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Sonnymoon for Two
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Sonnymoon for Two

An appreciation of an iconic blues melody by the late great Sonny Rollins

Music in this episode:

Sonny Rollins - “Sonnymoon For Two” (1958)

Sonny Rollins - “Sonnymoon for Two” (1958)

Charles Mingus - “Mood Indigo” (1960)

Charles Mingus - “Jelly Roll” (1959)

Melvin Bliss - “Synthetic Substitution” (1973)

Miles Davis - “Oleo” (1954)

Miles Davis - “Doxy” (1954)

Sonny Rollins - “St Thomas” (1957)

George Symonette - “Sponger Money” (1957)

Here’s a chart of my “Sonnymoon for Two” reharmonization - I put chord symbols on as many chords as I could, though some of them defy analysis.

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