such clear and concise bebop lines!

Just a few more measures...

Transcription: Tommy Flanagan piano solo on Oleo

Just a few more lines...

Transcription: Flanagan piano solo on Oleo

Such clean lines!

Some changes with the chords and 32 bars on paper!

Transcription: Tommy Flanagan piano solo on Oleo

Barry on Hold...Flanagan solo can't wait!

I'd been slowly working the Barry Harris solo on Cherokee when I remembered Flanagan's solo on Oleo from his "Sea Changes" recording. I had transcribed about 32 measures last year and I misplaced it (old fashioned method of pencil and paper).

Transcription: Tommy Flanagan on Oleo

Updates on two great solo transcriptions

I updated the chords on the first 16 measures of Barry Harris' solo and changed the font on Sonny's. No major changes...

By the way, "Ray's Idea" could be written in Db major but I wrote it in C with all the accidentals. I suppose I wanted to see the flats. Need to practice reading in Db major I suppose...

Transcription: Barry Harris solo on Ray's Idea

Transcription: Sonny Clark solo on Tadd's Delight

About 90 measures in...

I decided to transcribe the 64 measures up front where Harris plays the head. Note: I may have included a couple of Christian McBride's bass notes in Barry's chords.

Transcription: Barry Harris' solo on Cherokee (performance live at "Dug" 1996)

Barry Harris solo on Cherokee

I'm about 25 measures into Barry Harris' solo on Cherokee from a live performance in 1997. At 67 his fingers aren't as nimble, but all the language and ideas are there!!!

Transcription: Barry Harris solo on Cherokee