Transcriptions

Today, during the vibe hang with Mike Mainieri, we were discussing Lionel Hampton's solo on Stardust.   Mike was absolutely correct that Lioniel barely touched the damper pedal throughout, playing the instrument as if it were a drum.

Many years ago, Lionel had a fire in his apartment and lost many of his instruments.  His valet, on several occasions, would call me to bring an instrument to a gig in the Philly area so that he would have something to play on.   At one of those events, his valet gave me a copy of a transcription that a friend had done of that solo.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhbfGYiAFwxEZkOG10R8-_ZUIS8KtLK4j&si=Ja1iv4U04V7HMwCS

This playlist has Freidman 14 and a slow solo that Tony recorded for my lessons on Donna Lee. My job was to transcribe in Ab then transpose to C from memory. It was a tough one!

Blue Bossa Tony Transcription: https://youtu.be/p5X--sj07NQ

Donna Lee First 16 bars: https://youtu.be/XwVTTUB4VTY

Blue Bossa 2 chorus solo: https://youtu.be/yPZaXUpdK10

Friedman Etude #9: https://youtu.be/XNTOiMpdEBI

Write in the chords and extensions for the pdf.
Learn them, play them closed and open them.
Play my solo, your solo comp the chords.

Just my opinion but play and memorize the solo!

Here is the video of them playing.

Below is the transcription:

This is classic Lionel Hampton. It has all his tricks and signature moves. That is Ray Brown on bass and Buddy Rich on drums, so Lionel was right at home.

It's from the mid 1950's so it shows the influence that some of the more modern players like Milt Jackson were already starting to have on his playing. Mostly, his subdivisions are close to a triplet feel, but he does vary it and sometimes play straight eighths and other times, a dotted eighth/sixteenth feel.

Here is the sheet music to the transcription I performed in the video here:
http://www.vibesworkshop.com/video/sword-whispers-solo-transcription-pr…

This is a superb solo by Joe Locke from his Sticks and Strings album available through:
http://www.JoeLocke.com