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OCTOBER 28, 1939 |
Saturday |
“CAMEL
CARAVAN” |
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32 BARS
(ABAB) |
Key of |
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Ab |
Quarter Note = |
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142 |
Time: |
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2:52 |
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[ MC: “...we're ready to
hear about the famous Goodman sextet.” |
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Goodman and Hampton exchange quips. |
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Goodman: “Tonight the
sextet’s going to play a number that, in my opinion, is one of |
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the finest melodies the late Art
Hickman ever wrote — ‘Rose Room.’ |
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2 bars
– CC & clt |
(Intro) |
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32 bars –
clarinet |
(Melody) |
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16 bars –
vibes |
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(over clt obbl) |
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8 bars
– clarinet |
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(over vib) |
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Personnel: |
Issued Recordings: |
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Benny Goodman Sextet |
[ CD ] |
Jazz Band |
EBCD 2138-2 |
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CHARLIE CHRISTIAN..........Guitar |
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Masters of Jazz |
MJCD 189 |
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BENNY GOODMAN..............clarinet |
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LIONEL HAMPTON..............vibes |
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FLETCHER HENDERSON.....piano |
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ARTIE BERNSTEIN...............bass |
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NICK
FATOOL.......................drums |
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Composed by: |
Art Hickman - Harry Williams |
Transcription Page: Rose Room — 28 October 1939
C&A:
This was the sextet’s third recording of Rose Room in
October of 1939—from a “Camel Caravan” broadcast—and the rarest of
their recordings on that tune (not released until 1997). Charlie Christian plays the
four-bar intro and again gets the entire second chorus for his featured solo.
Charles really surprises with his solo opening on this version—totally unique and
harmonically advanced. Measures 6-8 were some of the most difficult to
transcribe—not the notes, but the tablature (frets and fingering); it’s
interesting to compare the phrase to the same measures on his 2 October 1939 and 6 June
1941 solos.
The repeated phrases at bars 8-10 are different but very reminiscent of the phrases
that opened the October 2nd Rose Room solo. One of CC’s favorite licks
is played over Bb7 at bars 13-14 then repeated
(over Eb7) in modified form on the following two
measures.
The Ab13 phrase beginning at bars 20 through
22 has a really nice melodic and harmonic quality to it; followed by a most unusual
Db motif (slides from a sixth to a major-seventh
to the tonic before he plays a simple major triad), which closes out the sequence.
Measures 25-26 are much the same as on his solo of October 9th—well worth repeating.
Charlie Christian never fails to amaze on Rose Room.
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