Adam spiers plays along with the solo, note for note, on the cello. Dont wait to play the beautiful composition by john coltrane for tenor saxophone solo transcription. This transcription of greasy wheel, hosted on bryans own site, serves as a sampler for the full 140page book of transcriptions, which can be purchased from monsieur bellers digital superstore. Put simply, bryan bellers seminal second album rocks. Quick little transcription of john coltranes solo on blue trane. More than 50 coltrane classics, transcribed exactly from his recorded solos. Blue train by john coltrane sheet music for piano, alto. If the search finds what you are looking for, then select the initial letter from the links below the table. The conference brought middle and high school teachers from all over idaho to the college of southern idaho for three days of seminars and workshops. Curtis fuller blue train trombone solo transcription. Coltranes solo on the master of blue train, a look that was not to be described blumenthal, 2003.
Download fuller, curtis blue train bc by rob egerton jazz. Blue train by john coltrane, transcription impromastering. More than 470 free transcriptions for bass and other instruments on basslessons. Chord changes to blue train blue trane submitted by bgp. Measure 73 is the beginning of the challenging saxophone soli influenced by coltrane s solo on the original blue train recording. This page lists 890 trumpet solo transcriptions that are available somewhere on the internet unless otherwise noted,all transcriptions are in bb key. Blue train curtis fuller solo eb7 ab7 eb7 ab7 6 a0 eb7. For the second solo in this series, i have published the sheet music to john coltranes solo from someday my prince will come smpwc.
John coltranes solo on blue train transcription youtube. The points of tension are where the upper chord tones 9 11 shown in yellow occur and the points of release happen on lower chord tones 1 3 5 7 shown in blueas an interesting side note, realize that the b natural in measure 9 played over a7, stays in our ear and is heard more as the th over d7 in the next measure. If you would like the chart to be a simple vehicle for solos, you can cut the sax soli by choosing not to play the sections at measures 73, 85 and 97, thus making the chart a complete solo blowing chart for your band. Coltrane, john blue train bass tab this is a great song by a great man. Blue train sheet music instruments guitar guitar tab digital sheet music for blue train by charlie jones,jimmy page,michael lee,robert. This is a well rounded collection of transcriptions.
Philly joe jones locomotion ive been working through philly joe joness intro on lomotion, from the coltrane album blue train. If you want to search for a key word in the title or artiste or date added then use this search facility. In blue train, john coltranes improvised solo on the second epistrophy. For bflat instruments john coltrane omnibook for bass clef. Released in 1957, the record is frequently cited as one of the most important in the history of jazz.
Take the a train 1958 au privave1960 days of wine and roses1963 pdf download. Blue train transcription sheet music for piano, tenor saxophone. Bass clef this submission is of an iconic solo played by john coltrane and if youre any kind of jazz fanatic itll be very familiar, but seriouslywatch the video. John coltrane blue train sheet music leadsheet in eb. From the funkiest bass grooves to the most lyrical bass solos, from the 50s up until 2020. This is a musical situation where you can hear the tumult of the 60s impose itself on the very last remnants of eisenhowers 50s. Learn the secrets of jazz phrasing and swing from john. Aug 01, 2001 of all of his albums, john coltrane selected one as his favorite. Take the a train california state university, sacramento. To get a transcription, simply click on the first letter of the title in the links below the lookup table. Blue train blue trane john coltrane real book, 6th edition. John coltrane sheet music to download top quality pdfs. Of all of his albums, john coltrane selected one as his favorite.
The primary challenge was to find fingerings which would facilitate accurate execution of the lines at performance tempo around 290bpm whilst maintaining a representative articulation. Take the a train1958 au privave1960 days of wine and roses1963 pdf download. Curtis fuller blue train trombone solo transcription youtube. John coltrane giant steps solo transcription having been on the to do list for a few years, i finally got round to learning this iconic solo.
Time clocked in transcribing, analysing and learning this solo. So, blue train is a tune by coltrane and blue trane is an inaccurate transcription of a tune by coltrane. John coltrane giant steps transcription pdf download. Best transcriptions sharepoint, interactive exercises to enhance musical expression, technique and creativity. Click on one of the link below to set your shipping options. Here you can find more about the best web sites that offer free and paid solo transcriptions. The first is a hip dominant blues and the second is just a minor blues. After hearing blue train, art pepper explained, the other cats sound ridiculous, like little children after tranes solos. He should have let the rest of the band play before him 2003. Paul chambers blue train blue train john coltrane jazz standard swing medium 44 blues paul desmond take five time out dave brubeck modal swing medium up 54 vamp ray brown bye bye blackbird live at scullers ray brown standard swing medium 44 aaba red garland surrey with the fringe on top chorus 1 steamin with the miles davis quintet. Single transcriptions are always sent via email as pdf, shipping delivery is only for books.
Only the horn parts are written so the bass and piano are left open to improv revised the parts, should have. Blue train is a studio album by john coltrane, released in january 1958 on blue note records, catalogue blp 1577. Thebasscases master list of transcriptions, sorted by bass player, song, album, and year. Solo transcriptions sax saxopediathis page lists 1780 solo transcriptions that are available somewhere john scofield alto. I used paul machlins thomas fats waller performances in transcription as a. Only the horn parts are written so the bass and piano are left open to improv revised the parts, should have been unison and had trombone and trumpet flipped.
Paul desmond solo transcription take the a train from. Blue train transcription sheet music for piano, tenor. Great transcription book of coltrane playing standards and his own compositions. Billie holiday with benny carter and his allstars band. Recorded at the van gelder studio in hackensack, new jersey, it is the only blue note recording by coltrane as session leader.