This is from Tristano’s 1955 quartet album for Atlantic. It seemed like a good choice to learn about Lennie’s vocabulary. My favorite single device is the (almost) Hit the Road Jack turnaround at the end of the first B secion (bars 23-24)
7Aug/076
I Could Write a Book – Red Garland
August 7th, 2007This is from Miles Davis’ album Relaxin’. Good solid snapshot of Red’s bop vocabulary.
16Jul/072
Anthropology – Bud Powell
July 16th, 2007I bought a live performance DVD from Jamey Aebersold, and was really captivated by this performance of Anthropology. It’s in Copenhagen, with “NIHOP” on bass. Lots of great “Bud” vocabulary here.
3Jun/070
You Stepped Out of a Dream – Sonny Clark
June 3rd, 2007From Dexter Gordon’s album A Swingin’ Affair. Great bebop vocabulary.
21Apr/070
Blues Walk – Ritchie Powell
April 21st, 2007From the alternate take on the album Clifford Brown and Max Roach, recorded in February 1955. I transcribed this to study some sort-of generic blues vocabulary.
8Mar/070
Satin Doll – McCoy Tyner
March 8th, 2007From the album McCoy Tyner plays Ellington, recorded in December 1964 for Prestige. I was looking for Tyner’s approach on super-conventional harmony. It’s still heavily rooted in speedy technique and pentatonics. Read the rest of this entry »
31Jul/060
Grandfather’s Waltz – Bill Evans
July 31st, 2006from But Beautiful, a live album recorded in 1974 with Stan Getz. This solo is jammed with the classic Bill Evans vocabulary that I love, and it’s quite a composition in it’s own right. Read the rest of this entry »
1Jun/060
With a Song In My Heart – Sonny Clark
June 1st, 2006From the Great sextet album Sonny’s Crib, with Coltrane, Don Byrd, Curtis Fuller, Paul Chambers and Art Taylor. A great snapshot of the patterns Sonny could play at a blistering tempo! Read the rest of this entry »