Watermelon man herbie hancock, sheet music, scores herbing, valentin. Watermelon man is one of herbie hancock s best known jazz pieces and was first released on his 1962 debut album takin off. A single of the tune reached the top 100 of the pop charts. Fun, funky, hip, groovycall it what you want, this chart is excellent in every way. 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.
Sheet music can be viewed and printed as a downloadable pdf file or through the interactive sheet music viewer. Herbert jeffrey hancock born april 12, 1940 is an american pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor. She identified it and told me it was from herbie hancock s head hunters. Watermelon man sheet music composed by harbie hancock 1 of 2 pages. If youre looking for the watermelon man lead sheet, youve found it. Herbie hancocks headhunter album with paul jackson on bass. Herbie hancock watermelon man sheet music in f major. Search our free piano sheet music database for more. A quicktime video lesson giving you the head the opening chorus for herbie hancock s watermelon man, transcribed and adapted for blues harmonica by adam gussow of satan and adam. Hancock wrote this tune with the intention of marketing his record, and was the first tune he composed for commercial reasons. We share the watermelon man lead sheet pdf version of the real book. The famous tunes by great composer and jazz pianist herbie hancock, based on rythms influenced by the latin habanera.
Hancock rerecorded the tune for head hunters 1973, combining synthesizers with a sly stone and james brown funk influence, adding an eightbar section. Here is a little taste of the midifile and mp3 comping. Vinyl 7 herbie hancock watermelon man vinyl discogs. Download watermelon man remastered by herbie hancock. Watermelon man is a jazz standard and has been recorded many times by artists the world over. Print and download watermelon man sheet music by herbie hancock. Instead of torrent files, we store meta information. Watermelon man music made famous by herbie hancock.
Free pdf piano sheet music for watermelon man herbie hancock. Print and download watermelon man sheet music by herbie hancock arranged for. The best way to learn the voicing is to memorise these scale degrees and then apply it to any minor key. The audio file used in this video is an mp3 render of the hit trax midi file backing track. Hancock s first version was released as a grooving hard bop record, and featured improvisations by freddie hubbard and dexter gordon. Watermelon man sheet music download free in pdf or midi.
Your highresolution pdf file will be ready to download in 7 available keys. Watermelon man herbie hancock, 1962 jazziz magazine. Transcription of watermelon man by herbie hancock as played by yohan kim. He shortly thereafter joined the miles davis quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the postbop sound.
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He rerecorded the track for the album head hunters released in 2003. Head hunters version of herbie hancock tune, basic outline of arrangement. Watermelon man was composed by herbie hancock and first released on his debut solo album in 1962. Jan 15, 2014 watermelon man was written by herbie hancock, originally for his 1962 hit record takin off. Watermelon man herbie hancock download free sheet music and. Herbie hancock masterclass on jazz redpillbay magnet links and files to download.
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Watermelon man by herbie hancock samples, covers and. The herbie hancock voicing is a richsounding, twohanded minor 11th chord. Louis blues gershwins world herbie hancock still time round midnight herbie hancock. Mar 21, 2010 hancock rerecorded the tune for head hunters 1973, combining synthesizers with a sly stone and james brown funk influence, adding an eightbar section. All resources are automatically indexed from the dht network. In our catalog, you can find herbie hancock sheet music for piano, drums, flute, saxophone, trumpet, guitar and almost any other instrument. Herbie hancocks famous watermelon man composition made its first appearance on his 1962 debut solo album takin off. It adds a latin groove and occasional vocals, and reached greater popularity on the charts than hancock s original song. Its an absolute herbie hancock classic and is one of the first songs i actually. When i think of double stop 10ths, this is the first song i think of. Piano sheet music watermelon man herbie hancock noviscore. Watermelon man is a jazz standard written by herbie hancock for his debut album, takin off 1962. Watermelon man by herbie hancock digital sheet music.
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