[78-L] Sonny didn't compose it

[David Lennick]

This is true. But I remember some nice orchestral versions of St. Thomas in the 
60s, which stuck to the melody..which ain't Sonny's (but according to a Wiki 
note, was something Sonny remembered hearing as a child).

dl

On 12/16/2011 12:03 AM, Eric Goldberg wrote:
> .....but what's really important is what Sonny does after he plays the melody.
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> Eric
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>   From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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> Oh well, why should any of this surprise me? "Iron Bar" is note for note
> "Jamaica Farewell".
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> dl
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> 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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