Category Archive ii-Vs

ii-V of the day: Chris Potter – 4.27.11 April 27, 2011

Tweet It’s been a lot of days since the last ii-V, but I came across a good one in an old transcription I did several years ago. This ii-V was played by Chris Potter on Easy to Love from his 1995 album, Pure. I like this one because it’s mostly diatonic except for that little [...]

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Transcribed: Charlie Parker – Score of 4 Relaxin’ At Camarillo Solos January 28, 2011

Tweet I’ve taken all of the solos I transcribed on Relaxin’ At Camarillo and put them in a score. The take is listed at the beginning of each stave. It’s pretty cool to look at these solos stacked up like this. There are a few instances where Charlie Parker played exactly the same line in [...]

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Transcribed: Charlie Parker – Relaxin’ At Camarillo (Take C) January 28, 2011

Tweet From the four takes that we have of Relaxin’ At Camarillo, Take C is the one that was chosen for release. This was actually the first of these solos I transcribed. The difference between this and the others was that I learned this one by ear and committed it to memory before writing it [...]

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Transcribed: Charlie Parker – Relaxin’ At Camarillo (Take E) January 27, 2011

Tweet Here is another take from “The Complete Dial Sessions.” After putting this 3rd take down on paper, I’m beginning to see some patterns emerge throughout. I’ll share some of those in a later post. Amazon.com Widgets

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Transcribed: Charlie Parker – Relaxin’ At Camarillo (Take D) January 27, 2011

Tweet Here is the next take of Relaxin’ At Camarillo. If you look at the 8th and 9th bars of each chorus, you’ll see that they’re almost exactly the same. Also, check out the 4th bar of the second chorus. To my ears, it sounds like a mistake and the last two notes are articulated [...]

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Transcribed: Charlie Parker – Relaxin’ At Camarillo (Take A) January 25, 2011

Tweet I’m spending a lot of time with Charlie Parker right now and thought I’d share a little bit of my work. This solo can be found on “The Complete Dial Sessions” by Charlie Parker. It’s a 4-disc set and has multiple takes of several tunes. It’s neat to listen and hear the differences and [...]

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ii-V of the day: Charlie Parker – 10.2.10 October 2, 2010

Tweet I’m back! After a nice trip to LA and a few days of catching up, I’m ready to get back with the ii-Vs. I haven’t mentioned this before, but I am transcribing these ii-Vs as I present them. I don’t have a big notebook or anything that I just pull from. I get up [...]

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ii-V of the day: John Coltrane – 9.24.10 September 25, 2010

Tweet Today’s ii-V come from John Coltrane‘s I Hear A Rhapsody solo from his 1957 Lush Life album. The phrase starts on A7(b9), which is VI(b9) in the key of C. The line starts on that (b9), Bb, moves chromatically down to the 7th (G), and then descends down the arpeggio before resolving to the [...]

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ii-V of the day: Rich Perry – 9.23.10 September 23, 2010

Tweet Today’s ii-V comes from one of my favorites, Rich Perry. It’s taken from his I’ll Remember April solo from his album At The Kitano 1. Unlike other ii-V’s I’ve posted to this point, this one has VI(b9) (A7(b9)) which would resolve back to ii (Dmin7). If you played this line over a ii-V-I that [...]

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ii-V of the day: Dick Oatts – 9.22.10 September 22, 2010

Tweet Today’s ii-V was played by Dick Oatts on Blues for Alice on Red Rodney’s 1988 One For Bird Album. This line looks and sounds like something that could have easily come from Charlie Parker. You can definitely hear that influence. Blues for Alice is a 12-bar blues usually played in F. The chord progression [...]

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