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Compilation
Trumpet solo by Carl Saunders.
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From BeBop Big Band Transcribed by Kevin Jones
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HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES
Guitar solo by Joe Pass
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From the Chops recording. Transcribed by Andy Bell.
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EMILY
Trombone solo by Andy Martin
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Transcribed by Kevin Jones.
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WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE
Piano solo by Red Garland
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Great swinging piano solo transcribed by Steven Yelich. Every one should learn this solo and match how Red plays those lines.
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FOUR
First two choruses by Keith Jarrett
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Transcribed by Mandy Lischner.
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Several transcriptions by Sarah Kervin
Cookin at the Continental - Darmon Meader
Joy Spring - Clifford Brown
Mack the Knife [head] | [solo] - Clark Terry
Twelve Tone Tune Two - Bill Evans
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Transcribed by Sarah Kervin.
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HERE'S THAT RAINY DAY
Here's That Rainy Day
Here's That Rainy Day with analysis
Bossa style in E major |
Transcribed by Bert Ligon.
Wes Montgomery playing incredibly clear organically developed melodic lines. From the CD Bumpin'. |
WALKIN'
Concert (8va)
Bb
Eb
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Transcribed by Matt Younglove.
Sonny Stitt playing the blues. |
BODY and SOUL
Body and Soul
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Transcribed by Kevin Jones.
Chris Potter from from "Legends of Jazz: The Tenors". |
MATRIX
Matrix
Blues. Yes, it's a blues. |
Transcribed by Bert Ligon.
Chick Corea's classic contemporary blues. Fiery articulations. Simple and complex ideas. From Now He Sings, Now He Sobs. |
WITCH HUNT
Witch Hunt
Three historically significant solos by Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard and Herbie Hancock from the Wayne Shorter CD Speak No Evil. |
Transcribed by Bert Ligon.
Modern Jazz doesn't get much better than this. Wayne develops such simple and clear ideas. Freddie is dramatic and swinging. Herbie takes the quartal motive from the melody, fragments, displaces and develops it like an analytical cubist. |
ON CLEAR DAY
On a Clear Day
Darmon Meader's scat solos from: Day Like This CD, and Youtube live version. |
Transcribed by Sarah Kervin.
In tune, swinging. Very clear lines. Includes modes of melodic minor, diminished scales, 3rd & 5th modes of Bb Major with b6, arpeggios & common melodic outlines to connect chords. (Read more about outlines) |
STRIKE UP THE BAND
Strike up the Band
Oscar Peterson's solo from The Gershwin Songbook. |
Transcribed by Bert Ligon.
This is exactly what you expect - swinging from start to finish. |
GIANT STEPS
Giant Steps
John Coltrane's solo. |
Transcribed by Bert Ligon.
This is shown in score version (all 11 choruses are lined up) making it easier to compare Coltrane's approaches to the material. |
A NIGHT IN TUNISIA
A Night in Tunisia
Paquito D'Rivera's solo. |
Transcribed by Lauren Meccia.
From the Turtle Island String Quartet CD, Danzon. |
TOUCH of YOUR LIPS
Touch of Your Lips
Bill Evans' solo. |
From Live at Montreux.
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FUNKALLERO
Funkallero
Bill Evans' solo. |
From The Bill Evans Album.
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I Remember You
I Remember You:
Tom Harrell's solo.
Listen to the solo at:
www.youtube.com/
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Transcribed by Colin Campbell.
Tom takes simple material we all know and makes great music.
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There Will Never Be Another You
There Will Never Be Another
You: Carl Saunders' solo. |
Transcribed by Colin Campbell.
There will always be another solo on this tune. Compare this to
the solos by Woody Shaw, Kenny Garrett, and Chet Baker, [below]
and take a look at Clifford Brown and Lou Donaldson on Split
Kick based on the same chord progression.
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Stella By Starlight
Stella By Starlight (.mp3): Rich Matteson's euphonium solo.
Stella By Starlight (.pdf): of Rich Matteson's euphonium solo shown 8va in treble clef.
Stella By Starlight (.pdf): in score form to compare choruses.
Exercises derived from solo.
Try applying these exercises to this tune and then transposing the ideas to all 12 major and 12 minor keys.
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The amazing and swinging Rich Matteson
on euphonium playing Stella By Starlight. |
Three solos from Improv IV
Windows Chick Corea Piano solo transcribed by Evans McGill.
Star Eyes Chris Potter solo transcribed by Lauren Meccia.
A Foggy Day Red Garland Piano solo.
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All The Things You Are: Joe Pass guitar first chorus
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This is from a duet with Bob Magnusson and can be viewed at www.youtube.com/
This first chorus is so simple and a great place to begin. He laters fishes for his pick and continues with some blistering lines.
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Blues in G: Joe Pass solo guitar
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This is from an instructional video that can be viewed at: www.youtube.com/
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Autumn Leaves: Arrangement (.pdf)
Autumn Leaves: Trumpet solo (.pdf)
Autumn Leaves: Head and Trumpet solo (.mp3)
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This is from a session recorded in March of 1988. Rob Smith on trumpet, Chris Seiter on Trombone, Bert Ligon on piano.
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West End
Blues
Cherokee
So What
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MUSC 100L transcriptions. -
Listening Guide -
Three contrasting trumpet styles. West
End Blues - Louis Armstrong, Cherokee
- Clifford Brown, So What - Miles Davis.
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| Touch of Your Lips
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Bill Evans "Live at Montreux" version. Great extended arpeggios from melodic minor modes (like Abm over G7, Fm over D half-dim.7, Cm over F9#11), and swinging development. |
| All of Me
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Sarah Vaughan scat chorus from All of Me. The original version may be from "Swinging Easy" (1954), but can be found on "Essential Sarah Vaughan" and other compilations. (The recording is a bit out of tune and in between keys.) |
| Eternal Triangle
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Here is the head and five choruses from Sonny Rollins on
Eternal Triangle from the Dizzy Gillespie "Sonny
Side Up" CD. Anyone up for transcribing the Sonny Stitt solo and the
trading that follows? |
| Confirmation
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Michael Brecker improvisation on Confirmation.
Duet with Chick Corea on drums from Corea's "Three Quartets". |
The Two Lonely
People: Solo
The Two Lonely People:
Melody
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Bill Evan's Tune and solo from "The Bill
Evans Album". |
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Bill's Hit Tune
Peri's Scope
Comrade Conrad: Solo
Comrade Conrad: Melody
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Tom Harrell solos from the Bill Evans
album: "We Will Meet Again". |
| Waltz
for Debby
Comparisons of several solos:
Waltz
for Debby [1]
Waltz
for Debby [Side by Side]
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Waltz
for Debby [1] is Bill Evans' first solo (c. 1:55) in waltz time on the Rhodes from "The Bill
Evans Album." Changes the waltz to four at the end to set up bass solo.
Waltz
for Debby [Side by Side] juxtaposes Bill Evans' second solo (c. 5:00) in four on the Piano from same track on "The Bill Evans Album" [shown on top] with a transcription from the "Waltz for Debby" album for comparison [shown on the bottom] compared directly [one on top of the other] with the piano solo from the album "Waltz for Debby" [TAKE ONE] transcribed by Colin Campbell.
Theses transcriptions are a fountain of swing, simplicity, tranquil, funny, driving, soothing, surprising, well-crafted and developed ideas and might be good to compare, learn and add to your vocabulary.
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Invitation
Bill Evans
Tom Harrell
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Two great solos on Invitation.
Bill Evans solo is from the CD "Intuition". |
| Take
the A Train |
Classic solos by Harold Land and Clifford Brown. |
| D
Natural Blues |
Great solos by Tommy Flanagan and Wes Montgomery
with Percy Heath's bass line. |
Invitation |
Bill Evans solo from "Intuition". |
| Split
Kick |
Classic Lou Donaldson and Clifford Brown solos from
"Live at Birdland". Split Kick is a Horace Silver contrafact
based on There Will Never be Another You. Compare Brown and
Donaldson to Chet Baker, Woody Shaw, Carl Saunders and Kenny Garrett
over the same progression. |
There Will Never be Another You
Woody
Shaw and Kenny Garrett solos
Chet Baker solo
Carl Saunders trumpet solo
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Compare Chet Baker, Woody Shaw, Carl
Saunders and Kenny Garrett on There Will Never be Another You
to the Clifford Brown and Lou Donaldson solos on Split Kick,
based on the same progression. |
Scrapple from the Apple
Charlie Parker
Kenny Garrett
Tom Harrell
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Compare several great improvisers on
Scrapple from the Apple. Kenny Garrett's and Tom Harrell's
solos are from the CD "Moon Alley". (I will add Kenny Barron's solo
soon.) |
| What's
Her Name |
Rich Matteson on Tuba(!) over the changes to All
the Things You Are. |
| When
the Saints |
Blue Mitchell on the classic tune. |
| I
Want to be Happy |
Sonny Rollins solo on I Want to be Happy. |
| Tenor
Madness |
Sonny Rollins solo classic blues tune. |
| Pennies
from Heaven |
Stan Getz and Oscar Peterson: melody and swinging
solos from both. |
Sancticity |
John Scofield playing on a tune by Hank Mobley written
using the changes to Stompin' at the Savoy. |
Sancticity
Analysis |
Scofield's improvistion and a thorough discussion
of Scofield's improvistion. |
In
Love In Vain |
Keith Jarrett solo from "Standards, Vol. 2". Rhythmic
accuracy is next to impossible in some Jarrett passages. This moves
from easy eighth-note swing to flurries of notes barely in time and
then back to the easy, swinging eighths. |
Country |
Keith Jarrett solo from "My Song". Very simple piece,
very short solo, beautifully constructed. |
Stella
By Starlight |
Keith Jarrett solo from "Standards Live". Rhythmic
accuracy is next to impossible in some Jarrett passages. As with all
transcriptions, listen to the recording as standard notation can never
capture jazz performance nuances. |
Straight
No Chaser |
Miles Davis solo. Takes Cannonball's last few notes
and runs. |
What
is This Thing Called Love, pp.1-4
What is This Thing Called
Love, pp.5-8
What is This Thing Called
Love, pp.9-12
What is This Thing
Called Love, pp.13-14
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Keith Jarrett's improvisation from the CD Whisper Not. Plays three
choruses out front over left hand ostinato-like accompaniment. Chorus
No.4 is the melody statement. He then plays eleven more choruses before
hands it over to the bass solo.
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