[Back to the Land] …is a brilliant introduction to swing; Prez’s solo is technically simple, but stylistically difficult….Whilst the popular notion is to go “modern” as soon as possible, the modern players I listened to were, at their core, traditionalists.

Lesson 2 on our Back To The Land Transcription project. On this lesson I take you through the ‘head’ of the piece and explore what Lester Young played.

As we move into the final stages of this transcription exercise on Back To The Land, I wanted to highlight a few things to help you get this over the line.

So it’s time to share how you found ‘Back To The Land’ by Lester Young and our group transcription project.