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Transcribed: Charlie Parker – Score of 4 Relaxin’ At Camarillo Solos

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)

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)

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)

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)

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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Video: EXTREME Sax Workouts

Tweet Words escape me. The video speaks for itself.
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ii-V of the day: Charlie Parker – 10.2.10

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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Transcribed Lead Sheet: Drifting On A Reed – Charlie Parker

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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ii-V of the day: Charlie Parker – 9.15.10

Tweet Today’s ii-V is taken from Charlie Parker’s solo on the tune that I named this blog after – Drifting On A Reed. You can find it on the album, Bebop and Bird, Volume 1. This is another nice line that does a good job of outlining the changes. The first measure outlines the D-7 [...]

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Transcribed: Wes Montgomery – Au Privave

Tweet Yesterday, I put up my transcription of Cannonball Adderley’s solo on “Au Privave” from Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners. During my practice today, I sat down with the recording and my keyboard and transcribed Wes Montgomery’s guitar solo. There are some nice lines and bebop vocabulary in the solo, but I really like the [...]

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