Transcription Challenge

 This is from the same killer Oscar Peterson recording that Kadota's Blues is from. Live at the London House 1961. Must of been a good week. This again reminds me that Ray Brown is indeed one of the best jazz players around. SO much feel and chops... Going to need to work on this for a lot longer.

Another in the Chet Baker series. This one is about at the edge of my chops or beyond but one I think I can take some nice phrases out of. I love how he can make such an impact in a short solo.  

I am a little disappointed with my choice here.  Turns out there were no magic chord voicing hidden in this one.  Standard piano shell chords.  Kind of weird/hard to transcribe, fairly easy to play.  I feel like I should have lifted the comping under the bass solo instead.  Oh well.  My takeaway is that very little chording information is needed to imply the changes.  I need to devise some exercises for interspersing comps into my single line playing.  Still love this solo though!

  Once again, I bit off more than I can chew.  This type of guitar playing demands constant articulation (picking every note).  Players like Jake, Mike Stern, and Pat Martino can pound out these type of lines effortlessly.  I usually rely on left hand legato, lots of slurs and pull-offs to play with any speed.  An added bonus is that this transcription challenge highlights weaknesses and deficiencies. And apparently one of my hands needs some attention.  Slowed it to 95% to get 'er done.