Well, as promised last week, today represents the final edition of Transcription Tuesday But On A Wednesday! Boo hoo! That’s right, after this there will be no more. Transcriptions, that is – I assume Wednesdays will still continue as planned. To celebrate, and in order to completely undermine my plan of finishing on a nice …
Coming up on Transcription Tuesday But On A Wednesday (But On A Thursday)… This! I have a confession to make today that I hope will not upset the general population of Planet Earth too dramatically. The truth is, in recent weeks my enthusiasm for Transcription Tuesday But On A Wednesday has begun to wane somewhat, …
It’s back, and it’s bigger than ever! But enough about my student debt – I’m really here to talk about this week’s Transcription Tuesday But On A Wednesday, which takes the form of a live performance by Lester Young of ‘A Foggy Day’ by everyone’s favourite Gershwins: The Gershwins. It’s not a foggy day where …
For this week’s transcription, I thought I would have a go at another piece of music with ‘clarinet’ in the title, because that’s always a sure hallmark of quality. The tune in question is Clarinet Cadenza, which was written by Sid Phillips and performed regularly by him as his (strangely downbeat) opening song. Another thing …
This week on TTBOAW, I present to you a mildly disappointing rendition of ‘On the Sunny Side of the Street’, as performed by Benny Goodman and friends as part of a fundraising concert for arranger extraordinaire Fletcher Henderson. Disappointing in terms of quantity, that is, for our fine ten-fingered friend only solos for half a …
Oh you Benny Benny Goodman, Benny Benny Goodman we love you. And, with Benny Benny Goodman Benny Benny Goodman what we’ll do. All set with a clarinet, oh what a happy time we’ll spend. Goodman Benny Benny Goodman, our fine ten-fingered friend. Goodman Benny Benny Goodman, our fine ten-fingered friend. Anyway… ‘Dinah’, Benny …
Now here’s a song that I’ve played once or twice in the past, as anyone who’s been stalking me in recent years will already be aware! But today it’s not me playing it – oh no it’s not. I get a guest musician every week. And this week it’s… Benny Goodman! Here he is playing …
It has come to my attention that the world in general was left bereft last week as they were deprived of their regular dose of transcriptionies. To make it up to everyone, I have done… absolutely nothing. I would apologise for that, but I choose not to. The good news is that, this week, TTBOAW …
This Tuesday (or is it a Wednesday? I’m never sure) we shall take a trip back in time to the distant year of 1928, when a select group of musicians including clarinettist Omer Simeon gathered to record Jelly Roll Morton’s composition ‘Shreveport Stomp’. Shreveport, for anyone who doesn’t know, is a city in Louisiana. How’s …
Greetings all. As you may expect, I have another transcription for you today, and will be concluding my recent series of Barney Bigard’s favourite feature pieces with The Duke Ellington Orchestra (according to ‘Jazz: The Rough Guide’). ‘Across the Track Blues’ is pretty short and simple so didn’t take me long to work out at …
