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 …
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bq8xp-KoU8w%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded This week on TTBOAW, I bring you another stellar performance from Lester Young and co. This is him performing with his quartet in 1956, and you can tell how much they were enjoying themselves (or maybe they were being held at gunpoint or something, I don’t know) by the amount of soloing they get …
I have often read over the years of the benefits of transcribing jazz solos, and how it can help improve aural and improvisational skills. I have decided I would quite like to reap some of those benefits myself, and for this reason I hereby instate a new tradition: Transcription Tuesday But On A Wednesday! Every …
