by ericdano
July 16, 2002 in Sheet Music
Adam Roberts was nice enough to share his excellent transcription of Giant Steps as played by Michael Brecker and Bob Mintzer. This is a transcription from track 2 of the “Twin Tenors” CD (which seems to be out of print?).
Excellent work Adam!
Giant Steps - Bob Mintzer & Michael Brecker (108.7 KiB, 321 hits) by ericdano
June 18, 2002 in Reviews
BIABfsg writes Jerry Bergonzi Solos Setting Standards by Miles Osland, Publisher: Dorn Publications, Inc.
Jerry wrote down his thoughts regarding transcriptions book that “Even to an accomplished musician the transcription is lifeless unless he hears the artist articulate it and listens to his time feel….” I assume that it’s a fine statement that we all agree. But Jerry also wrote the following lines which intereted me that “While playing, I’m not thinking in a conventional way, I’m intuiting what I ply. I’m not conscious of most of the following parameters that are discussed. The concepts or ways of thinking of these tunes are usually done after the fact……”
I like Jerry’s stuff. I recommend his Inside Improvisation Series of books which are very well done.
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Good approach to ask Jerry to wrote short notes for each song in this book. Jerry also shared thoughts regarding recording & practicing. The transcription itself is very clean and well-done. Melody & solo are trancripted for most of songs. Notation is good, very easy to read. As we all know that Jerry has done a lots of Poly-rhythmic playing, I was amazed that Miles actually got down those notes. Multiphonic playing is also transcripted with fingering suggestion.
Red’s Blues is most becoming a modern blues standard now, it’s really nice to read through miles’ fine transcription.”
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by ericdano
April 8, 2002 in Articles
NPR Jazz Website has an interview with Andrew White. Don’t know who he is? A master woodwind player, and a former bass player for Stevie Wonder. But, he is also famous for transcribing over 650 John Coltrane Solos. Impressive!
by ericdano
August 17, 2001 in Sheet Music
by ericdano
April 15, 2001 in Reviews
I just recently bought David Liebman – Tenor Solos which is a CD cut of David Liebman playing while doing Vol. 19 of the Aebersold Play-along series. It features David Liebman playing tenor on all 8 songs, and transcribed solos for 6 of the 8 songs.For $9.95, it’s a great value. David Liebman is a master improviser, and gleeming a little of how he approaches soloing can be had with this book. It’s a great guide to modern style saxophone playing and soloing.
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