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Watermelon man sheet music for piano, soprano saxophone, bass. Like many jazz songs this is a great crossover piece for blues and jazz tastes alike. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard afro blue, as performed by john coltrane among others. This session features, among others, saxophonist gerald albright and bassist gerald veasley performing watermelon man. Bb instruments watermelon man herbie hancock g 7 c 7 g d 7 c 7 d c d 7 c 7 g vamp on f7 after final time through melodysolosg 7 c 7 g d 7 c 7 d c d 7 c 7 g.
Matt puts the emphasis on playing twonote doublestop lines within a bluesbased progression. Watermelon man text bass tab by herbie hancock songsterr. Watermelon man sheet music for piano, soprano saxophone. Watermelon man bassline as recorded by herbie hancock from the 1962 album takin off music by herbie hancock transcribed by slowhand gtr i e a d g butch warren double bass q122 44 gtr i h e e q h e e q h e e q h e e q. Written in 1970 a year before the summer of 42, it chronicles the life of this incredible. Watermelon man herbie hancock free piano sheet music. Watermelon man by herbie hancock watermelon man is a jazz standard written by herbie hancock, first released on his debut album, takin off 1962, in a grooving hard bop version that featured improvisations by freddie hubbard and dexter gordon. Herbie hancock watermelon man sheet music piano solo in f. Heres a neat lesson from matt warnock that happen to fit in nicely with some stuff ive been working on lately. This 1962 mongo satamaria arrangement is of herbie hancocks 1961 original composition of the same name, watermelon man. Watermelon man was composed by herbie hancock and first released on his debut solo album in 1962.
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