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Tenor Madness (ver. 1) by Sonny Rollins - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

  
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Tenor Madness is a jazz album by Sonny Rollins. It is most notable for its title track, the only known recording featuring both Rollins and John Coltrane. Rollins and Coltrane had both been members of groups with Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk in the past. Rollins had had some recent success with his albums Saxophone Colossus and Sonny Rollins Plus 4, and both were emerging as prominent solo tenor saxophone players.[1] Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones, had been recording with Davis at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in New Jersey (sessions that would later go on to provide material for the albums Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, and Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet). At the same time, and at the same studio, Rollins was working on the albums Sonny Rollins Plus 4 and Three Giants. As it was common at the time for jazz musicians.    Download this sheet!
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Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City)[1] is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins' long, prolific career began at the age of 11, and he was playing with piano legend Thelonious Monk before reaching the age of 20. Rollins is still touring and recording today, having outlived most of his contemporaries such as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Max Roach, and Art Blakey, all performers with whom he recorded. While Rollins was born in New York City, his parents were born in the United States Virgin Islands.[2] Rollins received his first saxophone at age 13. [3][4] Rollins started as a pianist, changed to alto saxophone, and finally switched to tenor in 1946. During his high-school years, he played in a band with other future jazz legends Jackie McLean and Kenny Drew. He was first recorded in 1949 with Babs Gonzales – in the same year he recorded with J. J. Johnson and Bud Powell. In his recordings through 1954, he played with performers such as Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk.[5] Tenor Madness is a jazz album by Sonny Rollins. It is most notable for its title track, the only known recording.
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