Beauty In The Feast

 

Here's a tune I did for a new client, a singer-songwriter; this is one of his original tunes, with the melody, chords and chord voicings notated.  

Transcription Archive

Made some updates to my website; a transcription archive is now available.

Harry James solos

Just finished a new batch of 5 transcriptions for Greg, a regular client.  These are all classic tracks by the great trumpeter Harry James; I transcribed the solo trumpet parts and chord changes.   Here are some samples of the first 3 lines of each tune.

James Jamerson - "I Can't Get Next To You"

James Jamerson's line on the early funk classic, from the 1969 Temptations album Puzzle People. 

Chris Potter - "The Source"

Chris Potter's tenor sax solo on "The Source", from his 2001 album Gratitude.

2 pages.

Sting - "Rehumanize Yourself"

Sting's groove on "Rehumanize Yourself", from Ghost In The Machine by The Police. Sting is a hugely underrated bassist - he's tight, melodic and always has a great tone.

2 pages (tablature included).

James Jamerson - "Right On"

Here's my transcription of James Jamerson's line on "Right On", from Marvin Gaye's classic 1971 record What's Going On. This is an interesting bit of playing from Mr. Jamerson - his lines are usually free & loose, with lots of variation; in this case his playing is super straight-forward, almost machine-like in its consistency.

Some folks claim that this was actually played by Bob Babbitt, who was present on a few of this album's tracks. The album jacket, however, says it's Jamerson.

2 pages.