6/1/2023 0 Comments Saxophone transcriptionsPlayback+ lets you change the speed of the track without changing the pitch. Whereas other books in the Play-Along series come with a CD, this new book comes with a code to download both the backing tracks and their Playback+ software. Plus, each tune is transcribed for both alto and tenor or soprano sax making it very useful whatever instrument you play. The transcriptions themselves are really accurate and clearly written. The book features a good selection of Koz hits with 8 tunes taken from his earliest albums through to today. Music publisher Hal Leonard has just released a new book in their Saxophone Play-Along series which features the brilliant commercial sax player Dave Koz. Plus, they can be an excellent “technical study” resource to keep you on your toes. Buying a collection of transcriptions can help you to really understand what a player is doing in their solos and, along with plenty of critical listening, can be a short cut in the practice room. Have a listen down below.Transcription books can be a great way to quickly learn a player’s style. An odd album – but if you’re interested in hearing what Mulligan does over the blues, head to the transcription repository and download yourself a copy. After the bass solo, Mulligan tries to noodle a bit behind the piano solo but seems to give up and they just take the head out. Mulligan did very little to interact or acknowledge Monk’s comping. For example on the track where this transcription comes from, Monk plays a chorus of the head (Mulligan noodles) plays the head again with Mulligan, comps for 2 choruses then just lays out for the rest of Mulligan’s solo and the bass solo to boot. I think this is probably true in the best of circumstances, but listening to this album I can’t help but think that Monk is just intentionally messing with and vibing Mulligan. There’s a quote from mulligan that goes something like ‘playing with Monk’s comping is like falling down an elevator shaft’ or something to that effect. I think its a safe assumption that this was a record company’s idea of ‘put two big names together and profit’ and thus I’m not sure the music was at the forefront of the intention here. Monk being famously fond of dissonance and jagged lines and Mulligan opting for linear consonant melodies. Two seemingly very different players with different approaches, and boy does that show on this album. Gerry Mulligan fans will probably know of the album that features him and Thelonious Monk. This transcription comes to us from Erik Robisch, thank you! New Mulligan Transcription – Straight No ChaserĪ new transcription has just been added to the transcription repository – and its a bit of a strange one. So congratulations to Leo P, anyone hearing him for the first time should also definitely check out his main inspiration, the late great, Ronnie Cuber. Also we can hope that anyone that gets interested in the baritone through him will also branch out to other realms of the baritone and further inspiration found therein. Leo P is a fine baritonist and actually should get credit for incorporating some extended techniques into his playing in a very approachable way. I personally find his music a bit monotonous, but I am thrilled that a lot of young people find interest in acoustic music and instruments through him. I’m sure this will grind some people’s gears as Leo P doesn’t play strictly jazz and attracts a young following as much from his outfits, hair, and dancing as he does for his playing. In other Leo news, Leo P (not to be confused with the aforementioned Leo Parker) has won the 87th annual DownBeat Magazine Readers’ poll. Both Jason and Frank are huge fans of Leo Parker and Frank has done quite a bit of work documenting all Leo Parker recordings. Ronnie once told me in a lesson that he couldn’t listen to Leo Parker anymore because he would copy it so much! Incidentally the great baritonists, Jason Marshall and Frank Basile will be playing two nights this weekend to celebrate Ronnie Cuber at Cafe Bohemia in NYC – Friday and Saturday I believe. I’m sure you all have heard about the passing of the great Ronnie Cuber. Head over to the transcription repository to get a copy. Thanks to Aidan Sears we have our first new transcription addition in a while! Aidan sent in a chorus of blues from Leo Parker on the riff blues, “Leo Leaps In”, a short but incredibly joyous solo from a great album, “Back to Back Baritones”.
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