OCTOBER 2, 1939 Monday |
Columbia Studios, NYC |
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32 BARS (ABAB) |
Key of |
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A♭ |
Quarter Note = |
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142 |
Time: |
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2:47 |
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4-Bar Intro + 3 CHORUSES: |
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4 bars CC & clt |
(Intro) |
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32 bars clarinet |
(Melody) |
(over vib obbl) |
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♪ |
32 bars CC |
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(over clt obbl) |
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4 bars clarinet |
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(over vib) |
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4 bars vibes |
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(over clt) |
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Song given the title Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland) after the lyrics were
later added by Harry Williams |
Transcription Page:
Rose Room 2 October 1939
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C&A:
Rose Room was the tune on which Charlie Christian
auditioned its been asserted that it lasted over 45 minutes and then was
hired on the spot by Goodman. On the sextets first studio date, CC is
deservedly featured on Rose Room, a tune with great changes and on which he
recorded some of his best solos and this is one of the best of those best.
After Charles plays his own four-bar intro, the clarinet states the theme before CC takes
his solo chorus.
Charles starts his solo with a four-note figure repeated three times. (Note that I
have indicated different fingering for the middle figure. Im not positive
about the fingering, but it sounds like that may have been the case here. CC was
wont to do this so Im giving it to you for consideration.) The next phrase (mm
2-3) gives a great example how he stretched out the fretboard. The phrase at bars
6-7 later reappeared in the 28 October 1939 and 6 June 1941 versions of Rose Room
in expanded form (mm 6-8) very instructive comparing the three.
Many guitarists have a bit of a problem phrasing the F7/B♭7
triples at mm12-13 correctly including myself. Placing slight emphasis the
first note of the B♭7 (first note of bar 13)
makes it much easier to get it right.
CC starts a long five-bar run at the end of bar 14 with an extended version of a lick he
liked to use over a dominant-7. Bar 26 features his stock double-stop on the major
chord, but then he executes a most unusual half-beat pause on the next measure to switch
the rhythm around. At the end of bar 28 and start of bar 29 theres a much
shorter example of the lick he played at mm 15-16.
The final chorus is shared by vibes, piano, and clarinet. |
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[ 78 ] |
Columbia
as Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland) |
35254 |
(b/w Flying Home) |
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Columbia
as Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland) |
36720 |
(b/w Air Mail Special) |
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Columbia
as Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland) |
C-102 |
(side 1) |
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[ LP ] |
CBS |
159.028/29 |
(side A, track 1) |
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CBS |
177.057 |
(side A, track 1) |
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CBS |
2BP 220094 |
(side A, track 1) |
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CBS |
460612 1 |
(side A, track 1) |
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CBS |
67233 |
(side A, track 1) |
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CBS |
LSP 980 721-1 |
(side A, track 1) |
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Columbia |
CG 30779 |
(side A, track 1) |
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Columbia |
CJ 40846 |
(side A, track 1) |
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Columbia |
G 30779 |
(side A, track 1) |
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Giants of Jazz |
LPJT 13 |
(side B, track 1) |
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I Grandi del Jazz |
GdJ-41 |
(side A, track 4) |
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Time-Life |
STL-J12 |
(side C, track 1) |
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[ CD ] |
Armando Curcio Editore |
DEJ-54 |
(track 1) |
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BD Jazz |
JZBD022 |
(disc 1, track 2) |
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Best of Jazz |
4032 |
(track 1) |
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Catfish |
KATCD196 |
(track 13) |
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Chestnut |
CN1003 |
(track 9) |
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Columbia |
501646 2 |
(track 1) |
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Columbia/Legacy |
AC4K 65564 |
(disc 1, track 2) |
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Columbia |
C2K 45037 |
(disc 1, track 10) |
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Columbia/Legacy |
C4K 65564 |
(disc 1, track 2) |
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Columbia/Legacy |
C5K 61432 |
(disc 2, track 8) |
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Columbia |
CK 40846 |
(track 1) |
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Columbia/Legacy |
CK 61445 |
(track 14) |
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Columbia |
CK 91494 |
(track 1) |
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Columbia/Legacy |
COL 501035 2 |
(track 14) |
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Definitive |
DRCD11176 |
(disc 1, track 6) |
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Definitive |
DRCD11288 |
(track 1) |
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Edel |
0193692ERE |
(track 2) |
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Fabulous / Acrobat |
FABCD352 |
(track 2) |
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FD Music / EPM |
15190 2 |
(disc 1, track 19) |
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Frémeaux |
FA 218 |
(disc 1, track 1) |
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Giants of Jazz |
53039 |
(track 21) |
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History |
20.1960-HI |
(vol. 15, disc 1, track 21) |
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History |
20.1975-HI |
(disc 1, track 21) |
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Jazz Archives / EPM |
15817 2 |
(track 13) |
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Jazz Archives / EPM |
15852 2 |
(track 6) |
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Jazz Archives / EPM |
15908 2 |
(track 2) |
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Jazz Greats |
MC 027 |
(track 4) |
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Jazzterdays |
JTD 102410 |
(track 1) |
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Le Chant du Monde |
274 1357.58 |
(disc 1, track 18) |
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Le Chant du Monde |
274 1459.60 |
(disc 1, track 5) |
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Le Jazz / Charly |
CD 11 |
(track 3) |
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Masters of Jazz |
MJCD 24 |
(track 9) |
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Masters of Jazz |
MJCD 9004 |
(disc 1, track 9) |
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Masters of Jazz |
R2CD 8004 |
(disc 1, track 2) |
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Music Memoria |
39332 2 |
(track 16) |
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Naxos Jazz Legends |
8.120768 |
(track 9) |
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Primo / Proper |
PRMCD 6092 |
(disc 1, track 2) |
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Proper |
PROPERBOX 98 |
(disc 1, track 2) |
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Saga Jazz |
066 449-2 |
(track 16) |
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SME / Sony |
SRCS 9612 |
(track 1) |
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Sony/Legacy |
93035 |
(disc 1, track 2) |
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Sony BMG/Legacy |
09491 |
(disc 2, track 6) |
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Universe / Comet |
UV 129/2 |
(disc 1, track 2) |
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Warner Music France |
3007-2 |
(track 10) |
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All incomplete issues are missing
the first 2 beats of the Intro. |
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[ LP ] |
CBS |
62.581 |
(side A, track 2) |
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CBS |
62581 |
(side A, track 2) |
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CBS |
BPG 62581 |
(side A, track 2) |
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CBS / Sony |
56AP 674~6 |
(side A, track 2) |
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CBS / Sony |
SOPZ4~6 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Joker |
C 76/6 |
(side E, track 2) |
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Joker |
SM 4025 |
(side A, track 2) |
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[ CD ] |
DeAgostini |
MJ 1032-1 |
(track 2) |
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Hallmark |
30283 2 |
(track 16) |
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Hallmark |
39117 2 |
(disc 2, track 16) |
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Jazz Portraits |
14535 |
track 2) |
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Jazz Roots |
56027 |
track 2) |
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Topaz Jazz |
TPZ 1017 |
(track 3) |
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