Body and soul, coleman hawkins sheet music for alto saxophone. Phil woods body and soul saxophone transcription sheet music alto sax duration. Indeed, the influence of coleman hawkinss recording of body and soul continues to inspire players of all instruments who wish to understand more about improvising using and expanding the harmonic structure of highquality popular songs as a point of departure for their improvisations. Coleman hawkins body and soul lyrics by edward heyman, robert sour and frank eyton. Hawkins begins his solo with three introductory notes. Attributed to three lyricists and one composer, body and soul was performed first by singer gertrude lawrence in london, england, where it was published in 1930. Jazz solo pdf coleman hawkins body and soul transcription. It also includes interactive sheet music for realtime transposition. Coleman hawkins sheet music to download top quality pdfs. Body and soul was a widely knownfamous pop tune of its day so anyone that heard this recording would have no question about which tune it was 2 this track is all business. Coleman hawkins body and soullyrics by edward heyman, robert sour and frank eyton.
Body and soul transcribed by ben doherty for as played by coleman hawkins johnny green trans. My father, who used to bicycle 30 miles one way to court my mother, had this record among his dustneedled. Coleman hawkins 1939 treatment of body and soul is one of those great evolutionary leaps. Coleman randolph hawkins, nicknamed hawk and sometimes bean november 21, 1904 a may 19, 1969, was an american jazz tenor saxophonist. Body and soul, form diagram university of virginia. October 11 1939 coleman hawkins ts, gene rodgersp, tommy lindsay and joe guy trp, earl hardytrb, jackie fields, eustis morealt william oscar smithb, arthur herbertd. He plays the opening phrases in the lower register, with a breathy tone and somewhat behind the beat. From coleman hawkins, for eb sax i dont know how to put chords on the sheet sorry. Indeed, the influence of coleman hawkins s recording of body and soul continues to inspire players of all instruments who wish to understand more about improvising using and expanding the harmonic structure of highquality popular songs as a point of departure for their improvisations. Coleman hawkins body and soul the jazzomat research project. Body and soulcoleman hawkins 1939 library of congress. Hawkins, whos been called the father of the tenor saxophone, was by all accounts the first to.
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