Transcription of a great line played by Herbie Hancock on the alternate take for the song “You’re My Everything”, taken off Freddie Hubbards “Hub-Tones” record from 1962. The line starts at 3:30 on the top of the form, starting Herbie’s solo.
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Oleo – Miles Davis
Transcription of the head of Oleo (composed by Sonny Rollins) and Miles’ solo as played by the first Miles Davis Quintet from the record Relaxin’. It was recorded in 1956. The song is based on the chord changes of George Gershwins “I Got Rhyhtm”, this chord progression is also known as Rhythm Changes.
The tune starts after 30 seconds.
Checkout the discogs link: https://www.discogs.com/de/The-Miles-Davis-Quintet-Relaxin-With-The-Miles-Davis-Quintet/master/208352
If you’re interested in the story of the record, check out: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/relaxin-miles-davis-quintet-prestige/
All Of You – Miles Davis
Transcription of a great solo by Miles Davis over All Of You (Cole Porter) from his 1957 classic album ‘Round About Midnight featuring his first quintet with John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones.
Here’s the discogs link to the master release:
https://www.discogs.com/de/Miles-Davis-Round-About-Midnight/master/9130
Like Someone In Love – Stan Getz
Transcription of Stan Getz playing the head of Like Someone In Love from his record The Steamer (1957).
https://www.discogs.com/de/The-Stan-Getz-Quartet-The-Steamer/master/232688
Batumanbe – Orchestre Régional De Ségou Guitar Arrangement
Transcription and guitar arrangement of a really great song from Mali called Batumanbe by the Orchestre Régional de Ségou. Bars 24 to 27 is a little interlude i made up, i also added a coda. Chord voicings marked with a d can be played with a thumb.
My Favourite Things – Jonathan Kreisberg
This is a really nice arrangement by Jonathan Kreisberg for the standard “My Favourite Things” written by Richard Rodgers. I tried to name the voicings but it might not be 100% correct.
I used this video to figure out his fingerings:
Official recording:
Yardbird Suite – Kenny Burrell
This is the transcription of a great solo played by Kenny Burrell over Charlie Parker’s Yardbird Suite. The recording is taken from “Jimmy Smith at the Organ Vol.1” on the Blue Note label.
I made a YouTube video where i animated the sheet music just for fun:
No. 26 Stella By Starlight – Jim Hall
This is the transcription of a beautiful line played by Jim Hall over the b-section of stella by starlight from his 1957 record “Jazz Guitar”.
No. 25 Johnny Hodges – Whoa Babe
This is a transcription of a line played by Johnny Hodges in 1937.
As it seems, Charlie Parker checked this line out. Listen to this recording, he cites Johnny Hodge’s line at minute 1:07.
No. 24 Full House – Wes Montgomery
Transcription of Wes Montgomery’s first two lines from his incredible solo on his tune “Full House”. From the LP “Full House” recorded live 1962 at Tsubo in Berkeley, California.
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