Features live performances by monk and his band, and interviews with. Straight no chaser sheet music for piano download free in pdf or. The great jazz standard straight no chaser for jazz guitar now with audio and pdf. Straight no chaser from the jazz pianists ultimate guide to. Thelonious monk straight, no chaser sheet music leadsheet in. Chaser pdf chord chart, but it is important to be able to play it in bb as well. Lead sheet melody and chords by beedge100 in jazz and lead sheet. Enjoy an unrivalled sheet music experience for ipadsheet music viewer, score library and music store all in one app. This is a great tenor battle between joshua redman and james carter on the classic monk tune straight, no chaser. With thelonious monk, john coltrane, jimmy cleveland, harry colomby. Print and download in pdf or midi straight, no chaser. Straight no chaser there is document straight no chaser available here for reading and downloading. Image result for straight no chaser sheet music pdf.
This is wellknown jazz standard, version in bb, suitable for. Straight no chaser sheet music for piano download free in. Straight no chaser snc is a professional american a cappella group that originated in 1996 at indiana university. Straight no chaser from the jazz pianists ultimate guide. A cappella powerhouse straight no chaser is bringing the holiday cheer to hancher auditorium.
Upon purchase, you will be provided with an access code and a link to hal leonards mylibrary site, where you can view your digital book along with supplemental audio or video where applicable. Thelonious monk straight no chaser tab ultimateguitar. Print and download crepuscule with nellie sheet music by thelonious monk in bb major. Straight no chaser tutorial straight no chaser improvisation. Straight, no chaser bb instruments score pdf download straight, no chaser c instruments bass clef score pdf download straight, no chaser c instruments treble clef score pdf download. Miles davis trumpet solo straight, no chaser by thelonious monk off the. If someone at a jazz jam session says lets play a blues in f, play these chords. Thelonious monk straight, no chaser sheet music leadsheet. Contains printable sheet music plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file. The first time voice comes in its a vocal solo, the second time its another soprano part. The real book volume i sixth edition bb edition hal.
At this tempo we will play once through the head, and then move straight. Available for purchase only in the united states leadsheets typically only contain the lyrics, chord symbols and melody line of a song and are rarely more than one page in length. Holiday edition by straight no chaser on amazon music. We caught up with jerome collins from straight no chaser, the mens a cappella group coming to the straz saturday night. The file extension pdf and ranks to the documents category. With that being said the fingerings for the melody are of me transposing it on the spot right now for a city jazz competition tomarrow. It is also the only blues he recorded in f all others, including a few versions of straight no chaser, are in bb. The youtube video has been viewed over 22 million times. The face of journalism was forever changed after jill nelson came along. Straight no chasers 20 album, under the influence, features more of the acclaimed a cappella groups takes of tunes that they love. Yeah, there are some octave transposition problems and also some rhythms are notated kind of weird. Straight no chaser is a 12bar blues head written by thelonius monk.
Feb 17, 2017 the sheet music that im tabbing this out for is written in the key of f major. Produced by take 6s mark kibble, the album features many guest performances by the artists whose songs appear here, including. Their seventh lp features 16 genrespanning songs, and 10 entertaining conversational interludes, as the members of. Your highresolution pdf file will be ready to download in the original. Band straight no chaser straight no chaser official site. Hal leonard digital books are cloudbased publications, which are streaming and require internet access. The most interesting thing about straight no chaser is the displacement of the melody. Thelonious monk straight no chaser sheet music notes and chords arranged for alto sax solo. Straight no chaser, on jazz guitar, lesson demo youtube.
But as with all of monks tunes, the melody is what sets it apart and makes it unique. This first transcription is only joshuas first four choruses. Transpose, print or convert, download jazz pdf and learn to play clarinet score in minutes. Since a video of the groups quirky take on the 12 days of christmas went viral in 2006, straight no chaser has been in the studio and on the road bringing a cappella music to its evergrowing fan base. Thelonious monk straight no chaser sheet music notes. Thelonious monk straight no chaser alto, piano, bass and. Straight, no chaser thelonious monk monks dream thelonious monk. As you can see in the example the 12 bar blues is very similar to what you are probably familiar with in a standard 12 blues in rock, soul etc. Presents the most commonly used scales and modes with fretboard diagrams for fourstring bass. Straight no chaser sheet music for piano download free. A beautiful photo of a fourstring electric bass is labeled with. It was first recorded july 23, 1951 for the genius of modern music sessions, and later appears on mulligan meets monk, 5 by monk by 5, straight, no chaser, and on monks blues.
Well approach it at a medium tempo of about 120 bpm. Straight no chaser bb lead sheet there is document straight no chaser bb lead sheet available here for reading and downloading. Print and download in pdf or midi 12 days of christmas. Miles davis straight, no chaser trumpet solo youtube. Sightreading will be selected from the standard big band repertoire. Transpose printable jazz composition or download, save as pdf. A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great thelonious sphere monk. The straight no chaser play along is in the key of f, as is the straight no chaser pdf chord chart, but it is important to be able to play it in bb as. Choose and determine which version of straight no chaser chords and tabs by monk thelonious you can play.
Thelonious monk straight no chaser sheet music notes, chords for clarinet. It was first recorded on monks blue note sessions in 1951. Play the melody and improvise two choruses on straight no chaser, composed by thelonious monk. Composed by thelonious monk, straight, no chaser is based on a 12bar blues. Use the download button below or simple online reader.
Straight no chaser sheet music thelonious monk drums. The sheet music that im tabbing this out for is written in the key of f major. Ten years after turning a collegiate hobby into a recording career that has taken them around the world on tour, the a cappella group tells its story through music on one shot. Oct 25, 2015 straight no chaser there is document straight no chaser available here for reading and downloading.
Thelonious monk straight no chaser sheet music pdf notes. Print and download lead sheets for straight, no chaser by thelonious monk in bb major. This is wellknown jazz standard, version in bb, suitable for trumpet, tenor saxophone, clarinet or other bb instrument. In 2007, a 1998 video of the 12 days of christmas, went viral with over 8 million views and subsequently led to a fivealbum record deal with atlantic records in 2008. First lets have a look at the harmony of a bb jazz blues, think of songs like tenor madness, straight no chaser and tranes blues. The song was originally written in bb, but later it became popular in f as well due to miles daviss famous recording on his hit record milestones. Straight no chaser is a 12bar blues head written by thelonius.
Straight no chaser bb lead sheet download documents. Like misterioso, straight, no chaser is not like other blues in that the melody breaks with the typical fourbar phrasing and extends beyond the bar line. Volunteer slavery, the memoir and explosive expose of her experiences in the white, maledominated world of the washington post, served as a wakeup call to all americans and placed nelson at the forefront of the african american political arena now, the bestselling author is back with straight, no chaser, a call to. Thelonious monk crepuscule with nellie sheet music in bb. Straight, no chaser guitar tab by thelonious monk with free online tab player. Backing track straight, no chaser f bluesfor guitar. The main melodic motif if the head is an ascending phrase thats repeated throughout but placed on different beats of the bar. Practical standards january 2012 straight no chaser. Straight no chaser tab with lyrics by monk thelonious for. An arrangement done by straight no chaser, transcribed for choir. Byeyafirst recorded on october 15, 1952 prestige 795 lp7027, it is unique for its caribbeaninflected rhythms. Thelonious monk straight no chaser sheet music notes, chords. Monk bases the entire melody on the opening motif, particularly the chromatic part. Note that some of these parts are not from the original version, but that i have changed them to better suit the part thats singing them.