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FumandoV · #1 02-22-2005, 04:14 PM

I was watching Bass Day '98 and was facinated by "Sugar". Is there a transcription or notation for this piece? I would really love to play this song on my own. Thanks......

Bruce Lindfield · #2 02-23-2005, 02:24 AM

Sorry - I'm not Michael - but "Sugar" is now almost a Jazz standard - I've played it many times with small Jazz groups - it was written by Stanley Turrentine and there are quite a few books which include it and you can find it online as well - like here :

http://laurasmidi.com/Sheet-Music-Ta...urrentine.html

FumandoV · #3 03-02-2005, 09:34 PM

Thanks and I found the Standard in the Real Book but there are things or variations in the chords that I don't get. Was the piece transposed? Maybe it's the feeling....

**Michael Manring** · #4 03-27-2005, 07:47 PM

Bruce is exactly right, FumandoV. “Sugar” is a jazz standard that I learned many years ago. My arrangement of it is mostly improvised and I include chord substitutions and inversions as I feel them at the moment, but I usually do play it in C minor, which I believe is the original key.