DISCLAIMER

SUGGESTION: The transcriptions are posted to this blog in the form of links to googledocs. I recommend downloading them once you are linked to googledocs (once they've come up on your screen). They can be read more accurately using a pdf reader (The fonts are inconsistent. For example, with some fonts G's aren't quite on the line and could be mistaken for A's).
Sincerely,

Jeff

Sonny and Barry

Saturday, July 31, 2010

First Draft Complete!

I've only checked the chords on the first 32 measures of the solo and the head, so there's some fine tuning left. But all the notes are in! I love this solo. Sonny Clark can really swing! The notes on the page don't do it justice...they're just a guide. What originally drew me to Sonny was how expressive his playing was. His timing and accents reminded me of a horn. The first line of his solo on "Softly as a Morning Sunrise" is a great example of this "horn-like expressiveness." It's also my sincere opinion that Sonny plays best at this medium swing tempo.

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