Saturday, April 19, 2014

Saturday Transcription

Miles Davis' solo from the 1954 recording of "Solar", from the album Walkin'.  You have the recording, right?   Go get it.  I'll wait. 

Interesting fact:  Miles Davis is probably not the composer.  There is a recording of guitarist Chuck Wayne performing the melody from 1946.  Get the details here.  I'm not accusing anyone of anything.  Jazz journalist Marc Myers writes this on his site:
...who knows how Davis came to the melody line in the first place. For all we know, Wayne was whistling it in the men's room at  Birdland while Davis was in there washing up.
However, if you asked Bill Evans about "Blue in Green", you might get a different angle...


Rhythm section is Horace Silver, Percy Heath and Kenny Clarke.    The music:


and the transcription (in bass clef and concert key):



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