BILL EVANS SOLO TRANSCRIPTIONS FULL
BILL EVANS SOLO TRANSCRIPTIONS FREE

Let's examine how Bill Evans could use a very few amount of notes to evoke an immense amount of emotion. Written by Super User on 16 January 2017.

Discovering Bill Evans (Part 1: The Minimalist) Take a look at my collection of transcriptions with me, Sound of Love - My Man’s Gone Now - Nardis - How Deep is the Ocean - Lucky to be me - Danny Boy - Blue in Green - Israel - Milestone - People. Written by Super User on 02 November 2016. Written by Super User on 03 February 2018.Īimee Nolte playing her transcription of People as played by Bill Evans Bill Evans transcriptions Recorded using Earthworks SV33 Earthworks PM40 5'3 Hallet Davis Baby Grand Bill Evans Transcription (People) One is the Riverside recording on the album, Everybody Digs Bill Evans, and the other is from a recording someone sent me about 18 years ago, that I cannot identify, unfortunately. (From my dissertation.Written by Super User on 31 October 2018.Ĭompare and contrast my two transcriptions of Bill Evans' recordings of Leonard Bernstein's ' Lucky To Be Me' with me. The saxophone choruses, including the trading. Sonny Stitt/Sonny Rollins The Eternal Triangle (concert pitch) The Eternal Triangle (for Bb instruments)įrom Sonny Side Up (1958). Monk's solo, from Thelonious in Action (1958). One of my favorite solo Monk recordings, from Solo Monk (1965).

BILL EVANS SOLO TRANSCRIPTIONS FULL

A full transcription of Monk's solo introduction and the ensemble head only.

Evidence (intro/head only)įrom the 1958 recording Thelonious in Action, with Johnny Griffin (ts), Ahmed Abdul-Malik (bs), and Roy Haynes (ds). All parts included (tenor sax notated in concert pitch, but in treble clef). released Columbia CL 2038), with Charlie Rouse (ts), John Ore (bs), and Frankie Dunlop (ds). Crepuscule with Nellie (full ensemble)įrom the 1962 recording Criss-Cross (orig. Wilbur Ware (bs), Art Blakey (ds) also on the recording are Ray Copeland (tpt), Gigi Gryce (as), Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane (ts). This transcription is just the first chorus with the rhythm section. Monk's first recording of this tune, from the 1957 album Monk’s Music. They should be pretty accurate, but you really have to listen to the album to get Brad's phrasing/rhythm, especially on “Goodbye Storyteller.” Thelonious Monk Crepuscule with Nellie (first chorus only) Three tunes, all from Brad's first solo album, Elegiac Cycle (1999). Brad Mehldau Bard Goodbye Storyteller (for Fred Myrow) The Bard Returns McNeely goes through about 20 different keys in this 5-minute track. Jim McNeely There Will Never Be Another Youįrom McNeely at Maybeck, a solo recital from 1992.

BILL EVANS SOLO TRANSCRIPTIONS FREE

Rahsaan Roland Kirk Blues for Alice (concert pitch) Blues for Alice (for Bb instruments)įrom We Free Kings (1961) contains Kirk's solos on both tenor and soprano saxes (and both at the same time!). Joe Henderson Isotope (concert pitch) Isotope (for Bb instruments)įrom Inner Urge (1965).

(See below for Monk's solo from the same take.) Johnny Griffin Rhythm-a-ning (concert pitch) Rhythm-a-ning (for Bb instruments)įrom Thelonious in Action (1958). Bill Evans All the Things You Areįrom the 1963 recording Solo Sessions, Vol. The transcription contains only the piano and bass parts. Prelude to a Kiss (piano trio)įrom the 1953 piano trio album Piano Reflections with Wendell Marshall (bs) and Dave Black (ds). This is not a part-for-part transcription, but every note on the recording is there, and gives a good idea of Duke’s orchestration and voicing. Duke Ellington Prelude to a Kiss (ensemble)įrom the 1938 big band album Braggin’ in Brass. The head, and includes George Coleman on tenor, Hilton Ruiz on piano, and George Coleman Lo Joe (head only, ensemble)įrom Amsterdam After Dark (1979). Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt Autumn Leaves (concert pitch) Autumn Leaves (for Bb instruments)įrom Boss Tenors (1961) contains both Ammons's and Stitt's solos.

Bill evans solo transcriptions