Kirkland was an associate of wynton marsalis, it is not surprising therefore that the five years kirkland spent working for him 198185 should have been such a powerful influence on him. Im going to be very involved in the editing process of the film. The choice of bring on the night when the world is running down for opening track is actually a very good one showing just how well the band had gelled and setting out their credentials. Bring on the night sting piano solo played as kenny kirkland.
The songs performed include stings early solo material from the studio album the dream of the blue turtles, and from his time with the police, with a few of the performances played as. This group of personnel were only together for a relatively short period of time, but fortunately, we have this event and period captured on video. From the live bring on the night recording by sting. Bring on the night is a film about the pop musician sting who is working on forming a jazz band and preparing for a concert in france. The album was released and rereleased in several versions. Kenneth david kenny kirkland september 28, 1955 in newport, new york november 12, 1998 in new york city, new york was an american pianistkeyboardist.
Its difficult to create logicalsounding melodic lines when youre constantly shifting keys like this, and its easy to get lost in the progression. Weekly newspaper michigan city, in 46360 911 franklin street. Transcription of kenny kirkland s piano solo on wayne shorters tune yes or no from the fantastic branford marsalis album random abstract. She has also conducted master classes around the world.
Bring on the night sting piano solo played as kenny kirkland duration. Document information click to expand document information. I regret not playing wynton a don cherry solo in our blindfold test to discuss this further. When sting first went solo, after the police disbanded, he hired a band of seasoned jazz musicians. Copeland iii, gil friesen, vic garbarini, omar hakim. He hired some of americas best young jazz musicians to play on it and join him for the tour.
I realise that there are already videos of this solo transcription on youtube. The musicians, including branford marsalis sax, kenny kirkland keyboards, darryl jones bass, omar hakim drums, and two backing vocalists, are all superb, all with strong jazz backgrounds but a good feel for rock as well. Sep 16, 2012 the piano solo of kenny kirkland in bring on the night sting live in paris 1986. You can here this logic clearly in the last sounding chord, where kenny kirkland resolves his 2 to a 3 g to a in the f chord. Softly, as in a morning sunrise sonny clark transcription. It was stings first solo album, and quite a departure from his work with the police. Marking sandovals first release in five years, and the continuation of a distinguished fourdecade catalogue of over 30 groundbreaking titles, the album finds artists from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical and latin music coming together for the cuban maestros first duets release.
Anyone interested in how to play around vocals in a popfunky setting this album is a must. Bring on the night solo piano kenny kirkland transcription. Robert glasper, jamison ross, patrice rushen, and the late kenny kirkland and geri allen. Stings opening chords this time on guitar rather than bass quickly lead into a terrific groove provided by darryl jones, omar hakim and kenny kirkland.
Enjoy an unrivalled sheet music experience for ipadsheet music viewer, score library and music store all in one app. Bring on the night playalong sting kenny kirkland piano solo. Kenny kirkland piano solo on sting bring on the night live. Documents the preparation and rehearsals for stings first solo concert, as well as his supporting bands opinions on their leader and his controversial efforts. He was born kenneth david kirkland in brooklyn, new york, on 28 september, 1955, and took up piano at the age of six. Bring on the night is also a 1985 documentary directed by michael apted covering the formative stages of stings solo career released as dvd in 2005. Il est surtout connu pour avoir joue avec sting sur ses deux premiers albums solo the dream of the blue turtles en 1985 et. Thunder and rainbows 1991, sunnyside records, by jazz from keystone, is a trio album with kirkland, charles fambrough, and jeff tain watts. Kenny kirkland transcriptions jazznote the jazz transcription. It was the announcement that branford and the late kenny kirkland was part of the project which served to attract many.
Save wynton marsalis black codes kenny kirkland solo transcription for later. Bring on the night is a 1985 britishamerican documentary film directed by michael apted, focusing on the jazzinspired project and band led by the british musician sting during the early stages of his solo career. Sting lead vocals, guitar, producer, songwriter, darryl jones bass, kenny kirkland keyboards, omar hakim drums, branford marsalis saxophone, janice pendarvis backing vocals, dolette mcdonald backing vocals, kim. A few days before his death, his quartet at that time was supposed to perform a tribute concert for herbie hancock playing music from his album speak. Also an actress, lundy played billie holliday in the. Jazznote offers the premier jazz solo transcription service at an affordable cost for educational purposes.
This year, one of the students in my grad jazz theory class brought in kenny kirkland s original manuscript to the tune dienda he was close to kenny before he died. Giant steps from the jazz pianists ultimate guide to the. The extras consist of music videos for bring on the night, if you love somebody, and russians. The block party is free to attend, and includes a delicious barbecue dinner, activities for kids, police and fire vehicle displays, touchatruck, tours of the kirkland justice center and much more. Kenny g sheet music to download and print top quality pdfs.
What i remember more than anything was the kenny kirtland piano solo in the bring on the night medly, absolutly smoking. Like baraka, id much rather hear wynton play his transcription of louis. Kenneth david kenny kirkland september 28, 1955 november 12, 1998 was an american pianistkeyboardist. The release was a slow seller for a sting album, his first since 1986s bring on the night to fail to break the uk top 10. Bring on the night is about the life of a band in one week. Download sting bring on the night solo piano kenny kirkland. The movie gives insights into the daily life of a busy musician, containing rehearsals and songwriting, but is also focused on the background of the musicians and the relationship between them. Keyboardist kenny kirkland s longoverdue debut as a leader really stretches his talents and is occasionally unpredictable. Bring on the night bass line and piano solo exactly as played by kenny kirkland. For this revised edition of the book of the thousand nights and one night all names of persons and places and all arabic words retained in the text have, where necessary, been compared with and corrected by macnaghtens calcutta edition of the original 1839 42.
As the object of the present translation was in the first place, and. This is the poppy sound chosen to approach the whole thing, i feel. Sure, i learned the kenny kirkland piano solos off stings bring on the night. Bring on the night kenny kirkland from the live bring on the night recording by sting. Considered by many to be one of the most important and influential pianists of his generation, he is most often associated with sting, branford marsalis, wynton marsalis, and kenny. Branford marsalis soprano list archive sax on the web forum. Kenny kirkland was a master of complex harmony and improvisation. The disk starts with a twisty medley of bring on the night when the world is running down you make the best of whats still around. The touring band features several prominent jazz musicians, including saxophonist branford marsalis, bassist darryl jones, pianist kenny kirkland and drummer omar hakim. Transcription of kenny kirkland s solo on black nile. Song information for nothing but the night kenny wayne shepherd on allmusic. Bring on the night piano solo as played by kenny kirkland. Born in brooklyn, new york in 1955, kirkland was six when he first sat down at a piano keyboard.
Get amazed by the terrific composition by kenny g for piano solo. Its being shot as a feature movie, in environments that are meant to look like film sets. Its a long title, and a long song, with outstanding vocals by sting, excellent keyboard solo by kirkland and a surprise rap by marsalis. Nothing like the sun, the soul cages and mercury falling. Nothing but the night kenny wayne shepherd song info. Chick corea, got a match lead sheet, 2, pdf, 1493, 20090306. Fast kenny kirkland solo from the kenny garrett album, black hope. Omar hakim on drums, kenny kirkland on keyboards, darryl jones on bass and branford marsalis on saxophone. Brief analysis and transcription of kenny kirklands piano solo on stings bring on the night, with video samples ask any jazz pianist about funk piano solo improvisation, and one of the first thing that comes to mind would be kenny kirklands piano solo on stings bring on the night heres a video clip of a. Download sting bring onthe night solo piano kennykirkland. The changes in the sher new real book were nearly the same, but many of them were written as upper structures instead of the altered chords i. When the pianist in this film, kenny kirkland, past away at such a young age in 1998, i was reminded of the great work of all the musicians in this film. Stings production has always been better than average, and the cd i got sounds pretty good. The songs performed include stings early solo material from the studio.
The piano solo of kenny kirkland in bring on the night sting live in paris 1986. Mar 24, 2008 then the triad is played as 125 most of the time which makes it an inversion of a quarter stack gcf. Giant steps takes this to an extreme but constantly cycling around from one unrelated key to another, with little in the way of resting points. Branford marsalis soprano list sax on the web forum. I would compare him to corea, hancock and billy childs in terms of range and unpredictability but there is more to his playing. Kenny kirkland is the debut solo album by pianist kenny kirkland track listing. Some of the songs, whose concert rehearsals are featured in the film, appeared on his debut solo album the dream of the blue turtles. Lp vinyl and cd editions with 23 tracks, a cddvd edition with 8 tracks on the cd and a dvd documentary, the journey and the labyrinth, and a cd rerelease with 26. All tracks composed by kenny kirkland, except where noted. Lundy has been resident clinician at betty carters jazz ahead at the kennedy center for 20 years. Solo in 1991, he released his debut as a leader, kenny kirkland, on grp records. The kirkland police department hosts its own national night out neighborhood block party at the kirkland justice center. Kirkland appears on sting albums the dream of the blue turtles, bring on the night and in michael apteds 1985 documentary film by the same name. Michael apteds bring on the night 1985, which chronicled stings journey to introduce the.
Bring on the night kenny kirkland jazz transcription. Without telling me, the cd i received was not the remastered version but a new copy of the original 1986 version. Chick corea spain piano sheet music pdf arybringpdf. Chick corea spain piano sheet music pdf print and download spain sheet music composed by chick corea arranged for piano. The purchase was for a brand new, remastered version of bring on the night. Brief analysis and transcription of kenny kirklands piano solo on stings bring on the night, with video samples ask any jazz pianist about funk. Bring on the night stingkenny kirklanddaryll jones. Bring on the night is a 1986 live album by sting recorded over the course of several live shows in 1985 and released in 1986. Tentime grammy winner arturo sandoval will release his new album ultimate duets on may 18 th.
In 1991, he released his debut as a leader, kenny kirkland, on grp records. Kenneth david kenny kirkland september 28, 1955 november 12, 1998 was an american. The album explores the genres of pop rock, soft rock, jazz, reggae, world, acoustic rock, dancerock, and funk rock. It offers pdf sheet music files and interactive sheet music for realtime transposition. Nothing like the sun is the second solo studio album by english singersongwriter sting. There was interest all the time, from the intricacies with rehearsals, from the insightful interviews, and from the traumas of childbirth, both of the love solo career and of the son. Bring on the night sting piano solo played as kenny. Chick corea spain piano sheet music pdf chick corea spain piano sheet music pdf download. Virtually each of the performances has its own personality and the personnel and instrumentation differ throughout the release. Bring on the night 1986 11 bring on the night when the world is running down you make the best of whats still around 12 consider me gone low life 14 we work the black seam 15 driven to tears 16 the dream of the blue turtles demolition man 21 one world not three love is the seventh wave 22 moon over bourbon street 23 i burn for you 24 another day 2.
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