First solo to transcribe?
- Bach5G
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Let’s assume you finally bought transcription software. What jazz solo would you start with? The goal is to improve one’s improvisation skills. Not limited to trombone solos.
- Elow
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I would find something online that’s already transcribed and then transcribe it yourself and compare.
- Rusty
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Have a listen to some Fred Wesley and find a simple one to start with.
- dershem
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Find something that inspires you to want to learn from. Something that makes you say "I want to play like that".
- JLivi
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[quote="Rusty"]Have a listen to some Fred Wesley and find a simple one to start with.[/quote]
Shake Everything You Got on Maceo Parker’s Life on Planet Groove.
I started with JJ Johnson’s Just Friends on Standards Live at the Village Vanguard.
I like starting my students on Curtis Fuller’s Blue Train solo
Just transcribe whatever you want though. Whatever you’re currently digging. It can be a melody, solo, horn line. Whatever!
Shake Everything You Got on Maceo Parker’s Life on Planet Groove.
I started with JJ Johnson’s Just Friends on Standards Live at the Village Vanguard.
I like starting my students on Curtis Fuller’s Blue Train solo
Just transcribe whatever you want though. Whatever you’re currently digging. It can be a melody, solo, horn line. Whatever!
- Bach5G
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I hadn’t really thought of JJ. Seems like a good place to start.
- Shumanbean
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I don't know if you're still looking, but the Steve Davis side, Correlations, has a lot of tasty, modern playing that hasn't departed from JJ/Curtis Fuller tradition. Give it a listen, if you haven't already.
- Matt_K
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A couple of very common ones are Miles Davis "So What" and Lester Young in "Lester Leaps In". Curtis Fuller on Blue Train is also pretty approachable.