All Blues Trombone Sheet Music – The Best of the Best

Here is a collection of the best All Blues trombone sheet music. These pieces are essential for any trombone player’s repertoire.

All Blues

“All Blues” is a jazz composition by Miles Davis first appearing on the1959 Miles Davis LP Kind of Blue.

The tune is written in the key of C minor. The head does not follow a strict chord progression and instead uses “the blue note sound”. The original recording features a four-bar bass intro followed by four bars of Cm7. This is then followed by four bars of G7 during which Davis takes his first solo, in which he makes use of phrases such as “licks, runs, and trills”. After Davis’ solo, the piece modulates to Fmaj7 for four bars before returning to Cm7 for eight bars. Paul Chambers takes a bass solo during this section. John Coltrane’s solo begins at around the 5:40 mark. Wynton Kelly plays chords during Miles’ and Paul’s solos but comps for himself during Coltrane’s solo. The piece then returns to the original melody for an outro featuring statements from each member of the front line.

The original title for this composition was “Blue in Green”, but due to an error on the part of engineer Russ Garbutt, it was incorrectly labelled as “All Blues”

Blue Skies

One of the most popular trombone sheet music pieces of all time, “Blue Skies” was written by Irving Berlin in 1927. The song was originally written for the film “The Jazz Singer” but was not used in the movie. It was later recorded by many different artists, including Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Armstrong.

Body and Soul

“Body and Soul” is a popular song and jazz standard written in 1930 with lyrics by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and Frank Eyton; and music by Johnny Green. The song was published in England in 1930 as a British revue number. In the same year it was introduced on stage by Gertrude Lawrence in the Noël Coward revue Words and Music. It was sung by Cliffs of Dover star Gertrude Lawrence in the 1932 our grand finale. It featured as a theme for Billie Holiday’s radio show the next year.

One of the most widely recorded songs of all time, “Body and Soul” has been performed by an array of artists from Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Lester Young, Art Tatum, Django Reinhardt (1937), Charlie Christian (1939), Oscar Peterson (1949), Count Basie (1950), Erroll Garner (1951), Bill Evans (1961) to Miles Davis (1964), Dizzy Gillespie (1965), Lee Morgan (1966), Joe Henderson (1966), Wes Montgomery (1967), McCoy Tyner (1971) …

Bye Bye Blues

Bye Bye Blues is a 1963 album by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, featuring Ben Webster on tenor saxophone. It was released on the Verve label.

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars and states “the collaboration between Ellington and Webster is magical, resulting in some of the most beautiful ballad playing of either’s career… this is a great introduction to their collaboration”.

C Jam Blues

C Jam Blues is a composition by Duke Ellington. It was first recorded in December 1940, and released as a single in 1941, with “Take the ‘A’ Train” on the flip side. The melody is based on the chord progression of Thelonious Monk’s “Blue Monk”.

C Jam Blues is one of the most recorded jazz compositions, with over 1,600 recordings made by performers from all genres. The best known recording was made by Miles Davis in 1959, on his album Kind of Blue.

Caravan

Trombone players will love this easy-to-play, world-famous melody! This one is in the key of F, written in traditional lead sheet format with chord symbols, lyrics and melody. A terrific way to learn how to read and play lead sheets on your trombone.

Cherokee

This classic blues tune was first recorded by Charlie Barnet and his orchestra in 1939. It has been recorded by many artists since then, including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, and Thelonious Monk. “Cherokee” is a great tune for practicing your blues chops and is also a good introduction to jazz improvisation.

St. Louis Blues

One of the most enduring and well-loved American songs, “St. Louis Blues” was originally published in 1916 by W.C. Handy. It was inspired by a tune he heard while waiting for a train in Tutwiler, Mississippi, and went on to become one of the first blues songs to achieve widespread popularity. The original sheet music for “St. Louis Blues” is now housed in the Library of Congress.

Over the years, “St. Louis Blues” has been recorded by some of the most important figures in jazz and popular music, including Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, and Bessie Smith. It has also been performed by a wide range of other artists, from country music legend Hank Williams to rock icons Led Zeppelin.

In 1999, the Recording Academy declared “St. Louis Blues” to be one of the Songs of the Century, and it continues to be an important part of American musical culture.

Sweet Georgia Brown

“Sweet Georgia Brown” is a jazz standard written in 1925 by Maceo Pinkard with lyrics by Kenneth Casey.

It was originally recorded by Anna Chandler in 1925, and has been performed and recorded by many artists since then, including Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Bernie, Harry James, Mills Brothers, Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker, Oscar Peterson, Bill Watrous, The Temptations and The Nylons. It is considered one of the best-known tunes of the Harlem Renaissance.

The original sheet music for “Sweet Georgia Brown” was published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. in 1925.