Big Wheel Posted March 23, 2011 Report Posted March 23, 2011 (edited) Can anyone ID this Ornette blues head for me? I think it's on one of the records with Dewey, but a quick check of the Blue Note records on Amazon didn't turn it up, so maybe it's on a post-BN album? I may not have the correct key, but here's what I'm hearing in my head. Absent any access to notation software I tried to space out the notes according to where I'm hearing them. Closer together are eighth notes, farther apart are quarter notes (edit: on my screen at least this isn't working - the board appears to be disregarding extra spaces between letters): G F D B G D | F G Bb B | G F D B G D | F G Bb B | second phrase is similar, except it first outlines C7 instead of G7: G E C Bb G C | E G A Bb | G F D B G D | F G Bb B | third phrase is completely different: (quarter note rest) D D F A G | (quarter note rest) G G Bb D1 C1 | Edited March 23, 2011 by Big Wheel Quote
fkimbrough Posted March 23, 2011 Report Posted March 23, 2011 Looks like "Feet Music" to me..........one version (with Cherry, Haden and Higgins) is on In All Languages (Verve - Harmolodic) - the form of the head has first and second endings......hope this helps - Best, FK Quote
Big Wheel Posted March 23, 2011 Author Report Posted March 23, 2011 "Feet Music" it is...thanks Frank! Sounds like Ornette is playing tenor on the track, maybe that's why I thought Dewey was on the record. In case anyone cares why I wanted to know about this tune, a DJ who used to have a late-night avant show in Miami (Steve Malagodi) used this as his theme song during the breaks. Hadn't heard the tune in years. Quote
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