Single Petal of a Rose

Single Petal of a Rose, by Duke Ellington:

Single Petal of a Rose was written by Duke Ellington as part of his Queen's Suite in the late 1950s. Recorded in 1959, only one was copy was pressed, and given to Queen Elizabeth II. The recording was later released to the general public. (If I'm not mistaken, it was released after Ellington's death, but I can't find any confirmation on that.)

This was originally a duet for piano and bass, but is often played by a solo pianist. (The bass part adds to the overall piece, but is basically sustained notes during the two louder sections, with the flourishes in the right hand.)

I first played this piece as a freshman in college - November of 1999, on my first collegiate jazz concert. It was sort of a test piece my jazz band director, Robert Baca, gave to his pianists. I fell in love with it almost immediately (the great feedback from my first performance of it didn't hurt, either!). And while I love Duke, his music, his band, and his playing, my personal favorite recording of this piece is that done by Sir Roland Hanna:

I wanted to make a video of this for a long time (for both my mother, and at the request of one of my former students). I got a little time in one of the classrooms on campus tonight (and last night - hence my Shostakovich video), so voila!

Once again, thanks for listening!

Comments

[mdpmusic]

Hi,

I like your version of "Single Petal of a Rose" - it is closer to the original
than some of the other renditions on YouTube, etc.

I bought a book that has a transcription of "Single Petal of a Rose" in it,
but there are some mistakes, and some parts do not sound "right".
So, now I have doubts about this "transcription".
Is it possible for you to send me your version / transcription of the piece?

Thanks

P.S.: In case you are wondering, the transcription I have is from this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Standards-Piano-Transcriptions-Note--Keyboard/dp/1423438515/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313622992&sr=8-1

An example of one of the mistakes is that one of the cadences in the book goes C6 to Db6,
instead of Cb6 to Db6 (if in the key of Db).
There are a lot of grace notes that I am doubtful about also.

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