Hello again all. Monty and Alexander, Herb Ellis and Ray Brown. What a top trio. They made a few very good albums in the 80′s, three of which were Triple Treat volumes 1 – 3. All these recordings had great swing and telepathic levels of interplay.
This transcription is sort of a bonus because as well as Monty’s transcription you also get John Frigo’s violin interpretation of the head (Frigo sat in on quite a few of the numbers) and Monty’s comping underneath it. Scuse the rapidshare link – it’s just because the file size was over the 8 meg WordPress allows by default. Enjoy!
Posted on 26 February '11 by admin, under piano. 2 Comments.
I’ve been listening to a fair bit of Kenny Werner lately – he has few equals in terms of his understanding of jazz harmony and delicate touch, but he’s not as recognised as he should be I don’t think.
This is a transcription of him playing Blue In Green from the album ‘Live at Visiones’ which is on the Concord label. Quite hard to find album, so I’ve included a reference MP3 too. Enjoy!
Posted on 22 January '11 by admin, under piano. No Comments.
Bill Charlap is one of my favourite contemporary pianists – while he is thoroughly within the ‘tradition’ his bravery to use space, the full range of the instrument and quicksilver imagination lifts all his playing above the ‘straight-ahead’ . Most of his recordings would fall under this category but don’t overlook him because of that.
This one’s taken from his ‘Stardust’ album – not one of my absolute top recordings but this solo performance of Skylark displays perfectly Charlap’s advanced harmonic approach over a well-worn standard. Definitely worth a little bit of study time, enjoy.
Posted on 18 December '10 by admin, under piano. 3 Comments.
This one comes from Tommy’s album ‘Something Borrowed Something Blue’ which is notable not just for this track, but also that he plays Rhodes on ‘Good Bait’ and the title track. Fantastic!
Anyway, this is a sweet ballad with a very typical Tommy Flanagan introduction – in fact all round its a great summation of what Tommy has been doing so well for over four decades now. Do check out the album – it’s available on iTunes. Enjoy!
Posted on 3 November '10 by admin, under piano. 1 Comment.
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.
Posted on 16 October '10 by admin, under guitar, learning, piano, sax, trumpet. No Comments.
[Sorry for not posting for a bit - been truly busy at work!]
One of my favourite Miles albums has always been ‘My Funny Valentine: The Complete 1964 Concert‘. This was during the short period that the brilliant George Coleman was in the band (prior to Wayne Shorter) but the foundations of Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams were already established and working brilliantly together.
The band are on fire during this recording, the playing is inspired. Apparently Miles forget to tell them that he had waived their fee (it was a charity gig) until just before they went on so the band were absolutely pissed at him. In any case, they produce some incredible solo’s and this one I think is one of the best of the night. An almost perfect combination of in-the-pocket yet pushing-the-envelope I think. Includes reference MP3 file too. Enjoy!
Posted on 1 October '10 by admin, under piano. 6 Comments.
I thought it was about time that I posted again and I know I’ve been a bit lax of late (just REALLY busy at work). Kenny B – he’s a true dude and god of the piano. All of his playing is so swinging and I really like his phrasing. As a sideman I imagine he’s simply perfection as he is ‘straight-ahead’ and conventional yet flexible enough to really go with it.
So here’s a PDF transcriptions AND reference audio file for Kenny playing his own composition ‘Dolores Street S.F’. It’s from one of his very early albums that were often a bit variable in quality, but this track is typical of the man – great harmonies and swinging touch combined with a slight darkness too. Enjoy!
Posted on 17 July '10 by admin, under piano. 1 Comment.
Sorry I havn’t posted for a bit – its been busy busy busy at work and at home. The band have been fairly busy and we’ve recorded a demo EP here of covers. I’d love to hear your views on it (you can stream the tracks on the site) : www.bluephunk.co.uk.
Anyway – on to what you’ve come here for! Credit goes to John Groves for this, check out his nice site that contains some other piano transctriptions. This one comes from Miles’s classic ‘Relaxin’ album. If you haven’t got it, go and buy it!
Posted on 28 May '10 by admin, under piano, trumpet. No Comments.
Johannes von Ballestrem has very kindly submitted three transcriptions for me to post here on Jazztranscriptions.co.uk. Big up to Johannes!
Enjoy! It’s great to get some in by a reader of this blog – please do come forward and submit your own!
Posted on 9 April '10 by admin, under guitar, piano, video. No Comments.
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. 1 Comment.
