Check out dexters solo, work on it, and keep practicing your jazz. Dexter gordon jazz saxophone solos paperback 1 apr 1989. The excitement of a musical career spanning over 30 years is captured here in the 22 solos composed by gord. Learning from other saxophone players is a great way of learning improvisation. Easy solo example for alto sax on famous jazz standard, lullaby of birdland chord progression arranged from dexter gordon s solo. Shop and buy dexter gordon jazz saxophone solos sheet music. The first eight volumesfeaturing tenor saxophonists dexter gordon, yuri honing and wayne shorter, pianist michael borstlap, guitarist jan akkerman, and trumpeters miles davis, eric vloeimans. The primary goal for such an app is replacing tons of fake books and paper scores,therefore the most obvious feature is ability to store,browse,search,annotate,and bookmark large pdf files,such as the many editions of the real book and other. His first important gig was with lionel hampton 19401943 although, due to illinois jacquet also being in the sax section, gordon did not get any solos. Our story the dexter gordon society the dexter gordon. Features an active saxophone forum, buy sell trade your sax, saxophone museum, sax teachers and more.
While at school, he played in bands with chico hamilton and buddy collette. Chords in parenthesis are in concert key for accompaniment by c. Amazon price new from used from kindle edition please retry. These pdf files are available for free downloading using the abode. The course with have lessons and transcriptions of key rock n roll, blues and jazz solos from our saxophone heroes. See new and popular dexter gordon songs, uploaded by musescore users, connect. From a recording of your choice approved by professor macdonald, transcribe two choruses of the blues 24 measures. His enormously charismatic personality combined with superb artistic capabilities, a world star on his tenor saxophone, made him have friends everywhere, also here. The north sea jazz festival has an immense archive of filmed concert performances, which makes its legendary concerts cddvd series an eyewateringly interesting prospect. He was known for humorously inserting musical quotes into his solos, with. Bennie wallace 1, dexter gordon 47, illinois jaquet 1, marcus strickland 1, sidney bechet 1. Although it uses the single reed of the clarinet family, it has a conical tube and is made of metal.
Whenever im working on a tune, i listen to how the pros handle the changes and follow along with transcriptions of the solos. Composing solos or how to cheat posted on august 26, 20 by jason 6 comments i have often found it a very useful exercise to sit down and precompose a few choruses of soloing over a tune thats captured my imagination at the time. A playable yet highenergy chart, the arrangement features fully notated solos, manageable ranges lead trumpet to written g5, and a solo section that can be opened up for additional players. All transcriptions are available in pdf format for free download. In some cases,versions in multiple keys,mp3 file andor a detailed analysis of the solo are also available. This analysis is excerpted from nyja online course content. Judge dexter s estate, now known as gordon hall,sits on lenny niehaus advanced jazz conception for saxophone. Dexter gordon the rainbow people the jazzomat research.
Heres free links to the transcriptions ive done in the past. Hal leonarddexter gordon jazz saxophone solos free. Lullaby of birdland chord progression easy solo example. If files download limit exceeded, you can do these steps. See all 5 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Read dexter gordon jazz saxophone solos songbook by dexter gordon available from rakuten kobo. Dexter gordon was always a hero in oslo jazz circle, and even more so after he came to norway for the first time in 1962. My hope is that this page grows to include jazz transcriptions of all instrumentalist not just saxophonist.
A classic of saxophone, a solo full of energy and supereffective licks. Chord changes for tenor sax and in concert key are. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link. Dexter gordon sheet music free download in pdf or midi on. The jazz saxophone satyajit roychaudhury the saxophone is a musical instrument invented in the 1840s in belgium by adolphe sax.
Here are the solos im been doing that with this past week for the new songs were working on. Gordon began playing clarinet at age and switched to saxophone two years later. Pdf books heres a couple of workbooks to help you get some things under your fingers. Download for free in pdf midi format, or print directly from our site. Sam jones no baixo,barry harris no piano e al foster na bateria. You can develop your own vocabulary from taking ideas from the saxophone masters and learn from their approach to improvisation. Jazz improv nybrandon bernstein jon gordon is easily one of the top alto saxophonists of his generation. No, im dave, playing a wonderful solo by daxter gordon, on his own tune cheese cake, from his album go.
Such a cool solo, sound, and playable by mere sax mortals like myself. Composing solos or how to cheat jason lyon on music. Paquito drivera tenor sax solo on to brenda with love. I have compiled a collection of 26 solos featuring jazz greats herbie hancock, booker little, max roach, grant green, stan getz, slide hampton, thelonious monk, jackie mclean, cuong vu, clifford brown, roy haynes, woody. In our catalog, you can find dexter gordon sheet music for piano, drums, flute, saxophone, trumpet, guitar and almost any other instrument. Transcriptions are an important part of learning jazz improvisation. Dexter gordon jazz 2 saxophone solos transcriptions from the original recordings transcribed by lennie niehaus dexter gordon jazz saxophone solos transcriptions from the original recordings transcribed by lennie niehaus compilation by eckart rahn edited by ronny s. Dexter gordon february 27, 1923 april 25, 1990 was an american.
Lenny niehaus dexter gordon jazz saxophone solos pdf4mb. Dexter gordon february 27, 1923 april 25, 1990 was an american jazz tenor saxophonist. You can also send a high quality scan of the file and ill convert it to pdf. Jazz solo transcription earl macdonald composer, jazz. Especially check out the lover man solos to see examples of how to play outside. He was known for humorously inserting musical quotes into his solos, with sources as. Solo list by order finished solos 1 to solos 1001 to 2000 solos 2001 to 3000 solos 3001 to 4000 solos 4001 to 5000 solos by artists solos by artists a to e solos by artist f to m sols. I added many new sax,trumpet,piano,and guitar sections,with brand new pages for bass and for miscellaneous instruments,such as trombone,vibes,and violin with this additions,saxopedia now features over 2700 transcriptions and my plan to create the most comprehensive index of solo transcription can be considered as complete. I have always enjoyed reading and looking at the transcriptions in downbeat magazine over the years.
Most of these solos can be found on recordings that are still available check itunes or do a web search but i do know that a few of the recordings are either hard to find or out of print. The first pdf file will help get your fingers moving around common shapes that youll encounter whether reading jazz or improvising. In 20, maxine gordon, widow and former manager and producer of dexter gordon, jazz scholar, archivist, oral historian, and cofounder and president of the dexter gordon society, announced her plan to publish the biography of her late husband after signing a book contract with university of california press. Great tenor sax solos by instrumental solo songbook.
Watermelon man dexter solo bb tucson jazz institute. Dexter gordon solo transcriptions browse by all dexsolospdfs sort by featured best selling alphabetically, az alphabetically, za price, low to high price, high to low date, new to. His compositions, improvisation, tone, and technical virtuosity set him apart as an elite musician for our time. Gordon goodwins big phat band play along series volume 2. Blue dex, dexter gordon plays the blues if youd like to support me you ca. Also, ive started to transcribe some solos off of various youtube videos. Be prepared to perform the two choruses without and with the recording playing simultaneously. Drawn by a wide variety of styles, he studied jazz and classical guitar and north texas state universitynow university of north texas. Hal leonard dexter gordon jazz saxophone solos free sheet music download pdf. Sololist 1 sololist 1 sololist 1001 2000 sololist 2001 3000 sololist 30014000 sololist 30014000 sololist 40015000 solos by artist a. Is there a possibility for a midi file for it to be able to transpose in other keys.
See new and popular dexter gordon songs, uploaded by musescore users, connect with a community of musicians who love to write and play music. They can be played with a duet partner, or the cd can be. I have added a transcription of dexter gordons solo on four to. We provide free sheet music download files and sheet music pdf files to the public without restrictions and you can listen to full free sheet music download playback of any track. Instantly view and print gordon goodwin jazz ensemble sheet music online the jazz police. Composed and arranged by gordon goodwin, these 10 saxophone duets are completely interchangeable for any combination of eb or bb saxophones. Dexter gordon jazz saxophone solos by dexter gordon. The father, who was a doctor with dose connections to the jazz community, was undoubtly responsibie for supplying dexter with one of the best teachers in the l. Bob berg, bobs blues, live at open music jazz club personal recording, tenor. After a brief hiatus from blogging, jazztranscriptions is back with a classic charlie christian solo from lexington, ky based guitarist tim fowler tim fowler has been a guitarist ever since he saw one as a child.
The excitement of a musical career spanning over 30 years is captured here in the 22 solos composed by gordon and transcribed directly off his recordings. The list or solos done by when they were done, artist name, tune name. Exercises for the jazz musician compiled and edited by charles mcneal. Transcriptions more information home about fji departments linear jazz improvisation.
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