Blue bossa bass solo transcription

Kenny dorham on blue bossa this weeks transcription tuesday is the first sixteen bars of kenny dorhams solo on blue bossa from joe hendersons debut record page one 1963. More double bass inspiration can be found on my youtube channel. Hi all, i hope this is the right forum for this transcription. Autumn leaves miles davis trumpet solo 500 blue bossa sax solo dexter gordon 547 blue in green solo john coltrane 293 blues by five solo miles davis 265 do you wanna dance sax solo 238 do you wanna dance sax solo bass clef 241 maiden voyage sax solo. Only exception is the last bar, where all of the notes are quarters.

If youd like to support me you can do so at this link. Dotted quarter eighth dotted quarter eighth on the bars with 4 notes. Page one 1963 if youd like to support me you can do so at this link. In this lesson ill present a set of arpeggios, some exercises, target notes and strategies for making solos where you can hear the harmony in the improvisation. Biting the apple you can purchase and download the transcription in concert keybbebbass clef. Blue bossa by kenny dorham score and parts sheet music for. Blue bossa is one of the first standards that many jazz guitarists learn, mainly because the progression is a great workout for playing over both major and minor iivis, but even the seasoned. Blue bossa, bob mintzer, bop boy, tenor saxophone, transcription about steve steve neff has been playing and teaching saxophone and jazz improvisation around the new england area for the last 30 years. Transcription of dexter gordons solo on blue bossa biting the apple.

From jazz to pop and classical to some of my own compositions. Tenor saxophone dexter gordons solo on blue bossa from. Print and download in pdf or midi blue bossa biting the apple 1977 dexter gordon solo. There is no greater love part 2 mind transcription.

Here are the first few choruses from phil woods solo, played at half the original tempo. In fact the melody of blue bossa is comprised of a number of melodic sequences, not to recognize and use that both rhythmically and melodically is a handicap to developing the solo. Blue bossa is a great tune to use as an intro to bossa nova style. It has a relatively short form at just 16 bars long and it contains both a major and a minor 251 progression. Volker nahrmann has published one or two collections of oscar pettiford transcriptions that are very useful, and for the more advanced player theres phil palombis collection of scott lafaro solos. On these parts, you use the aeolian aka natural minor scale. Kenny dorham blue bossa sheet music pdf notes, chords. Tenor madness, 15 pages, paul chambers walking bass line and solo in the beginning, god said, let there be bass. Check out dexs april solo from this album not a hard solo to take off. There is no greater love part 1 mind transcription. Theyre making it pretty challenging with some of the tunes we play.

Wes montgomery, jim hall, kenny burrell, take the a train1958 au privave1960 days of wine and roses1963. Dexs blue bossa solo this is my second favorite dex album, behind our man in paris. If you ask me what my favorite jazz solo all time is, i will, without any hesitation, answer blue bossa by dexter. Knowledge of the melody is vital in developing a good solo. In this bass guitar lesson, james shares the concepts on how to play blue bossa. Bass transcriptions jazz classical pop rubenheimans. Bb blues bass solo transcription from ed friedlands jazz. A breeze of a chart, the bass line i mean, and a lot of fun to play compared to a lot of other tunes. In this lesson i will be teaching you how to play blue bossa on guitar. The bass tradition by todd coolman is an outstanding collection of solos. Here are the chords and the scales you can use to solo over the chord changes.

I have been working through ed friedlands jazz bass book lately, and there is a section, on page 4445 of his book, where he explains how to use chord tones 3579 to build a solo, and he demonstrates how to solo, over 2. Dexter gordons blue bossa solo transcription september 25. The tune was written by dorham and and is the type of tune that you can always call at a jam because everyone will know it it also tends to get groans from those. Over common chord progressions, you can superimpose different harmonies and utilize the language that you already know. A very famous jazz standard, tabbed for your enjoyment. I have been real busy, just bought a new house and will be moving at the end of the month, so this might be tough. So wen blue bossa comes up its like a smoke break for my brain. Blue bossa dexter gordon solo biting the apple 1977 blue bossa dexter gordon solo transcription sheet music for tenor saxophone download free in pdf or midi. It is part of the source material, along with arpeggios, scales and modes, phrasing, etc. How to play blue bossa on guitar jamie holroyd guitar. Take a look at how brecker solos over a few of the minor iivs in his solo over blue bossa. Blue bossa for beginners latin bass guitar lesson yt106. Miles davisjohn coltranered garlandpaul chambers transcription.

Ive just really started playing a lot of jazz lately and the guys i play with are twice my age and very seasoned. The double enclosure zigzag effect transforming diatonic 7ths into a swingin phrase. Dexter gordons solo on blue bossa from biting the apple tenor saxophone transcribed by dustin mollick on august 16th, 2009 7 11 15 19 23 27 31 d g e7b5 a7b9 d f bb7 eb 3 3 e7b5 3 a7b9 3 d d g e7b5 a7b9 d f bb7 eb e7b5 a7b9 3 d3. This gives you the opportunity to practice these important progressions in context of a bossa tune. Download for free in pdf midi format, or print directly from our site. Kenny dorham blue bossa sheet music notes and chords arranged for piano solo. Kenny dorham blue bossa sheet music notes, chords piano. Blue bossa solo mind transcription greg fishman jazz studios. Blue bossa is a 16bar tune and is in the key of c minor. I have dexs solo from ill remember april from this album memorized. Dexter gordon sheet music free download in pdf or midi on. See new and popular dexter gordon songs, uploaded by musescore users, connect with a community of musicians who love to write and play music. Dexter gordon blue bossa guitar pro ultimateguitar.

It is definitely a challenge to make a written solo sound like it is improvised. Avaliable transcriptions, transcriptions sharepoint. More than 470 free transcriptions for bass and other instruments on basslessons. Aug, 2015 it is definitely a challenge to make a written solo sound like it is improvised. Take the a train bass line 620 solo transcriptions. Blue bossa phil woods solo transcription slow youtube. Blue bossa dexter gordon solo transcription sheet music.

Print and download in pdf or midi blue bossa dexter gordon. The key is approaching these harmonic devices with the. He also shares tips on how you can use these on jazz jam. Transcription for guitar and bass of dexter gordons solo 1rst progression from the album biting the apple 1976. Blue bossa is a great way to start improvising following the harmony because its a well known tune that is not too difficult. Download kenny dorham blue bossa sheet music notes, chords.

Sheet music for brass, woodwind, guitar and bass 00. Carles margarit blue bossadexter gordons transcription. You can also use the c minor pentatonic scale or the c minor blues scale here. If i have time in the next few weeks i will try and write it out. Only has the lead sheet exactly as kenny originally wrote it. Blue bossa as recorded by emily remler transcribed by monte moore music by kenny dorham cm9 x x fm9 8 fr. Best transcriptions sharepoint, interactive exercises to enhance musical expression, technique and creativity. Here are 10 brilliant jazz solos and what youll learn from them. Im making an effort to transcribe a little bit every day so i hope to have more transcription available in the future as well as the ones i have based my video lessons off of. From the funkiest bass grooves to the most lyrical bass solos, from the 50s up until 2020. Transcribing solos is one of the best ways to learn jazz.