Doxy

June 4, 2010

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Doxy is an easy jazz original by Sonny Rollins. It’s one of the first tunes that many jazz musicians learn.
Ray Brown also wrote a contrafact over the changes to Doxy that is worth learning. Ray Brown’s tune is called “FSR,” which allegedly stands for “For Sonny Rollins.” We don’t have a link to FSR, as it’s fairly difficult to find, but you can look it up on Grooveshark.com. “FSR” can be found on Ray Brown’s album “Bam Bam Bam.”

Videos to learn the melody/changes

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Camden is a working jazz pianist, multi-instrumentalist, and music educator currently living near Boise, ID. He teaches music at the Idaho Arts Charter School, and is the jazz adjunct professor at Northwest Nazarene University. Check out his music at www.camdenhughesmusic.com.

9 COMMENTS

PabloVestory January 15, 2019 At 5:27 am
I've just discovered that the tune "Things Are Getting Better" bty Cannonball Adderley is also a contrafact of Doxy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC7w9N69eZg
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- Brent Vaartstra January 15, 2019 At 9:28 am
  This is a great tune! Thanks for sharing this.
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saxkidd August 7, 2017 At 8:21 am
Here's a YouTube vid of Ray Brown playing FSR for those who are interested 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZKt5kbDapA
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alex September 28, 2011 At 4:02 am
theres a great version of FSR on youtube by til bronner and torsten goods! it’s quite good… but not quite FSR from BAM BAM BAM and walk on!!
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Camden Hughes June 9, 2010 At 11:17 am
Thanks Mike! That’s a great version. That high school band really has it together. For those you of you who don’t know, that’s Mike Allen, the Artistic Director of the Great Basin Jazz Camp. They’ve got the best deal in the nation on a great jazz camp. Check out his website at
http://www.greatbasinjazzcamp.com.
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Mike June 9, 2010 At 6:37 am
Here’s a great version of this great tune on YouTube by the Wheeling (Ill) High School Jazz Band. These young musicians are some of the finest in the State.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgu-nFajbIQ
Check it Out!
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Eric June 6, 2010 At 12:04 am
Hey Camden,
Sounds almost as good as when we played this song 30 times for a “sound check” in Maderia.
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- Camden Hughes June 7, 2010 At 9:51 pm
  Hey Eric!
  That was a pretty fun trip. Nothing like traveling Europe while playing music! Good ol’ Doc Willis and his mission trips. I’ll never forget being on TV there billed as an American “Jazz Comble.” Evidently the word “Combo” isn’t in the Portuguese language…
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- Alexandre Andrade January 4, 2018 At 8:26 am
  Hi guys, very good hight school band. You mean Madeira, the island form Portugal? When was this concert you mention?
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