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Some of OP’s solos can be insanely difficult and would require the patience of Job to learn and play. However, this version of It Ain’t Necessarily So is OP at his best - measured, swinging and incredibly cool.
I originally thought this version was from the album Porgy and Bess but I realise now that it’s not. If I find the album from whence it came, I’ll post it here. But in the meantime…
Posted on 5 February '10 by admin, under piano. No Comments.
Really nice little book containing the entire performances from that 1958 date, great way of studying the different styles of four (actually, five if you count Wynton Kelly on Freddie Freeloader) great soloists.
Posted on 15 January '10 by admin, under piano, sax, trumpet. No Comments.
A nice transcription of Bill’s performance of Beautiful Love (take 2) as it appears on the album Explorations. This is one of Bill’s early albums featuring the great bassist Scott LaFaro.
A nice transcription of one of the tunes Marian plays on the ‘Live at Maybeck Hall’ recital (Concord label, 1991). Easy Living is a sweet ballad - played here in G - and this is a good place to check out some lovely ‘conventional’ (no disrespect to Marian there) piano voicings and leading. There’s a PDF and a reference audio file so it’s in .zip format this one….
Posted on 3 December '09 by admin, under piano. No Comments.
I can’t remember where I found the original link to these, but they were originally two seperate PDF’s that I’ve stuck into one. Like my last Wynton Kelly post, this ebook is from a rare Japanese publisher, certainly out-of-print in the West as far as I can tell.
Includes selections from Jarrett’s Trio albums Standards Vol 1, Vol 2 and ‘Standards Live’. Enjoy:
Posted on 23 November '09 by admin, under piano. No Comments.
With his light touch, keen sense of swing and feel for for the blues Wynton Kelly is rightly revered. He didn’t record too much under his own name and not surprisingly some of his best playing was under Miles. Here’s two goodies:
Posted on 28 October '09 by admin, under piano. No Comments.
I’ve found this transcription as a freebie on Ravenhood transcription site - a cracking resource, that requires you to pay a very reasonable fee before getting your mits on some excellent Jarrett transcriptions. Well worth checking out for $50.
This transcription is from his 1986 ‘Still Live’ album and is a great example of Jarrett working his way into a standard in his inimitable way.
Posted on 22 October '09 by admin, under piano. No Comments.
Big up for Dave Radcliffe - he’s done an excellent job of trascribing Monk’s performance of Pannonica as played on the Live in San Franciso record.
For non piano players, the single-line treble cleff is available, but here’s the full-fat version in PDF format.
Posted on 21 May '09 by admin, under piano. No Comments.
I’ve already posted about the issues of ‘Letter from Evans‘ that are available on scribd. Fascinating reading for the Bill Evans fan.
I’ve snabbed the PDF’s and extracted the following transcriptions from various issues:
Posted on 12 March '09 by admin, under piano. No Comments.
I’ve recently got hold of a copy of the Bregenz concert - it was about the only solo effort from the great man that I hadn’t got. While I don’t think it’s in the same league as the Lausanne and Bremen concerts, it’s got some lovely moments. ‘Heartland’ is of course terrific, but I love the quiet opening of Part I.
Parts I, II and IV are available below (the first attachment is a zip containing many jpg files).
Posted on 5 March '09 by admin, under piano. No Comments.
Martial Solal and Johnny Griffin -
Quite hard-to-find duo album this. It's really good. Solal's playing is typically individual - ready to take risks and switching both harmony and time with a quicksilver flick of the wrist. Griffin's playing works really well to pin the music down to the changes, which are never far away. The interplay between them is wonderful and Griffin is in top swinging form. I don't normally do this, but you can find a copy here
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