Happy holidays everyone. Instead of finishing the other transcriptions I said I needed to finish, I started a new, really long one: Ndugu Leon Chancler playing Earth, from Joe Henderson’s album The Elements. I don’t […]
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From the zone: another Vinnie Colaiuta transcription
We haven’t done a From The Zone post in a long time— handwritten scraps of stuff from peoples’ practice room floors. This one is actually a nice, complete thing, from Toni Canelli in Sheffield, England: a transcription […]
Transcription: Vinnie Colaiuta / Nightwalker
In the past I’ve posted some fairly cheesy things— with a purpose— but I’m afraid I’ll really lose you on this one (“This, he wants us to like THIS???”). But sometimes you have to be […]
Transcription: John Guerin – Backfence Cattin’
Here’s some 70s funk in 3/4: Backfence Cattin’ by Tom Scott, with John Guerin on drums. You could call Scott L.A.’s answer to Dave Sanborn— big in the 70s-80s, R&B saxophonists who made some popular […]
Transcription: Gerry Brown / School Days
Here’s a funk/fusion classic: School Days, by Stanley Clarke, with Gerry Brown on the drums. Along with Weather Report’s Teen Town, and Donna Lee, this was one of the most-learned fusion things by electric bassists […]
Transcription: Joe Dukes – Hallelujah Time
I was rooting through some early George Benson the other day, and turned up this smoking number, which I had never heard before: Hallelujah Time, played by Brother Jack McDuff, with his long time drummer […]
Transcription: James Black – Hook And Sling, pt. 2
This is something very special— it’s probably classical music to anyone well versed in New Orleans music, and anyone in the sampling world, but I only heard it for the first time recently: James Black […]
Transcription: Airto – Black Narcissus
From Flora Purim’s album Encounter, here’s more Airto— this time playing a jazz waltz: Black Narcissus. I’ve transcribed the head of the tune, and the first couple of choruses of his playing behind Joe Henderson’s […]
Transcription: Airto — Hot Sand
Why am I not always talking about Airto? I’ve spent fewer hours listening to him than most other drummers at the top of my personal influences list; I never had a period of chasing down […]
Transcription: Joe Chambers – Granted
Here’s a transcription of some jazz comping with a 3/4-within-4/4 feel, by Joe Chambers. This is from Granted, on Joe Henderson’s album Mode For Joe. It’s sort of a companion to the Elvin Jones Groove […]