The audition piece for the allstate audition was a transcription of lee morgan s solo on lazy bird. Featuring an allstar jazz lineup with lee morgan on trumpet, hank mobley on tenor sax, herbie hancock on piano, and billy higgins on drums. Selection file type icon file name description size. By 1960, he had recorded with legendary jazz musicians like john coltrane, tina brooks, dizzy gillespie, and art blakey. Lazy bird, lee morgan, blue train, g, trumpet, 4 files. This is lee morgan s solo on the alternate take of moanin, issued with some of the latest re. The list also includes solos for flute, clarinet and ewi.
Reviews of blue train by john coltrane album, hard bop. John coltrane tenor sax john coltrane trumpet lee morgan trombone curtis fuller piano kenny drew bass paul chambers drums philly joe jones. Lee morgan trumpet hank mobley tenor sax herbie hancock piano larry ridley bass billy higgins drums jackie mc. While attending duke university, my teacher paul jeffrey encouraged me to transcribe numerous solos, document them in musical notation software, learn them, memorize them, and eventually play them realtime from. Philly joe jones lazy bird drum solo transcription pdf. Sep 29, 2016 following up from my transcription of wes solo on the alternate take of moanin i thought itd be good idea to post another transcription of a lesser known solo on these changes. I think my favorite part of lee morgan s playing is the range and variation of his articulations. Sign up for a jazz improvisation that may include this material as a portion the course syllabus. Best transcriptions sharepoint, interactive exercises to enhance musical expression, technique and creativity. Click here for the tom harrells solo on along came betty solo. Jul 31, 2012 clip starts at mm 36 of the transcription which is the start of the solo download the transcription. Here you can find more about the best web sites that offer free and paid solo transcriptions. And later, lazy bird, said to be a variation on tadd damerons lady bird, is swinging and uptempo with space for fine solos by lee morgan, curtis fuller, john coltrane and then kenny drew. Onlinernotes jazz john coltrane blue train oocities.
Bb i cant seem to find my original finale file for this transcription. John coltrane tenor sax john coltrane trumpet lee morgan trombone curtis. Im in the process of creating a new one so that i can provide eb, concert pitch and bass clef versions of the solo. Art blakey and the jazz messengers at the jazz corner of the world. Blue train expanded edition by john coltrane on apple music. This solo is a really great example of how a performers time feel and use of inflection can make or break the solo. Philly joe jones solo on the song lazy bird from john coltranes classic. Lee morgan trumpet, curtis fuller trombone, john coltrane tenor saxophone, kenny drew piano, paul chambers bass, philly joe jones drums, alfred lion producer, rudy van gelder recording engineer, francis wolff photography, reid.
Ive never really heard another trumpet player play quite like it. John coltrane the ultimate blue train lazy bird john coltrane tenor saxophone lee morgan trumpet curtis fuller trombone kenny. Along side coltranes great solos is lee morgan on the trumpet which is my favorite up front soloists on this album, makes me think of him as the louis armstrong of bop. Lee morgan, the jazz musician who was killed by his wife. Something cute the murphy man the double up from cornbread. Lazy bird transcription by andrew frankhouse john coltranes solo. Lee morgan was a brilliant trumpet star and was recognized for his talents by the time he was a teenager. Some years later writer zita carno transcribed the blue train solo and presented it to coltrane asking him to play it for her. Lee would go over to his house and play tunes with him for hours.
Covering the best of all these records means you get the most solid overview of lee morgan s style you could ever find in a single book. The best of lee morgan transcriptions charles colin music. Transcription archive sykes transcription custom music. This website took lots of time and effort to build. John coltrane tenor saxophone paul chambers double bass kenny drew piano curtis f. Charlie parker cherokee 1942 solo transcription jazz. Cliffords death impacted lee very deeply, as it did many musicians at the time. Nam sodales mi vitae dolor ullamcorper et vulputate enim accumsan. Morbi orci magna, tincidunt vitae molestie nec, molestie at mi. Paul desmond solo transcription take the a train dave brubeck quartet live 1954 from 1954 to 2014. Just curious, what software did you use to create the nice typeset staff it looks like something out of a fakebook. On the benny golson tune blues march, lee morgan plays a phenomenal solo where he plays in three distinctly different choruses where he displays a wide range of ideas from both a harmonic use of pentatonic, bebop and altered scales and rhythmic perspective repeated figures, fast lines and space.
His prodigal technical virtuosity had already been proven at this time in the dizzy gilliespie band. This page lists 890 trumpet solo transcriptions that are available somewhere on the internet unless otherwise noted,all transcriptions are in bb key. Jazz jazz methodstranscriptions jazz trumpet music jazz trumpet transcriptions best of lee morgan. In the lee morgan bio called delightfulee, they mention how clifford was a big influence on him in his younger years. Ceora as performed by lee morgan from the 1965 blue note album cornbread. Avaliable transcriptions, transcriptions sharepoint impromastering. I think my favorite part of lee morgans playing is the range and variation of his articulations.
Epic drum solo by art blakey on curtis fullers composition buhainas delight. Also, when i wrote these out i had no intention of anyone but me ever looking at them. Aug 01, 2014 i did this transcription a few years ago but i still know a few of the lines from it. This transcription book of the best of lee morgan marks his first appearance on our store, and i am very excited about that. My transcription of lee morgan s solo on moanin close. Theres exceptional playing by both morgan and fuller. John coltrane the ultimate blue train lazy bird john coltrane tenor saxophone lee morgan trumpet curtis fuller trombone kenny drew piano paul cha. I wanna learn some of his solos to get more insight to his technique and sound, starting with locomotion as a big one, but some of his stuff with art blakey and the jazz messengers was sick mainly moanin, are you real and come rain or come shine. The best of lee morgan transcriptions by morgan, lee qpress. I found it a rare occurrence for an artists to let another member of the band play the main theme on the track lazy bird, which i think is a great thing to do. This transcription book of the best of lee morgan marks his first appearance on our store, and i very excited about that. Licensed to virtual sheet music by hal leonard publishing company. I did this transcription a few years ago but i still know a few of the lines from it. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly.
Jazz trumpet transcriptions, jazz, how to play jazz. There are tons of books that feature transcribed solos, but why should. The greatness of this tune for me comes from the marriage of complexity and simplicity. Jackie mclean alto sax was also on this album, but for this particular track. John coltrane the greatest hits by john coltrane album. Here is a transcription of lee morgan s solo on one of my favourite standards, along came betty. Lets just say i did not practice enough due to my involvement in school and such. Lazy bird transcription by andrew frankhouse john coltranes solo from the album blue train. The best of lee morgan transcriptions by morgan, lee. This is lee morgans solo on the alternate take of moanin, issued with some of the latest rereleases of the album on cd. Lazy bird lee morgan bb partitura completa echecs scribd. I have been listening and transcribing hank mobleys sax solo on the beautiful ballad carolyn from mobleys no room for squares album.
Ive been playing this tune a lot lately, this should be helpful. The sidewinder for trumpet solo, intermediate trumpet sheet music. Moanin lee morgans solo alternate take wallpaper jazz. Jazz trumpet transcriptions, jazz, how to play jazz, how to improvise, how to swing, jazz licks, bebop solo transripyions. A place to upload and share transcriptions of jazz solos. Despite a relatively brief career he first came to notice as a sideman at age 29 in 1955, formally launched a solo career at 33 in 1960, and was dead at 40 in 1967, saxophonist john coltrane was among the most important, and most controversial, fig. Marvel at how fullers nimble solo on locomotion leads into the flurry of notes that begins morgans own solo, one of the highlights of the album. This is an outstanding vinyl record well made with excellent sound quality and a beautiful gatefold sleeve. If you have gotten any use out of it, i would really appreciate you considering a donation. Carolyn by lee morgan archive sax on the web forum. Morgan the sidewinder sheet music for trumpet solo pdf. Many of these transcriptions are ones that ive done for myself as part of my own study.
Drum solo transcriptions learning the solos of great drummers notefornote is a great way of expanding vocabulary, skill, technique, and attunement with your drumming heroes. Lee morgan, lazy bird, blue train john coltrane, jazztrumpetsolos. This page lists 890 trumpet solo transcriptions that are available somewhere on the. See more ideas about transcription, soloing and trombone. Nulla nulla lorem, suscipit in posuere in, interdum non magna. Featuring lee morgan on trumpet, herbie hancock on piano, hank mobley on tenor saxophone, and larry ridley on bass. Little peace in c for you, michel petrucciani, piano solo. I am really struggling to figure out the exact chord changes for the tune, could anyone share the changes with me, so that i may have an accurate view of how the whole tune is put together.
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