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Round Midnight (ver. 1) by Cootie Williams - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

  
About the Song
"'Round Midnight" is a 1944 jazz standard by jazz musician Thelonious Monk. Jazz artists Cootie Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Pepper, and Miles Davis have further embellished the song, with songwriter Bernie Hanighen adding lyrics. Both Williams and Hanighen have received co-credits for their contributions. It is thought that Monk originally composed the song sometime between 1940 and 1941. However, Harry Colomby claims that Monk may have written an early version around 1936 (at the age of 19) with the title "Grand Finale". "'Round Midnight" is the most-recorded jazz standard composed by a jazz musician.[1] In allmusic.com it appears in over 1000 albums. The song is also called "'Round About Midnight", as Miles Davis used this title for his Columbia Records album Round About Midnight (1957) that included a cover of the song based on Dizzy Gillespie's interpretation. Charles Melvin ("Cootie").    Download this sheet!
About the Artist
Charles Melvin ("Cootie") Williams (b. July 10, 1911, Mobile, Alabama - d, September 15, 1985, New York, New York) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. A native of Mobile, Alabama, Williams began his professional career with the Young Family band, which included saxophonist Lester Young, when he was 14 years old.[1] In 1928, he made his first recordings with pianist James P. Johnson in New York, where he also worked briefly in the bands of Chick Webb and Fletcher Henderson.[2] He rose to prominence as a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra, with which he performed from 1929 to 1940. He also recorded his own sessions during this time, both freelance and with other Ellington sidemen. In 1940 he joined Benny Goodman's orchestra, then in 1941 formed his own orchestra, in which over the years he employed Charlie Parker, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Bud Powell, Eddie Vinson, and other important young players. He began to play more rhythm and blues in the late 1940s. In the 1950s he toured with small groups and fell into obscurity. In 1962 he rejoined Ellington and stayed with the orchestra until 1974, after Ellington's death. In 1975, he.
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