It is also one of the first latin tunes that many jazz musicians encounter. Print and download blue bossa sheet music by kenny dorham arranged for piano. Many of your real book favorites can be found here ready to be transposed into any key that you need. Blue bossa is a 16 bar bossa nova jazz standard, written by trumpeter kenny dorham. Bossa nova guitar patterns 1 blue bossa jens larsen. How to play blue bossa on guitar jamie holroyd guitar. Jazz standard study guides with images jazz guitar chords. Playing the piano is a skill that can developed through time. Bossa nova guitar is intended for a wide range of guitarists, from those with little experience in complex musical styles like jazz, samba, or bolero, to highly trained professional guitarists looking to expand their musical palettes. I just combined the first word of the one with the last word of the other of the two parent song titles. Assuming this is bar 6 in blue bossa you are talking about, in tenor sax pitch. When you first start to learn how to play jazz guitar, one of the standards that many players come across is blue bossa.
The main part of the tune moves through the basic chords in the key of c minor, with. Blue bossa by kenny dorham score and parts sheet music. Instead of playing single notes with the left hand as shown earlier, you can play full chords. Pat martino, joe pass, george benson, kenny burrell and a great duo version by bobby mcferrin and. You can also use the c minor pentatonic scale or the c minor blues scale here. This important standard is 75% in the key of c minor, but modulates to a iivi in db. One of the essential latin jazz classics, this catchy tune moves and gro. Included for each jazz standard is a bio, chord charts for c, bb, and eb instruments, a playalong, and popular recordings to help you learn it. Blue bossa is one of those tunes every jazz lover is going to play, so its good to have a few ideas and concepts under your belt to get through the tune convincingly. But the same approach can be employed as is used in autumn leaves. Each jazz standard page has all of the tools you need to learn a particular tune. Jazz standard study guides with images jazz guitar. If you like this jazz piano lesson on how to play blue. Jazz standard realbook chart blue bossa partition musique.
The diagram below shows the chord progression and below the staff, i show the extent of each key. Download and print all blues sheet music for voice and other instruments bass clef by miles davis real book melody and chords. Blue bossa backing tracks jazz play along jazzbacks. Boppin blues bossa jazz bossa nova brasband muziek brazilectro braziliaanse jazz brit pop cabaret cajun calypso cash tribute celtic folk celtic music chanson chillout christmas christmas. Feefifofum chord chart free jazz real book over 1,300 chord charts of jazz standards available that can be transposed to any key. Jazz guitarist kenny burrell wrote and recorded a lyric to blue bossa, called its no time to be blue. Remembering chords on saxophone blue bossa saxstation.
Request the sheet music and midi files if you need them. In this case, the two keys are not relative major and minor keys. It is one of the first tunes that many jazz musicians learn. Not always aspiring jazz guitarist have option to play live with real bands members. Bossa nova jazz piano solos series volume 15 edstrom, brent, hal leonard corp. Blue bossa from the jazz pianists ultimate guide to the real book. Blue bossa was written by kenny dorham and is the one of the first standards you should learn. The reason for this is that it has only 2 keys, eb major and db major.
Blue bossa wmelody solos style jazz standard midi file blue bossa wmelody solos style jazz standard midi file add to cart. On these parts, you use the aeolian aka natural minor scale. The tune starts with two bars of c minor, and briefly modulates up a fourth like in a blues to f7 which is then followed with a iivi in c minor. If you want to download a free ebook of 15 ii valt i licks then. Kenny dorham jazz play along the real jazz backing track bossa nova t 160 intro 8 bars 5 choruses this backing track is not midi tracks. Learn to play guitar by chord tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more. Blue bossa real jazz backing track play along youtube. In terms of harmonic structure, bossa nova has a lot common with jazz music as both share a sophisticated use of seventh and extended chords. Learning to play jazz standards is essential part of being a jazz musician. It has also become an essential part of jazz and pop repertoire in terms of must know grooves.
Kenny dorham blue bossa sheet music piano solo in c. Welcome to our index of jazz standards where you can choose from a large selection of common jazz standards to learn. Blue bossa by bossa nova latin jazz piano collective on. Essential bass butch warren many of trumpetercomposer kenny dorhams compositions contain specific parts for each member of the ensemble, making the whole greater than the sum of its parts. Bossa nova guitar by carlos arana softcover audio online.
Here are the chords and the scales you can use to solo over the chord changes. Nov 28, 2011 check out blue bossa by the jazz piano brazilian guitar smooth sax quartet. The style combines elements of both samba and jazz and can be characterised as lyrical with an emphasis on syncopation and extended chords. Blue bossa is a great way to start improvising following the harmony because its a well known tune that is not too difficult. Blue bossa is a popular standard by the great jazz trumpet player kenny dorham. Download and print blue bossa sheet music for beginner piano by kenny dorham in the range of c4g5 from sheet music direct. In this lesson i am going to show you a one bar bossa nova pattern and some jazz chords so that you use this groove to play through the song blue bossa. Composed by trumpeter kenny durham in 1961, blue bossa is what i call a jazz bossa, since it was composed specifically as a jazz vehicle. Nov 22, 2017 assuming this is bar 6 in blue bossa you are talking about, in tenor sax pitch. Blue bossa sheet music kenny dorham beginner piano. Many people find piano lessons quite expensive and because of this, a lot of wouldbe pianists pass the opportunity to become one of the best in the music industry. Buy fully licensed online digital, transposable, printable sheet music. In this lesson ill present a set of arpeggios, some exercises, target notes and strategies for making solos where you can hear the harmony in the improvisation. I think the blues scale sound over this chord is understood as our ears have been acclimatised to it for a long time, in my opinion its more about the way the blues scale is.
Blue bossa uses a 16 bar chord progression of which 75% of the chords are in the key of c minor. Blue bossa by the jazz piano brazilian guitar smooth sax. Christian morris introduction to bossa nova for piano. Youll probably find it very helpful to check out the bossa rhythm lesson before you try this.
If you have difficulty with chords, i have written a book called piano chords. The chord is functioning as the dominant chord in a minor 251 ie basically it is ema7dm im with pete on this. Blue bossa is a popular crossover track for musicians coming into jazz. Blue bossa chord progression kenny dorham jazz backing track play along no piano. Print and download blue bossa sheet music by joe henderson arranged for piano. Use the search at the top of the page to find tunes sitewide. Freejazzinstitute chord changes to jazz standards and more.
May 25, 2010 blue bossa is a popular standard by the great jazz trumpet player kenny dorham. The original version can be found on the best of kenny dorham blue note years blue note. Start just with the roots, eventually working up t arpeggiations. Bossa nova is, like rock and blues, a music that was invented on guitar. Blue bossa sheet music for clarinet, piano, tenor saxophone. Bobbys instructional approach offers multiple common voicings for each chord, ensuring that you wont be stranded on any part of the neck before the next chord change. If you want to hear some real examples of this groove then you can check. Blue bossa real book 1 page 51 backing track bossa nova tempo 120 kenny dorham chord chart, sheet music.
This is a great tune for any studying jazz guitarist to spend some time getting under their fingers and into their repertoire. The key to memorizinginternalizing them, though, is to play through the chord progressions in multiple keys. Blue bossa by kenny dorham score and parts sheet music for. The advanced arrangement uses the bossa nova bass ostinato, with the four way close similar to locked hands technique in the right hand. Dec 02, 2015 check out blue bossa by bossa nova latin jazz piano collective on amazon music. Days when were alone and you are in my arms the blueness of the trueness of our love nights of moonlit skies a gentle kiss. It s an amazing piano and i have had the chance to play on it. To prepare you for the next time this jazz standard is called at a jam session, lets explore a singlenote solo and a comping etude. Kenny dorham blue bossa piano, clarinet, bass, drums and. I arranged the melody of blue bossa the way you would play it in a jazz trio by adding chords to the melody. Jobim vol ii slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Piano lessons for kids free piano sheet music minuet james hook.
Oct 18, 2014 blue bossa is one of those tunes every jazz lover is going to play, so its good to have a few ideas and concepts under your belt to get through the tune convincingly. Blue bossa from the jazz pianists ultimate guide to the. It appears that you do not have a plugin to view pdfs. Blue bossa chord progression kenny dorham jazz backing track. Joe henderson blue bossa sheet music piano solo in c. Employs jazz bass line includes introduction and ending. In this lesson i am going to show you a one bar bossa nova pattern and some jazz chords so that. Learn the 5 essential left hand techniques with my free ebook. If you need help finding the chords try the links below links to chord videos. All bossa combines the musical elements of two famous jazz standards. May 30, 2012 blue bossa played on a fantastic bechstein. Kenny dorham blue bossa sheet music piano solo in c minor. If you like this jazz piano tutorial, please subscribe.
We are a guitar instruction studio in point loma, san diego. Blue bossa kenny dorham jazz trio setup advanced piano tutorial on synthesia. Jazz piano tips, history, recommended recordings, and resources for blue bossa and. Included are pdf lead sheets for c, bb, and eb instruments. For this reason virtual band from jazz backing tracks is often the only options to learn chords or improvise over jazz tune. Blue bossa is a tune that, like autumn leaves, is comprised mainly of ii v i progressions in either a minor or a major key. Check out blue bossa by bossa nova latin jazz piano collective on amazon music. Louis blues 1914 includes a tango section, reflecting the popularity of that dance in the 1910s. Remember to start real simple and learn the root notes and chord types and be real solid with them before getting into any substitutions. Blue bossa real book 1 page 51 backing track bossa nova. Blue bossa music by kenny dorham lyrics by joan cartwright. Something in your eyes fills me with bliss hold me in your arms and then i. Practice the melody and improvise over blue bossa, from the real book. Bossa nova is a style of improvised music that originated in brazil in the late 1950s.
A place inside my heart is where you live memories of our start the love you give. From joao gilberto to antonio carlos jobim, the bossa nova guitar style has become firmly entrenched in the. Walkthatbass if you want to learn jazz piano check out my. We can get more complex over time but this is the easiest way to get started. He used diminished chords more freely than american jazz composers of the. Blue bossa kenny dorham blue in green miles davis blue monk thelonious monk. Download and print blue bossa sheet music for piano solo by kenny dorham in the range of e. Play the chords on piano using simple 3note voicings root in bass registerleft hand. I think it far better to think in terms of chords rather than fancy scales. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Jazz arrangement of mary had a little lamb for piano. Many great players have covered this tune including. Jun 03, 2016 instead of playing single notes with the left hand as shown earlier, you can play full chords. There is then a iivi in db and finally a iivi in c minor again.
Blue bossa is a 16bar tune and is in the key of c minor. Solving the mystery of the correct chords for this tune. Requested songs other than the real book and jazz standard bible. The chords taught in this course will get you through just about any fake book tune even the weird ones. Digital sheet music for blue bossa by kenny dorham scored for piano. Mustknow fake book chords and progressions soundslice. Blue bossa is one of the essential jazz tunes to learn. With a little study you will quickly be able to play a riff in bossa nova style. Chords for blue bossa key of cmi c instruments author. Buy blue bossa sheet music by kenny dorham for piano. Its one of the easier tunes in the real book and is a big jam session favorite. Changes chord changes to various jazz standards, and other tunes, without analysis. We transcribe sheet music arrangements and tutorials. Our backing tracks of blue bossa are made entirely with live musicians for that real feel.
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