Transcribe Joel Frahm – ‘Welcome Blues’
£ 25
Joel Frahm is one of my favourite contemporary saxophonists. A big man with a big sound and bags of technique this is a great track to introduce you to the man from Wisconsin.
Courses
A to Z of Bebop
£ 25
At least 85%, possibly as high as 95% of Bebop tunes are ‘heads’ written over songs from musicals and shows of the 1930’s and 40’s. Musicians such as Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie did this to avoid paying royalties in the recording studio for the songs they were using in the clubs. Popular songs such […]
Transcribe Night Train
£ 15
This iconic sax solo from the first Back to the Future film holds a special place in my heart.
Transcribe Coleman Hawkins – All The Things You Are
£ 29
Coleman Hawkins, (1904 – 1969) was the one of the pioneers of the tenor saxophone. Whilst he is associated with the Big Band era, (in particular Fletcher Henderson) he was also one of the early BeBop pioneers and had a huge influence on many of the Bebop players, including Charlie Parker and Sonny Rollins.
Transcribing When the Saints
£ 12
Our second transcription course to follow on from our ‘Memorising Chord Changes’ course is Stanley Turrentine’s solo over ‘When the Saints’.
Transcribe Blue Seven by Sonny Rollins
£ 60
I have chosen this particular piece to transcribe because it will help to ingrain the lessons you have studied in our ‘Memorising Chord Changes’ course. Blue Seven is a simple 12 bar blues form with some classic Sonny Rollins language, short punchy phrases that are packed full of harmonic inventiveness.