Calypso Minor

Michael Blake's arrangement & improvised solo on his tune "Calypso Minor", from the his album Elevated, one of my favorites.

Caravan

Freddie Hubbard's arrangement of Caravan, from the Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers album of the same name.

For Once In My Life

Just finished transcribing James Jamerson's bass line on the Stevie Wonder classic "For Once In My Life".

A Belated Update..

Clearly, I've been less than rigorous in keeping this updated; here's a selection of a some of the transcriptions I've done over the past few weeks:

5 new tunes

These are 5 songs from a large project I'm doing for a great singer-songwriter here in Portland. I'm creating charts for and album's worth of his original tunes; in these I've provided the vocal melody, lyrics, chord progressions and a staff indicating important hits in the rhythm section.

Herbie Hancock - Gentle Thoughts

Here's a transcription of Herbie Hancock's tune "Gentle Thoughts", from the album Secrets. I provided the melody, chord progression, bass line and important fills & harmonies.

The Blues Brothers - Jailhouse Rock

Here's a transcription of the Blues Brothers' version of "Jailhouse Rock", from their classic movie. This is a great band made up of some killer R&B, blues and rock players. I did a full transcription of this one - four horns and a rhythm section part, including bass, drums, guitar and piano.