Dave Brubeck – Home At Last
Brubeck recorded a fair bit of solo piano and while he’s not one of my favourite piano players out there he had a terrific combination of freedom and swing that makes his music infectious once to start...
View ArticleBill Evans – Tenderly
Apologies for not posting for a while, I’ve moved house recently so have had lots of stuff to keep me busy. I’ve also been busy with the quartet and we’re in the process of finishing off an album which...
View ArticleThree new ones from a reader
Manu has dropped me an email with three new transcriptions of Keith Jarrett that he’s obviously worked very hard on. Please do check out his site for more about him and of course news transcriptions....
View ArticleChristmas jazz piano medley
I’m not in the habit of ‘blowing my trumpet’ and using my blog to publicise things I’m doing, but I wanted to wish you a fantastic Christmas. What better way to do that than record a 8 minute-plus...
View ArticleBill Evans – My Romance (Vanguard sessions)
The sessions recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1961 are now considered ultimate examples of piano trio recording and playing. This transcription is done by Jorn Swart and covers Bill playing the...
View ArticleAhmad Jamal – Sumayah
The first post of quite a while! Greetings to all, and happy 2017. Let’s hope this year is better than 2016! This transcription is from a now out of print album ‘One’ pressed by 20th Century Fox...
View ArticleTommy Flanagan – Oh Lady Be Good
A class act – that about sums up Tommy Flanagan. He faithfully accompanied Ella Fitzgerald for a couple of periods, starting from the mid-fifties, and in this beautifully recording album with Peter...
View ArticleBrad Mehldau – Secret Love
Brad Mehldau is definitely a ‘thinkers’ piano player, his solo work in very different from the way most Jazz pianists approach solo playing. In fact sometimes it doesn’t really feel much like jazz at...
View ArticleGene Harris – Can’t Stop Loving You
Gene Harris was one of those pianists who started off in a more blues and boogie woogie style. He was part of the ‘Three Sounds’ group that ended up backing Lester Young, Sonny Stitt and even Miles. In...
View ArticleHerbie Hancock – Blue Otani
If you had any doubt that Herbie is a genius on the keys, you can lay them to rest when you listen to his solo ‘The Piano’ album. There are four originals, interspersed with three of the standards that...
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