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Night Train (ver. 1) by Jimmy Forrest - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

  
About the Song
"Night Train" is a twelve bar blues instrumental standard first recorded by Jimmy Forrest in 1951. "Night Train" has a long and complicated history. The piece's opening riff was first recorded in 1940 by a small group led by Duke Ellington sideman Johnny Hodges under the title "That's the Blues, Old Man". Ellington used the same riff as the opening and closing theme of a longer-form composition, "Happy-Go-Lucky Local", that was itself one of four parts of his Deep South Suite. Forrest was part of Ellington's band when it performed this composition, which has a long tenor saxophone break in the middle. After leaving Ellington, Forrest recorded "Night Train" on United Records and had a major rhythm & blues hit. While "Night Train" employs the same riff as the earlier recordings, it is used in a much earthier R&B setting. Forrest inserted his own solo over a stop-time rhythm not used in the.    Download this sheet!
About the Artist
Jimmy Forrest (January 24, 1920 - August 26, 1980) was a jazz musician who played tenor saxophone throughout his career. Born Jimmy Robert Forrest Jr., he is famous for his first solo recording of "Night Train", with its hook and classic tenor solo. He recorded frequently as both a sideman and a bandleader. "Night Train" reached #1 on the Billboard R&B chart in March 1952, and stayed at the top for seven weeks. "Hey Mrs. Jones" (#3 R&B) and "Bolo Blues" were his other major hits. Forrest was born in St. Louis, Missouri and played alongside Fate Marable as a young man. He was with Jay McShann in 1940-42 and with Andy Kirk from 1942-48, when he joined Duke Ellington. After his solo career, he played in small combos with Harry "Sweets" Edison and Al Grey as well as appearing with Count Basie. Forrest's version of "Night Train" was the theme song of a nightly rhythm and blues radio program in the Houston, Texas market that virtually introduced white teenagers to what was then called race music. The program, also called Night Train, was hosted by William A. "Rascal" McCaskill, and was broadcast on KREL-AM from 1954 to 1957. The Night Train show brought.
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