Boplicity by gil evansadapted by mike tomaro youtube. Davis boplicity be bop lives sheet music for piano. Miles davis miles dewey davis iii, alton, illinois, may 26, 1926 santa monica, california, september 28, 1991 was an american trumpeter, bandleader and composer. Boplicity be bop lives sheet music miles davis piano solo. Ninetime grammy award winner miles davis revolutionized jazz as a musician, bandleader and composer.
Saturday night miles davis in person at the blackhawk, san francisco. I was born may 26, 1926, in alton, illinois, a little river town up on the mississippi river about twentyfive miles north of east st. Miles davis boplicity sheet music piano solo in f major. For the aqa as music specification 7272 for area of study 5. Birth of the cool has been a highlight of my 30 years making films. Scores from the original parts transcribed score 0073999724523. Boplicity was recorded on april 22, 1949, and the band consisted of a personnel miles davis, a trumpet by gerry mulligan, a baritone sax by lee konitz, an alto sax by j. Birth of the cool is a compilation album by american jazz musician miles davis, released in 1957 on capitol records.
The project i chose for the few free hours i had this weekend was to transcribe miles solo on boplicity from the timeless album, birth of the cool. For many years, the composer credit read cleo henry, the name of miles davis mother. That made me miles dewey davis iii, but everybody in my family called me junior. The following original parts exist in evanss handwriting. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Download and print boplicity be bop lives sheet music for voice and other instruments bass clef by miles davis real book melody and chords. Hal leonard boplicity jazz band level 4 by miles davis. It was a tenyear journey for me to bring miles story to the screen, and the reception to miles davis.
The factors leading to that process are now the foundation of the miles davis legend. Boplicity by gil evans score and parts sheet music for. This jazz standard is the first tune on miles davis classic record, kind of blue. Davis boplicity be bop lives sheet music real book. What follows is a plain narrative of a creative life. This gil evans arrangement is quite possibly one of the most famous jazz arrangements of all time.
The fresh acolyte learning trumpet in the fertile, bluesdrenched music scene of his hometown. High quality and interactive, transposable in any key, play along. They were so insignificant commercially that they had no real name the miles davis group, the miles davis nonet, the miles davis tuba band. Jun 09, 2010 this jazz standard is the first tune on miles davis classic record, kind of blue. 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.
They played a couple of gigs opening for count basie, and recorded 12 sides. Boplicity is a jazz composition which has become a standard, composed by miles davis and gil evans for the 1957 album birth of the cool. Boplicity be bop lives for voice and other instruments bass clef, intermediate voice sheet music. Licensed to virtual sheet music by hal leonard publishing company. Johnson, gerry mulligan, lee knotiz, john lewis, and kenny clarke, made it complex, muted, and very laidback, so pretty much the opposite of. Boplicity be bop lives sheet music miles davis piano. Boplicity was one of three contributions to the nonet library by gil evans. Miles davis boplicity be bop lives sheet music pdf notes. Johnson, a trombone by sandy siegelstein, a french horn by john barber, a tuba by. It is presented here as recorded, directly from the original manuscript. Boplicity be bop lives for piano solo, intermediate piano sheet music.
Sep 08, 2017 to purchase or for more info go to jazz ensemble library grade 4 the landmark album by miles davis birth of the cool brought us a unique instrumentation the nonet along. Boplicity miles davis free piano sheet music resource. Miles davis boplicity analysis boplicity was originally written by cleo henry and he wrote the song to sound quick, multichorded, winding melodies of bop, but miles davis and his band who included j. For many years, the composer credit read cleo henry, the name of miles davis. Miles davis birth of the cool full score free ebook download as pdf file. Jul 31, 2015 evans was the guru, miles was the driving force, but the music was a group effort according to the many accounts. Cleo henrys boplicity is best known in the version miles davis cut on april 22, 1949, as part of the three sessions that came to be known as the birth of the cool sessions. To any fellow trumpet players looking for a transcription, heres a pdf. See all 9 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Some years ago, it was finally established that davis and evans were cocomposers of the piece and that evans did more than arrange it for the ensemble. This gil evans arrangement is quite possibly one of the most famous jazz arrang. Friday night miles davis in person at the blackhawk, san francisco. Few individuals left as indelible an impact on jazz as miles davis.
Detailed typed pdf notes for miles daviss boplicity, moving methodically the piece making detailed notes. References this article about a jazz standard or composition written in the 1950s is a stub. Download and print boplicity be bop lives sheet music for piano solo by miles davis from sheet music direct. Proven grade a notes from a hardworking student in the uk. It compiles eleven tracks recorded by davis s nonet for the label over the course of three sessions during 1949 and 1950. Boplicity by gil evans score and parts sheet music for jazz. The landmark album by miles davis birth of the cool brought us a unique instrumentation the nonet along with distinctive jazz sounds. Evans was the guru, miles was the driving force, but the music was a group effort according to the many accounts. Hes playing boplicity, written by cleo henry which is just a pseudonym for miles davis and gil evans and was used so miles could release the tune in a different music publishing house than the.
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