly nifty jazz playing is supposed to be nigh……..By studying Sonny Rollins, you will be dealing with not only a portion of the necessary elements of jazz music, but with ALL of them.  He has been and e'er will be a gigantic influence on the style jazz music should be played."-Charlie Shoemake

The Sonny Rollins Omnibook

The first thing I noticed about the Sonny Rollins Omnibook is that Chris "Doc" Stewart went above and beyond in the details included in these transcriptions.  In many of the transcriptions, in that location are trumpet lines included, pianoforte lines (many with the voicing written out), bass cues, 3 office harmony lines when in that location are three parts in the melody such as when Rollins is playing with Sonny Stitt and Miles.  During the rests it tells you what musical instrument is soloing or if in that location is trading fours with drums going on.  All of these specifics make it and so much easier to find where you are in the transcriptions.

The other details that are great is that in that location are a ton of articulation markings throughout each solo to help with how to play these solos like Sonny Rollins.  As I wait through the book I encounter all sorts of, slurs, accents, staccato markings, ghost notes, grace notes, scooped notes, etc…….

Information technology is also obvious that Chris did not just fill in the known chords of each melody over the transcriptions but added the details of the chords even when there were alterations or substitutions.  Y'all tin can easily see this as you look through each tune and compare the chords of each chorus. Many times there are differences in each chorus every bit yous compare chords.  This is a cool characteristic for those of u.s. interested in the harmonies going on behind these solos.

The Sonny Rollins Omnibook Song Listing

Airegin,  All the Things You Are, Almost Like Existence in Beloved, Blue Seven, Bouncing with Bud, But Non For Me, Compulsion, Dance of the Infidels, Dig, Down, Doxy, Ev'ry Time We Say Good day, 52nd Street Theme, I Know That You Know, I Remember You, I Want to exist Happy, I'll Remember April, I'll Take Romance, In Your Own Sweet Way, Simply In Time, The Terminal Fourth dimension I Saw Paris, Mambo Bounce, Moving Out, Namely Yous, No Moe, Old Devil Moon, Oleo, On a Slow Boat To China, Out of the Blue, Pent Up House, Raincheck, St. Thomas, The Scene Is Make clean, Scoops, The Serpent'due south Tooth, Solid, Sonnymoon for Two, Strode Rode, Tenor Madness, In that location Will Never Exist Another You, Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Good-Bye!), Tune Up, Valse Hot, Vierd Blues, Wail, What Is This Matter Chosen Dearest, When Your Lover Has Gone, Whispering, Woodyn' Y'all, You Stepped Out of a Dream

As I mentioned earlier, I spent a few hours going through the Sonny Rollins Omnibook yesterday.  I wanted to add simply a few of my "Wow" moments that I encountered.

• Get-go of all,  subsequently listening to these transcriptions, it is now my belief that Sonny Rollins is the undisputed master of the two bar break as well as soloing over stop time.  He has the amazing talent of being able to come up with the virtually killin' line for every ii bar break in this book.  Every fourth dimension I heard 1 my reaction was the aforementioned "Holy Crap!  That was killin'!"  So many of the stop time lines were just as great also.  I get the feeling that all these solo moments are just opportunities for Sonny Rollin's genius light to shine even brighter.
• Doxy!  The swinging lines in this solo but killed me!
• Ev'ry Fourth dimension We Say Farewell!  The creativity in rhythm and phrasing on only the head blew my mind.  The lines in the solo are beautiful and find how much he quotes the melody during his solo…….
• 52nd Theme-Lines from heaven!
• I Know That You Know!  Amazing stop fourth dimension solo.  This was in my listing of solos I wanted to transcribe and I am so excited to see this written out!
• I Remember Yous!  Beautiful sultry tenor sound and the solo break and double time runs are amazing!
• In Your Own Sweetness Way!   Outset Sonny run afterwards Miles solo…..WHAT?   Kills information technology!
• Mambo Bounce!  I loved this one so much!  To me he sounds more similar "Bird" on tenor sax than "Bird" sounds like on tenor sax.  He even throws in some blatant "Bird" quotes within the solo………
• Moving Out!   Bebop Lines galore!  You could study these lines for a couple years……
• No Moe-Love the rhythmic variance Sonny uses in this solo.  He sounds like he is truly improvising and having a great time playing with the rhythms.
• Oleo-Classic! Killin' rhythm changes solo.  If yous haven't already studied this one, yous should!
• Pent Up House-solo is so inventive and creative!
• St. Thomas!  What can I say?  If you  don't already know this one as a tenor actor you should just pack upwards your sax and go an auditor………..
• The Serpent's Tooth-Can I only say that I honestly barely recognize Charlie Parker every bit the second tenor solo on this tune.  I was listening to information technology and thought "Whose this guy?"  When I looked and found out it was Parker I was floored.  Listening to it once more I could hear it in a few of the 16th notation runs but the residuum of the solo……not much.
• A Written report IN THE BLUES!!!  Check out Sonneymoon for Ii, Solid, Scoops, Tenor Madness and Vierd Blues.   Spend a couple years with those solos and yous should exercise alright on the next Bb blues called at your local jam session………
• Strode Rode!  Another burnin' classic tune.  Love the solo over only the bass on the starting time of the solo.
• Valse Hot!  I think this is the only tune in three in the volume and Sonny is awesome on information technology.  Great solo to study for those wanting to play meliorate in iii.  Sonny sound and so relaxed and nails it!

In that location is and so much more I could write about,  I truly am in dearest with this book!  Equally corking and impactful as the Charlie Parker Omnibook was for alto sax players throughout the final 40 years I believe the Sonny Rollins Omnibook can be that book for tenor players.  It is only a plethora of incredible bop lines, licks, phrasings and melodic ideas that can exist worked on for a lifetime.  Astonishing work by Chris "Doc" Stewart!!

Great job by Hal Leonard in creating another groovy Omnibook in their collection that includes John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, Wynton Marsalis, Joe Laissez passer, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz and at present Sonny Rollins.

If yous finish up getting the Sonny Rollins Omnibook please feel free to come back and share your thoughts and comments with all of us beneath.  If you have other thoughts about Sonny Rollins I would love to hear them likewise.  Thank you lot to Sonny Rollins for who you are and your amazing contribution to this music.    Steve

Links to all the Tunes I could discover on Youtube (If any of these links do not work, please let me know then I can set the links.  Thanks,  Steve)

Airegin

All The Things Y'all Are

Almost Similar Beingness In Love

Bluish Seven

Bouncing With Bud

But Non For Me

Compulsion

Dance of the Infidels

Dig

Down

Doxy

Everytime Nosotros Say Goodbye

52nd Street Theme

I Know That You lot Know

I Call back You

I Want To Exist Happy

I'll Retrieve April

I'll Take Romance

In Your Own Sugariness Style

Just In Time

The Last Time I Saw Paris

Mambo Bounce

Moving Out

Namely You lot

No Moe

Old Devil Moon

Oleo

On a Tedious Gunkhole to Mainland china

Out of the Blue

Pent Upwardly House

O Raincheck

St. Thomas

The Scene is Clean

Scoops

The Ophidian's Tooth

Solid

Sonnymoon For Two

Strode Rode

Tenor Madness

There Volition Never Exist Some other You

Toot Toot Tootsie

Tune Up

Valse Hot

Vierd Dejection

Wail

What Is This Thing Called Love

When Your Lover Has Gone

Whispering

Woodyn' Y'all

You Stepped Out of a Dream

Disclosure: I received the book mentioned above for free from Hal Leonard in the hope that I would perhaps review it here my web log. If you purchase the book from whatever of the Amazon links higher up I will make a small committee that I volition use to support this site. Regardless, I merely review saxophone related products that I savour and believe will exist good for other saxophone players to try likewise. Steve

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