Watermelon man by herbie hancock full score and parts sheet. Herbie hancock piano freddie hubbard trumpet dexter gordon tenor saxophone butch warren double bass billy higgins drums. Watermelon man was written by herbie hancock, originally for his 1962 hit record takin off. Hancocks first version was released as a grooving hard bop record, and featured improvisations by freddie hubbard and dexter gordon. Just a cool arrangement of herbie hancocks watermelon man. Watermelon man by herbie hancock full score and parts. The solo is played on a selmer reference 54 alto saxophone, with meyer 7 mouthpiece, red vandoren java reed and a francois louis ligature. Preferably in bass clef trombone but i can transpose piano or trumpet parts so those are. He plays it on solo piano and then talks about how he came up with the melody. Watermelon man is a popular standard thats often called at jam sessions, so its worthwhile getting to know it inside and out. Print and download watermelon man sheet music by herbie hancock in f major.
This was one of those rare jazz tunes that was so catchy it made the pop charts, first herbies version and the next year again with a latin version by mongo santamaria. Herbie hancock watermelon man alto, piano, trumpet, bass. Watermelon man sheet music for piano, alto saxophone. Find watermelon man, growing bands, jazz ensemble big band, marina favorites and more at marina music to use this site, you must first enable javascript. Watermelon man became a hit, and he would later record it with his head hunters band as well in. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Here are the instructions to enable javascript in your web browser. Watermelon man growing bands, jazz ensemble big band. If youre keen to have a structured, stepbystep approach to learning jazz guitar, it might be worth checking out my online learning system, the fretdojo jazz guitar academy. Watermelon man is melvin van peebles 1970 comedic satire about the state of race relations in america. Hancock wrote this tune with the intention of marketing his record, and was the first tune he composed for commercial reasons.
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