A new find of various good things

I’ve just come across the transcriptions page on the Freejazzinstitute’s site. Lots of really useful stuff here – don’t think I’ve been on this site before, not sure why it’s illuded me for so long….

Wanting to post a Bill Charlap transcription up soon, been listening to alot of him.

For Bills Evans fans, don’t miss this

Lets face it, alot of the stuff on Scribd must violate copyright (surely?), including this fantastic batch of Bills Evan’s materials, links of which are supplied below for your perusal and pleasure. Remember to login/create an account so you can download the PDF’s.

• Bill Evans Signature Licks
• Bill Evans ‘The 70′s’
• The Bill Evans fakebook
• The Artistry of Bill Evans (excellent, I’ve owned this for years)
• The Harmony of Bill Evans (referred to in an earlier post, but here again)

Super. Smashing. Great.

Piano Voicings Vol 60. (Aebersold)

Another amazing find on Scribd – transcribed piano voicings from Vol.60 of Aebersold play-along, ‘The Music of Freddie Hubbard’.  Dan Haerle and Mark Levine and doing the comping duties it is a really good reference for voicings and voice leading in comping:

• http://www.scribd.com/doc/6388695/Vol-60-Jazz-Piano-Voicings

Harmony of Bill Evans ebook

On Scribd.com, recently found the Jack Reilly book, The Harmony of Bill Evans, so the link is posted here. Essential reading for any jazz pianist I would have thought…

http://www.scribd.com/doc/6378042/The-Harmony-of-Bill-Evans-Piano-Score-Jack-Reilly

Sonny Rollins ebook thing found…

I’ve just found this impressive 72 page ebook:  which has several transcriptions of Sonny Rollins and – even better – has an analysis of the great man’s playing. There is a link to download the pdf at the bottom of the page if you wish. Grab it while its there is my advice….