Most people associate the song with the american jazz tradition as it is often played and recorded by well known jazz musicians. Son of late jazz trumpeter chet baker files suit over. We have the sheet music and midi files if you need them. See new and popular chet baker songs, uploaded by musescore users, connect with a community of musicians who love to write and play music. The son of legendary jazz trumpeter and oklahoma native chet baker is suing a canadian movie director and his production company over a movie being filmed with actor ethan hawke. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, miles davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz. Chet atkins autumn leaves guitar pro tab with free online tab player, speed control and loop. The chet baker version from 1954 is a classic recording of this tune.
Includes guitar recorded versions with tab for voice, range. Autumn leaves is a french popular song and jazz standard composed by joseph kosma with original lyrics by jacques prevert in french, and later by johnny mercer in english. Autumn leaves is a great chord progression to start improvising following the harmony. This is not arranged by me, i only responsible for typing this version out. Thats a good way to start, when you want to play jazz. Cbs associated chet baker s had plenty of comeback albums, but this one from 1974 is among his finest. Autumn leaves is a tune that is heard on many instruments in many genres all over the world. Against all odds chet baker made a gradual comeback in the 1970s. Oct 19, 2008 a beautiful song performed by chet baker trumpet, paul desmond alto sax, hubert laws flute, bob james keyboard, ron carter contrabass and steve gadd drums. There were three recording sessions july 17, october 31, and november 1, 1974.
I made this easy piano arrangement in a tonality close to the eva cassidy. Sharing the bill are ron carter, bob james on fusionera rhodes, hubert laws and paul desmond, who proves himself to be baker s perfect foil on autumn leaves and tangerine. This is only for reading, so i made the melody very simple. Killing blues solo sonny stitt sax transcription tenor sax free download from. Autumn leaves jazz piano sheet music for piano download. In our catalog, you can find chet baker sheet music for piano, drums, flute, saxophone, trumpet, guitar and almost any other instrument. Quintet, from the recording miles in europe columbia kcs 8983. Gm is the relative minor to bb major which is a favorite key for trumpets and saxophones. The falling leaves drift by the window the autumn leaves of red and gold i see your lips, the summer kisses the sunburned hands i used to hold since you went away. Eric clapton autumn leaves guitar tab in b minor download. The title track is an alteration of he was too good to me. Although baker recorded far too much during his final 15 years, his nomadic lifestyle never kicking drugs and essentially wandering all over europe was unstable and his occasional vocals always an acquired taste were generally poor, his trumpet playing actually improved as.
Autumn leaves principal composer anderson, gustav sheet music bari setsergey set 37 10. Joseph kosma autumn leaves sheet music trumpet solo in e. Autumn leaves solo, she was too good to me, jazz, anon, pdf v. The falling leaves drift by the window the autumn leaves of red and gold i see your lips, the summer kisses the sunburned hands i used to hold.
I recently started learning the tune poor butterfly after listening to one of my all time favorite recordings glad to be unhappy by paul desmond featuring jim hall. Jazz moods cool by baker, chet go unlimited try now get a special offer and listen to over 60 million songs, anywhere with amazon music unlimited. Like in previous lessons, i have written a rhythmically complex and harmonically interesting melody over the original chord changes. Because of this, having a strong hold on the melody and improvising is essential learning. December 23, 1929 may, 1988 was an american jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and vocalist. Chet baker s solo on autumn leaves sonny stitt blues walk 1 chorus all 12 keys sonny stitt blues walk chorus transcription in all 12 keys the following transcriptions were done by daniel matthews 408 8061694 click here for harry sweets edisons solo on edisons lights. Autumn leaves page 1 of 2 autumn leaves quilt size 66 x 84 block size is 4. Print and download bill evans trio autumn leaves bass tab. Baker began his comeback after five years of musical inactivity with this excellent cti date. Check out autumn leaves by chet baker on amazon music.
I chose gm because that is the key my jazz friends play it in. The album was released in 1974 as what some would call a comeback album. Bill evans trio autumn leaves bass tab in bb major. Some tracks may include sampled instruments from high quality sample libraries. Print and download in pdf or midi autumn leaves in c.
Sharing the bill are ron carter, bob james on fusionera. Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals chet baker sings, it could happen to you. Chet baker sheet music free download in pdf or midi on. The best of chet baker, jazz, riverside bonus tracks the chet baker volume in fantasys best of series covers only a relatively tiny portion of his lifespan, yet it does capture the selfdestructive trumpetersinger at two crucial times when the jazz world was his oyster, and during one of his many attempts to regain his old appeal. While three, four or fivenote chord shapes are essential sounds for any jazz guitarist, sometimes using twonote chords aka double stops is the best way to get your ideas onto the fretboard when comping behind a melody or soloist. Print and download eric clapton autumn leaves guitar recorded versions with tab. Autumn leaves sheet music for trumpet download free in. Although baker recorded far too much during his final 15 years, his nomadic lifestyle never kicking drugs and essentially wandering all over europe was unstable and his occasional vocals. Some of my students want to learn how to play jazz piano, and i want them to sing at the same time. It is technically in the minor key, but i like to mention the major key also to avoid any ambiguity, espically since the tune dances between the major and minor keys so much and since both common keys have a g associated with them. Jun 09, 2009 mix chet baker s autumn leaves youtube. Here is a jazz trumpet transcription of chet bakers solo from his recording of autumn leaves. Tadds delight solo, the most important jazz album of 19641965, jazz, anon, pdf.
Print and download autumn leaves sheet music composed by joseph kosma arranged for trumpet. So i got out my real book out and found a chart on the tune to see if the melody was close to what paul desmond was playing. The audio file used in this video is an mp3 render of the hit trax midi file backing track. Its a well known tune and it still covers a lot of important cadences in a key. That being said, those 16 measures are packed full of chord changes with at least 2 chords in every bar. The falling leaves drift by the window the autumn leaves of red and gold i see your lips, the summer kisses the sunburned hands i used to hold since you went away the days grow long and soon ill hear old winters song but i miss you most of all my darling when autumn leaves start to fall cest une chanson, qui nous ressemble toi tu maimais et je taimais nous vivions tous deux ensemble toi. Autumn leaves in c sheet music for piano download free in. Interestingly, although this song is jazzy, most musicians find the tunes infectious chord.
Autumn leaves sheet music composed by chet baker 1 of 3 pages. Free online jazz and music transcriptionssheet music from artist. First of all, this key is commonly played in two keys, concert bbgm and concert gem. Autumn leaves sheet music for trumpet download free in pdf or. Jazz trumpet solo chet baker, autumn leaves youtube. This month i present to you three versions of the famous jazz standard autumn leaves. Autumn leaves is one of the most popular jazz standards on record and is a mustknow tune for any jazz guitarist. While other instruments, such as sax, trumpet, and vocals, often play the melody on a gig, you never know when youll be called up to play.
Miles davis miles dewey davis iii, alton, illinois, may 26, 1926 santa monica, california, september 28, 1991 was an american trumpeter, bandleader and composer. Autumn leaves chet baker free download as pdf file. Autumn leaves chet baker paul desmonds transcription. An instrumental version by pianist roger williams was a number 1 bestseller in the us billboard charts of 1955. Jazz trumpet transcriptions, jazz, how to play jazz. Autumn leaves etude in this weeks lesson we take on aprils line, my tune based on the very popular jazz standard autumn leaves. The complete graz concert 1962, soprano, 1 bessies blues. In this lesson i will go over a set of jazz guiat arpeggios in one position, some exercises, target notes and strategies for making solos where you can hear the harmony in the. See piecing directions below for cutting instructions for the maple leaf blocks.
Download and print top quality the elephant from the carnival of the animals sheet music for piano solo by camille saintsaens. Originally a melody from a french musical play by joseph kosma, it is one of the best known and most beautiful jazz standards i know. Autumn leaves joseph kosma jazz piano solo arrangement synthesia tutorial. Altoist paul desmond is a major asset on two songs and the occasional strings give variety to this fine session. Sep 08, 2010 hi david, thanks for your honest question. His trumpet work is especially strong here and his breathy vocals sound as if they were beamed in from the 1950s. Most commonly played in eb major, i fall in love to easily has a very short form at just 16 measures. Joseph kosma autumn leaves sheet music trumpet solo in.