This was his last recording of body and soul except for a perfunctory version in the movie round midnight. Ladybird is a live album by american saxophonist dexter gordon recorded at the jazzhus montmartre in copenhagen, denmark in 1965 by danmarks radio. Transcribed by carles margarit if youd like to support me you can do so at this link. Solo transcriptions sax this page lists 1780 solo transcriptions that are available somewhere on the internet. Dexter gordon lady bird solo transcription live in belgium. Manhattan symphonie 1978 bb solo transcription pdf digital download. You hear that commitment in his playing, it is some of the best soulful blues. Al cohn, the lady is a tramp, al cohn quintet featuring bob brookmayer. If you arent familiar with lady bird, click the previous link so you can check out the chord changes.
Having already made his name in the bebop era and as an expatriate in europe, gordon returned to the states to record a series of fine blue note discs during the first half of the decade. Dexter gordons solo on ill remember april tenor saxophone from biting the apple transcribed by dustin mollick on august 8th, 2009 5 9 17 21 25 29 33 v. Ladybird is a live album by american saxophonist dexter gordon recorded at the jazzhus montmartre in copenhagen, denmark in 1965 by danmarks radio and released on the steeplechase label in 2005. We heard a bird that had a very loud and unusual call. Dexter gordon s solo on blue bossa from biting the apple tenor saxophone transcribed by dustin mollick on august 16th, 2009 7 11 15 19 23 27 31 d g e7b5 a7b9 d f bb7 eb 3 3 e7b5 3 a7b9 3 d d g e7b5 a7b9 d f bb7 eb e7b5 a7b9 3 d3. This page lists 1779 solo transcriptions that are available somewhere on the internet. You can purchase and download the transcription in concert keybbebbass clefmidi here. Analysis and jazz guitar solo ideas for a jazz standard lady bird pentatonic, lydian dominant duration. Transcription of an amazing saxophone solo on lady bird played by dexter gordon in belgium. The savoy sessions savoy mg 12 dexter gordon dexter rides again masters of jazz mjcd 128 dexter gordon, vol. Art pepper, birds works, art pepper meets the rhythm section, alto. Carles margarit lady birddexter gordons transcription. Eccetto dove indicato, tutte le trascrizioni sono nella tonalita original. Gordon essays a hungry, if slightly boilerplate solo that swallows up a.
This page lists 890 trumpet solo transcriptions that are available somewhere on the internet unless otherwise noted,all transcriptions are in bb key. Bennie wallace 1, dexter gordon 47, illinois jaquet 1, marcus strickland 1. I have always enjoyed reading and looking at the transcriptions in downbeat magazine over the years. This is quite small in relation to modern tenor saxophone tip sizes so i thought it was a mistake. And this cd is one of the best, starting with classics like darn that dream and going all the way through to body and soul. A bird with a spotted back a bird found only in remote areas of the u. Its hard to notate dexter s time feel without making the transcription too hard to read.
My hope is that this page grows to include jazz transcriptions of all instrumentalist not just saxophonist. There is no greater love dexter gordon, jones, isham. Here you can find more about the best web sites that offer free and paid solo transcriptions. Tenor saxophone dexter gordons solo on blue bossa from. Carles margarit watermelon mandexter gordons transcription. The topheavy program revolves around extended readings of two. The list also includes solos for flute,clarinet and ewi. Questa pagina elenca 1763 transcrizioni disponibili su internet. Jul 18, 2011 lady bird, dexter gordon s bb solo transcription. If you would like me to post transcriptions that you have done please send me an email with attached files. These are transcriptions that were sent to me by various friends and musicians. Dexter gordons solo on ill remember april tenor saxophone. Actually the first tune is half nelson as played by dexter rather than ladybird although moody can be heard playing at bit of ladybird toward the end of the 16 bar sections.
He plays a lot of eighth note lines, and they tend to be reasonably accessible. Ive got two big folders full of dexter gordon solos. The first thing that amazed me about that dexter gordon model tenor sax mouthpiece is that it has a. The mid tempoed shout chorus after the piano solo is from ladybird but the out chorus is all half nelson played by dexter. Thats why today im sharing with you 4 dexter gordon licks over the jazz standard lady bird. Song information for lady bird dexter gordon on allmusic. This led to dexter s first recording, with the hampton band, on december 21, 1941. In his last year of high school, he received a call from alto saxophonist marshall royal asking him to join the lionel hampton big band. Unless otherwise noted,all transcriptions are in the original key. Donna leecharlie parkerdexter gordons bb transcription. I have compiled a collection of 26 solos featuring jazz greats herbie hancock, booker little, max roach, grant green, stan getz, slide hampton, thelonious monk, jackie mclean, cuong vu, clifford brown, roy haynes, woody shaw, sonny rollins, jon. I got a musical inte grity from him that has been invaluable to me. I just stick a mpc on the old chu and blow right through both books when im in the mood.
As time goes by dexter gordon solo transcription bb. But when it comes to learning jazz language, dexter is an excellent choice because i find that he plays in a relatively straightforward manner. Dexter gordon certainly was a tower of power by this point as his lengthy 60s stay in europe helped him to work work work, and season his playing considerably to a point at which he emerged as a masterful soloist far beyond the limits of his early bop recordings. Sep 09, 2014 rs berkeley legends dexter gordon tenor sax mouthpiece.
A classic of saxophone, a solo full of energy and supereffective licks. Dexter gordon is one of those jazz players that moved to paris and for years lived as an expat, committing his life to his music. Along with gene ammons and stanley turrentine, dexter gordon was one of the top ballad players of the 60s. In other cases, hes ghosting or bending a note so the pitches can be a best guess at what dexter was aiming for. Typically thats in places where dexter lays way back.
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