Tweet One of the really cool things about the saxophone is that many musicians have been able to play it within many different musical traditions. Kadri Gopalnath is one of those saxophonists who pushed boundaries and made the saxophone a legitimate instrument in a tradition that is hundreds of years old. Carnatic music is the [...]
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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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By Eddie Rich
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Posted in ii-Vs, practicing, Technique, Technology, tools, Transcriptions
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Also tagged Bebop, blues, Charlie Parker, jazz, pdf, Relaxin' At Camarillo, sax, The Complete Dial Sessions, transcription
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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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By Eddie Rich
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Posted in ii-Vs, practicing, Technique, Technology, tools, Transcriptions
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Also tagged Bebop, Charlie Parker, jazz, pdf, Relaxin' At Camarillo, sax, The Complete Dial Sessions, transcription
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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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By Eddie Rich
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Posted in ii-Vs, practicing, Technique, Technology, tools, Transcriptions
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Also tagged Bebop, blues, Charlie Parker, jazz, Relaxin' At Camarillo, sax, The Complete Dial Sessions, transcription
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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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By Eddie Rich
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Posted in ii-Vs, practicing, Technique, Technology, tools, Transcriptions
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Also tagged Bebop, blues, Charlie Parker, jazz, pdf, Relaxin' At Camarillo, Saxophone, The Complete Dial Sessions, transcription
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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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By Eddie Rich
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Posted in ii-Vs, practicing, Technique, tools, Transcriptions
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Also tagged Bebop, Bird, blues, Charlie Parker, jazz, pdf, Relaxin' At Camarillo, sax, The Complete Dial Sessions, transcription
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TweetBefore Lenny Pickett was playing up in the stratosphere, there was Earl Bostic. He is completely raging on the track on this video, Up There In Orbit. This is a showcase of altissimo, both in terms of extreme range and technical fluidity.
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TweetI just added a page to my site called Sights and Sounds. I’ve posted some recordings and videos of me from the last several years. Hope you enjoy!
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By Eddie Rich
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Posted in Technology, Videos
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Also tagged audio, baritone saxophone, classical, Eddie Rich, flute, funk, jazz, Moksha, recordings, tenor saxophone, videos
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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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By Eddie Rich
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Posted in ii-Vs, practicing, Technique, tools, Transcriptions
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Also tagged Bebop, Charlie Parker, ii-V of the day, jazz, Relaxing With Lee, Stompin' At The Savoy, The Essential Charlie Parker, transcription
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Tweet Here is a leadsheet for the tune this blog is named after, Drifting On A Reed. I have versions for C, Bb, Eb, and Bass Clef instruments. The tune is a 12-bar blues in the key of Bb. If you listen to the recording and try to play along, you’ll notice that the recording [...]
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