Here’s Mickey Roker playing behind Donald Byrd on Essence, from Byrd’s record Electric Byrd. It’s vibey modal thing, in a slower 4/4 swing feel. It looks busy on the page, but this is mostly about […]
Category: transcriptions
Transcription: Max Roach – Commutation
Here’s Max Roach soloing with his left hand on Commutation, by J.J. Johnson, on Johnson’s record First Place. A nice little self contained lesson item— there’s some trading after this solo I didn’t bother with. […]
Billy, switch to decaf babe
Getting cocky about my Musescore skills now, working on a Billy Cobham transcription, from Milt Jackson’s album Sunflower. On the tune For Someone I Love, he does sort of an insane thing that almost crashes […]
Transcription: Flight For Freedom – 01
OK, first complete transcription using Musescore, doing basically everything I need it to do for this site. Same recording I’ve been working with, Flight For Freedom by Oliver Nelson, from his record Skull Session, with […]
Transcription: Jack Dejohnette – Tumbleweed – 01
Jack Dejohnette playing on Tumbleweed, from Michael Brecker’s album Pilgramage— released a few months after his death. This is the type of playing much of what we do here is in service of. For a […]
Groove o’ the day: Idris Muhammad boogaloo
A light little 60s pop beat by Idris Muhammad— I don’t know what to call it, part boogaloo, part bossa nova— from George Benson’s album Shape Of Things To Come. The whole record is like […]
Transcription: Jeff Watts – Housed From Edward – 03
Part three of Branford Marsalis’s Housed From Edward, from the album Trio Jeepy, with Jeff Watts on drums. Let’s do the whole thing. This begins in the middle of Marsalis’s solo at 3:21, and ends […]
Transcription: Jeff Watts – Housed From Edward – 02
Part two of Branford Marsalis’s Housed From Edward, from the album Trio Jeepy, with Jeff Watts on drums. Let’s do the whole thing. This begins at the top of Marsalis’s solo, at 1:27. Most of […]
Transcription: Jeff Watts – Housed From Edward – 01
Trio Jeepy by Branford Marsalis is a long time favorite album of mine, that was very influential on my concept of jazz. It’s got Jeff Watts on drums and Milt Hinton on bass. This tune Housed […]
Transcription: Steve Gadd Afro 12/8
Here’s Steve Gadd playing the whole first part of Full Compass, from George Benson’s record Bad Benson— it’s a fully arranged thing, with some drum breaks. It’s an Afro-feel 12/8, modulating to 4/4 at the […]