Jimmy Smith – Since I Fell For You (Drum Sheet Music)

Simplicity is not a simple thing.

Donald Bailey drumming on Jimmy Smith’s album Home Cookin’ (1959) is straightforward and clear, with a beautiful shuffle feel on the solos section. Here’s the full drum transcription of the tune “Since I Fell For You.” Even if not notated in the transcription, Donald Bailey plays the bass drum on the quarter notes very lightly – it’s not audible but I think he feathers the bass drum.

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The tune was written by Buddy Johnson in 1945, and the most famous version was released by Lenny Welch in 1963. Jimmy Smith’s version has a 32-bars structure (AABA), with a variation on the head: 6 bars for the last ‘A’ + 4 bars as a bridge to the solos section.

For more about Donald Bailey.

http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Donald_Bailey.htm

donald bailey drum sheet music
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