Ascension – Barry Harris
This is a Barry Harris original from his 1962 solo piano album “Listen to Barry Harris – Solo Piano”. I highly recommend this album for study. The tune is similar to Rhythm in F, but with a different...
View ArticleCherokee – Al Haig
Actually this is a Cherokee contrafact called Parker ’51… This with Stan Getz, Live at Storyville, in 1952. I’ve been meaning to work up some mojo for Cherokee, and it’s an interesting problem. My...
View ArticleDig Dis – Wynton Kelley
I don’t think of myself is a particularly good blues player, and I was looking for some blues vocabulary from the master. This is classic Wynton Kelley, playing on one of my all time favorite jazz...
View ArticleAlone Together – David Hazeltine
From his excellent trio CD “Manhattan” with George Mraz and Billy Drummond. Alone Together I emailed the following question to David about this solo: I hope you don’t mind a musical question: on Alone...
View ArticleThis I Dig of You – Wynton Kelley
This is absolutely one of my favorite jazz tunes. This solo is jam packed with classic Wynton Kelly vocabulary. I believe the reason that this song isn’t played more is that the chart in the original...
View ArticleSinging with my daughter
These are several years old now, but still wonderful. I recorded these songs with my daughter Lauren. She was 9 or 10 when we did California Dreaming, and then about 12 when we did I Feel The Earth...
View ArticleSonny Clark on McSplivens
I haven’t done much new transcription work lately, though I’ve been wanting to get it going again. This is a transcription that I started a long time ago but never posted. McSplivens is a Bb blues on...
View ArticlePayin’ the Bills
Although the noble quest is the study and practice of playing jazz, it does not suck to play the Motown (and in this case, Memphis) classics for wedding receptions. Here I am singing Hard to Handle...
View ArticleGrandfather’s Waltz – Making sense of the form
Grandfather’s Waltz is a wonderful song recorded by Bill Evans and Stan Getz in 1964 (the Stan Getz & Bill Evans album) and again live in 1974 (on But Beautiful, recorded on a live date in...
View ArticleIf I Should Lose You – Grant Green
This is the first guitar transcription I’ve posted here, but I don’t think it will be the last. Although I work more on piano than guitar, I’ve played guitar most of my life. Of course there are a lot...
View ArticleCherokee – Al Haig
Actually this is a Cherokee contrafact called Parker ’51… This with Stan Getz, Live at Storyville, in 1952. I’ve been meaning to work up some mojo for Cherokee, and it’s an interesting problem. My...
View ArticleDig Dis – Wynton Kelley
I don’t think of myself is a particularly good blues player, and I was looking for some blues vocabulary from the master. This is classic Wynton Kelley, playing on one of my all time favorite jazz...
View ArticleAlone Together – David Hazeltine
From his excellent trio CD “Manhattan” with George Mraz and Billy Drummond. Alone Together – David Hazeltine I emailed the following question to David about this solo: I hope you don’t mind a musical...
View ArticleThis I Dig of You – Wynton Kelley
This is absolutely one of my favorite jazz tunes. This solo is jam packed with classic Wynton Kelly vocabulary. I believe the reason that this song isn’t played more is that the chart in the original...
View ArticleSinging with my daughter
These are several years old now, but still wonderful. I recorded these songs with my daughter Lauren. She was 9 or 10 when we did California Dreaming, and then about 12 when we did I Feel The Earth...
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Sonny Clark on McSplivens
I haven’t done much new transcription work lately, though I’ve been wanting to get it going again. This is a transcription that I started a long time ago but never posted. McSplivens is a Bb blues on...
View ArticlePayin’ the Bills
Although the noble quest is the study and practice of playing jazz, it does not suck to play the Motown (and in this case, Memphis) classics for wedding receptions. Here I am singing Hard to Handle...
View ArticleGrandfather’s Waltz – Making sense of the form
Grandfather’s Waltz is a wonderful song recorded by Bill Evans and Stan Getz in 1964 (the Stan Getz & Bill Evans album) and again live in 1974 (on But Beautiful, recorded on a live date in...
View ArticleIf I Should Lose You – Grant Green
This is the first guitar transcription I’ve posted here, but I don’t think it will be the last. Although I work more on piano than guitar, I’ve played guitar most of my life. Of course there are a lot...
View ArticleThe site was down but it’s back now!
The site has been down for a few weeks due to hacks, and even more so due to terrible service from Bluehost. Friends, don’t let your friends purchase hosting from Bluehost. It’s now possible to get...
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