Jazz Transcriptions

• All Or Nothing At All - (Concert) Freddie Hubbard solo from the albm "Open Sesame." (Bb Part)

• All The Things You Are - great Bill Evans solo piano version from his album "Alone."

• Autumn Leaves - a great six-chorus Chick Corea solo from his CD "Rendezvous In New York." I transcribed the way he played the head, too.

• Bebop - From Wynton Marsalis' album "Jump Start And Jazz: Two Ballets" (it's the whole thing.) Transposed for trumpet and T. sax.

• Blues For The Hague - A characteristically wondeful solo by Joe Pass from his album "Northsea Nights" 

• The Boogie Bumper - The piano intro from Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's album "Big Bad Voodoo Daddy"

• Cain and Abel - The entire song from the Marsalis Family's "A Jazz Celebration" I transcribed the bass part up to about page 9 I think, but I never finished it so I won't post it. Transposed for trumpet and T. sax.
  

• Cecile's Freckles - I transcribed the head of this from Rick Simerly's CD "Obscurity"

• Crazy Talk - A Carl Fischer Solo from his album "Carl Fischer & Organic Groove Ensemble." Transposed for trumpet.
  

• Dont Play Games - A great Carl Fischer Solo from his album "Carl Fischer & Organic Groove Ensemble." Transposed for trumpet.
  

• Epistrophy - A Milt Jackson solo I transcribed from the "Monk (Ken Burns Jazz)" album. I think It was one of my first transcriptions, so I didn't put the chords in.

• Getting Ready - A David Benoit solo piano thing from a "Gotta Get It Hits" CD I got from Lord knows where. I don't know when I transcribed it or why, but it's pretty cool.

• Hangin' With Nat - The lead sheet to the tune from Carl Fischer's album "Carl Fischer & Organic Groove Ensemble" that I transcribed a long time ago. Transposed for trumpet.

• If I Could Give You More - A Leroy Jones solo from the Harry Connick, Jr. album "Red Light, Blue Light."

• I'll Remember April - an awesome one-chorus Tom Harrell solo from Helen Merrill's CD "Brownie: a homage to Clifford Brown." In concert Bb; transposed for trumpet.

• I Remember You - A Tom Harrell solo on from a video on YouTube.com. His solos are just beautiful. In concert key. For a transposed version, click here.
  

• Joe Cool's Blues - Wynton Marsalis and Eric Reed solos from Wynton's album "Joe Cool's Blues." I did it a long time ago and I don't know why I didn't put the piano solo in two staves. It's really confusing, but I'm not about to change it now. It's transposed for trumpet.

• Off Minor - A Donald Byrd solo from the album "Monk (Ken Burns Jazz)" Transposed for trumpet.

• One Finger Snap - (Concert) Freddie Hubbard from the Herbie Hancock recording "Empyrean Isles." (Bb Part)

• One Finger Snap (alt take) -(Concert)  alternate take from the same recording. (Bb Part)

• Pat 'N' Chat - (Concert) Freddie Hubbard solo from the Hank Mobley album "The Turnaround." (Bb Part)

• Passion Dance - McCoy Tyner's solo from his CD "The Real McCoy."

• Peppermint Patty - An Ellis Marsalis solo from Wynton's album "Joe Cool's Blues"

• Someday My Prince Will Come - Concert key version of a great Paul Desmond solo from Dave Brubeck's album "Jazz Moods: Cool." If you play alto sax, click here.

• Someday My Prince Will Come Intro - Cool intro by Wynton Kelly from a Miles Davis Compilation CD I have called "The Essential Miles Davis," but the song came from his CD "Someday My Prince Will Come."

• Straight Ahead - (Concert) Freddie Hubbard solo from the Hank Mobley album "The Turnaround." (Bb Part)

• Take the "A" Train - Concert key version of a great Bobby Militello solo from Dave Brubeck's album "Double Live From The USA & UK (Disc 2)." If you play alto sax, click here. 

• Tequila Mockingbird - A David Hazeltine solo from Rick Simerly's album "Obscurity"
  

• There Will Never Be Another You - A Carl Saunders solo from his album "Can You Dig Being Dug?" Transposed for trumpet.

• Things Are Getting Better All The Time - Kenny Barron solo from the J. J. Johnson/Al Grey album "Things Are Getting Better All The Time"

• The Turnaround - (Concert) Freddie Hubbard solo from the Hank Mobley album "The Turnaround." (Bb Part)

• Uncle Remus Intro - Piano intro to "Uncle Remus" from Frank Zappa's Album "Apostrophe'"
  

• Walkin' - A transcription of the head, Miles Davis, and Horace Silver solos. 12 Bar F Blues. It's actually transposed for trumpet.
  

• Waltz for Debby - A Bill Evans solo from his album "Waltz for Debby." (It's Take 1)

• Weight For Six Intro - The intro to "Weight for Six" from Reggie Watkins' album "A-List"

• Weight For Six - The head to "Weight For Six." Sorry, no specific chords. I may update it later. It's pretty much a 3/4 blues in G. 

• Windows - Pat Metheny's solo from "Like Minds."
  

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