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St. Thomas Sonny Rollins Solo Transcription

August 9, 2010 in Learning Jazz

This is one of the greatest solos of all time!  I’ve always loved this solo, but when I started transcribing it I noticed how perfect it is.  Each idea logically flows into the next, and the development of motives is genius.  The first lick in bar one, for instance, is developed for entire rest of the chorus and into the next, changing every time a little bit so that it is always fresh.  This is a great solo to learn, and every jazz musician should learn to play it. Sonny Rollins solo transcription of St. Thomas pdf Sonny Rollins St. [...]

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Blues for Alice-Bird’s Solo Transcription!

July 19, 2010 in Learning Jazz

Here’s the updated version of Charlie Parker’s three chorus solo on Blues for Alice.  Make sure to listen to the recording and learn it with that.  You should never learn a transcription without listening to it a lot!  I hope you enjoy! Bird’s Solo Transcription-Blues for Alice (.pdf) Blues for Alice-Bird’s Solo-C Instruments Blues for Alice-Bird’s Solo-Trumpet Blues for Alice-Bird’s Solo-Tenor Sax (The tenor part goes well into the altissimo register; I tried to put it in EXACTLY as Bird played it.  You may have to drop certain parts an octave lower for technical reasons; if so, you can reference [...]

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Solo Transcriptions

June 16, 2010 in Solo Transcriptions

I post new songs and articles 6 days a week, taking Sunday off. I’ll try to post one at least one transcription a week, done by myself or someone else. Please submit transcriptions! If you have a solo, share it with the community! Click here to submit a transcription Transcriptions done by www.Learnjazzstandards.com Miles Davis-So What Click here to practice So What (includes transcription) Charlie Parker-Blues for Alice Click Here for the Transcription Sonny Rollins-St. Thomas Click Here for the Transcription User Submissions Miles Davis-Freddie Freeloader-Submitted by Brent Vaartstra Miles Davis Freddie Freeloader Solo Click here to practice Freddie Freeloader

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So What-with Miles Davis Solo Transcription

June 9, 2010 in Jazz Standards

This jazz standard is the first tune on Miles Davis’ classic record, “Kind of Blue.”  It’s the top jazz album of all time as measured by sales.  It’s sold over 20 million copies, and still sells about 5,000 copies a week.  And it was recorded in 1959.  You should listen to it.  A lot.  It’s one of the most important jazz albums in existence, perhaps the most important.  It even made Rolling Stone’s list of top albums (at #12 all-time).  Rolling Stone can hardly be known for paying attention to jazz, and so it’s an amazing testament to Miles’ album [...]

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