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Transcribed: Hank Mobley – Cattin’

Tweet Here is Hank Mobley’s solo from Cattin’ from The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley, Vol. 1. Cattin’ is a 12-bar blues in Bb. On Hank Mobley’s and Donald Byrd’s solos, there is a 16-bar tag added at the end. It’s 14 bars of a G pedal (F concert) It lands on C (Bb concert) [...]

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Transcribed: Doug Watkins – Cattin’

Tweet This is the next solo from “The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley.” Bassist Doug Watkins takes a 1-chorus solo on Cattin’, a 12-bar blues in Bb. This is the first bass solo I’ve ever transcribed. This is basically a chorus of walking bass, but it was interesting for me to see how often Doug [...]

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Transcribed: Ronnie Ball – Cattin’

Tweet This is the next solo from “The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley.” Pianist Ronnie Ball plays 4 choruses on Cattin’, a 12-bar blues in Bb. Unlike the solos of Hank Mobley and Donald Byrd, there is no F pedal tag at the end; it goes straight into a bass solo. This is a nice [...]

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Transcribed: Donald Byrd – Cattin’

Tweet As you may have read in some previous posts, I’ve been working my way through the solos from “The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley.” This Donald Byrd solo is the next installment of that series. Cattin’ is a 12-bar blues in Bb. This solo is full of enclosures and chromatic motion. Another interesting thing [...]

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Transcribed Lead Sheet: Cattin’ – Hank Mobley

Tweet I’m working my way through Hank Mobley’s solos on The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley and this is the next installment of sharing that process. Cattin’ is a 12-bar blues in Bb written by Mobley. As you can see on the leadsheet, the 5th-8th measures have a note to play an improvised fill. On [...]

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