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EDMOND HALL BLUES
 
mx  R 3460
 
FEBRUARY  5,  1941     Wednesday Reeves Sound,  NYC
(BLUE NOTE  Records)
 

 
  12-BAR  BLUES Key of   C Quarter Note =   86 Time:   4:09
 
 
  4-Bar  Intro  +  7  CHORUSES:
 
    4  bars  –  CC & bass (Intro)
 
      3  chor  –  clarinet
 
      1  chor  –  celeste
 
      3  chor  –  clarinet
 
 

 
Personnel:
 
  Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet
  CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Guitar
  EDMOND HALL clarinet
  MEADE LUX LEWIS celeste
  ISRAEL CROSBY bass
 
 

Composed by: Meade Lux Lewis
 
©   VALDÉS   9/9/18


 

Transcription Page:        Intro

 



C&A:

Intro to Edmond Hall Blues recorded with the Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet.
The plat du jour on this tune is the bass intro with Charlie Christian providing some chords in augmentation.  In addition to the guitar chords, the transcription also includes Israel Crosby’s bass part written an octave higher than the actual notes.  Crosby was a master bassist who oftentimes played between the notes, particularly on the blues, so expect some of the notation to be the closest approximation.

 


 
Issued Recordings:
 
  [ 78 ] Blue Note 18-A (B side:  Jammin’ in Four)
 
  [ 10 ] Blue Note BLP 5026 (side A, track 3)
    Toshiba-EMI TOJJ-5026 (side A, track 3)
 
  [ LP ] Blue Note B-6505 (side A, track 2)
    Blue Note / King K23P-9282 (side A, track 2)
    Blue Note / Toshiba NR-8101 (side A, track 2)
    Mosaic MR6-109 (side A, track 2)
 
  [ CD ] ASV AJA 5410 (track 1)
    Classics 830 (track 4)
    Definitive DRCD11176 (disc 3, track 15)
    Giants of Jazz 53199 (track 15)
    Jazz Portraits 14578 (track 13)
    Membran 222764 [see Album Index]
    Membran 222800 [see Album Index]
    Membran 232094 [see Album Index]
    Membran 232568 [see Album Index]
    Mosaic MD4-109 (disc 1, track 2)
    Retrospective / Nimbus RTR 4286 (track 1)
    Topaz Jazz TPZ 1069 (track 16)
    Toshiba-EMI TOCJ-66010 (track 2)
 
  Incomplete:
  These releases are missing the first 2 beats of the Intro
 
  [ CD ] Blue Note 21260 2 (track 2)
    Masters of Jazz MJCD 68 (track 19)
   
 

 



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