[78-L] Sonny didn't compose it

Eric Goldberg ericgoldie2 at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 15 21:03:25 PST 2011


.....but what's really important is what Sonny does after he plays the melody.

Eric



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 From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com> 
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Sonny didn't compose it
 
Oh well, why should any of this surprise me? "Iron Bar" is note for note 
"Jamaica Farewell".

dl

On 12/15/2011 11:15 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> Just playing Sam Manning's "Go Back to You Ma' and by golly, that tune is "St.
> Thomas", one of Sonny Rollins' best known compositions. Well, well.
>
> I know..everybody probably knew that 55 years ago when it was also known as
> Fire Down There by Randy Weston.
>
> Some of these ditties would definitely fail the political correctness standards
> these days..Sweet Willie, for instance, contains the line "You can black up my
> eye but stay with me, Willie don't you go from me".
>
> dl
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