Jazz Solo Transcriptions

[j.a.e.r.i.p]

I'm looking for some solo and bass line transcriptions for double (or electric) bass. namely mingus, chambers, carter, etc.

can anyone recommend any sites or places i could get transcriptions like this?
or does anyone have any they could send me?

[j.a.e.r.i.p]

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[Ben Rolston]

why not do them yourself?

[j.a.e.r.i.p]

i guess i'd like to get a few under my belt just reading before i start to transcribe them myself. i've done a few electric solos so i'm trying to ease into upright solos

[Nadav]

There's a book of Paul Chambers solos out by Jim Stinnett.

[Mr.Phil]

Not sure Mingus is the way to "ease yourself in," but I've stumbled across this before on amazon. Looks nice http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Mingus...3585049&sr=1-2

[Jeremy Allen]

"The Bass Tradition" by Todd Coolman is an outstanding collection of solos. Volker Nahrmann has published one or two collections of Oscar Pettiford transcriptions that are very useful, and for the more advanced player there's Phil Palombi's collection of Scott LaFaro solos.

For basslines, there's a series called "Walking in the Footsteps of..." that focuses on Paul Chambers, Sam Jones, and Doug Watkins with transcriptions of walking lines from recordings. There's also a great collection of Ron Carter basslines transcribed from some of the Jamey Aebersold play-alongs; I can' recommend those highly enough.

All are available from www.jazzbooks.com, I think, or Lemur if you can't find them there.

[tww001]

While published transcription books are great (I do own some), and allow you to see what players are doing at a level that may be too high for you to transcribe (LaFaro, Gomez, etc), you won't accumulate improvisational vocabulary and ideas in the same way as if you do the transcriptions yourself. Books like that are great because they can show ideas that you wouldn't otherwise transcribe, or turn you on to recordings you've never heard. Doing your own transcriptions really trains your ear (melodically, harmonically, and rhythmically), and gives a deeper feeling for the solo (or bass line), because you listen to it so many more times with deep focus. Listen to the solo a bunch, and be able to sing a phrase in good pitch before you put it under your fingers, it makes it so much easier. Good beginning transcriptions (meaning solos and bass lines that are harmonically and rhythmically 'inside') are just about anything by Ray Brown, some Paul Chambers, Mingus' live quartet recordings (Live at Cafe Bohemia, Mingus Quartet plus Max Roach) are fairly easy as well.

Those books are great though for looking at stuff that's much more modern (LaFaro and Gomez, for instance, as mentioned above), and there is a wealth of knowledge in them, and they really kick your butt if you try to sight read them (aaahhh!!!).

[beatstone]

My bro is JAZZ Fan and he always talks about Paul Chambers and I bet whoever wrote hsi solos trans.must be pretty awesome.

[Bruce Lindfield]

www.lucaspickford.com has some transcriptions of solos by Ron Carter,Scott La Faro,Dave Holland, Paul Chambers,Eddie Gomez etc.

[jazzbass72]

I have a Mingus and a Pettiford transcription on my website, with more to come... when I find a minute to put them on Finale!

http://www.marcopanascia.com/transcriptions.htm

-Marco