I have always enjoyed reading and looking at the transcriptions in downbeat magazine over the years. For the first time in his career, he was leading his own band, which stayed. Bobby dukoff made two different bd hollywood tenor sax mouthpiece models during this time. As the title the resurgence of dexter gordon 1960 suggests, the tenor sax master resurfaced from his chronic bouts of addiction in an attempt to revive his onagainoffagain recording career. Transcriptions more information home about fji departments linear jazz improvisation. The life and legacy of dexter gordon a mustread for jazz fans.
Free backing wi parking brake abs freeback marine c 4 drop. In his last year of high school, he received a call from alto saxophonist marshall royal asking him to join the lionel hampton big band. Charlie parker, confirmation, the complete live performances on savoy, alto, charles mcneal. Dexter gordon february 27, 1923 april 25, 1990 was an american jazz tenor saxophonist. Charlie parker confirmation 1953 transcription by jake dester with. Dexter gordon was always a hero in oslo jazz circle, and even more so after he came to norway for the first time in 1962. Confirmation transcription by andrew frankhouse dexter gordon s solo from the album daddy plays the horn. In many ways, his sound and style are more the epitome of jazz than. Dexter gordon quartet manhattan symphonie 1978, vinyl. Dexter gordon solo transcriptions browse by all dexsolospdfs sort by featured best selling alphabetically, az alphabetically, za price, low to high price, high to low date, new to old date, old to new. I have been searching everywhere for a lead or chord sheet for this tune and am looking for some help. Dexter gordon played on a conn 10m and a dukoff bd hollywood tenor saxophone mouthpiece during the blue note era until the midsixties. Also present were dizzy gillespie, ron carter, kenny burrell, mary lou williams, cecil taylor, max gordon, et al. Dexter gordon always had the quality of seeming to be speaking with you through the horn.
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Tenor saxophone dexter gordon s solo on apple jump from biting the apple transcribed by dustin mollick on august 5th, 2009 6 10 14 18 22 26 30 g e7 a d7 b e7 a d7. Those of us old enough to have been there in washington, dc on august 28, 1963 with over 200,00 people marching for jobs and freedom are forever touched by that event and we know that the struggle continues as young people pick up the torch and march in protest against the killing of young black men and women and all social injustice. Free backing wi parking brake abs freeback marine c 4 drop ez lube oil wi brake flange 2 no no 518 flanged 518 coned galvanized. Learning the language of jazz greats such as charlie parker, lester young, phil woods, etc. Daddy plays the horn if youd like to support me you can do so at this l. Daddy plays the horn if youd like to support me you can. Dexter gordon holds a ba in theology, jamaica theological seminary and ma in communication ethics, wheaton college, and a ph. I have compiled a collection of 26 solos featuring jazz greats herbie hancock, booker little, max roach, grant green, stan getz, slide hampton, thelonious monk, jackie mclean, cuong vu, clifford brown, roy haynes, woody shaw, sonny rollins, jon. Shop and buy dexter gordon jazz saxophone solos sheet music. Dexter morgan, a blood spatter technician for miami dade police department and also a sociopath serial killer. Jazztimes written by maxine gordon, sophisticated giant a biography presents the life and legacy of tenor saxophonist dexter gordon 19231990, one of the major innovators of modern jazz.
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Dexter gordons solo on blue bossa from biting the apple tenor saxophone transcribed by dustin mollick on august 16th, 2009 7 11 15 19 23 27 31 d g. Blue bossa dexter gordon sheet music for alto saxophone, tenor. The penguin guide to jazz awarded it three out of four stars, saying daddy would be worth the purchase for confirmation and autumn in new york. Sometimes only 1 note needed to be changed other solos needed a little more work. Its a pretty robust program for basic notaion and best of all its free. Confirmation transcription by andrew frankhouse dexter gordons solo from the album daddy plays the horn. Now you can get all of the transcriptions from this masterpiece absolutely free with this new ebook. If you dont have a pdf converter may i recommend pdf995. I view transcription of jazz solos to be an essential part of learning how to improvise. His scholarly work explores the themes of public discourse, social theory. Dexter gordon sheet music free download in pdf or midi on. Dexter gordons solo on apple jump from biting the apple.
I really just need a chord sheet as the melody i can learn by ear. Bb instruments dexter gordon solo driftin f7 a7b b. Daddy plays the horn is a 1955 jazz album by saxophonist dexter gordon. Jan 05, 2011 from the blue note recording doin allright, recorded may 6, 1961. Find dexter gordon discography, albums and singles on allmusic. From the first moments when dexter gordon sails into the opening song full of brightness and confidence, it is obvious that go is going to be one of those albums where everything just seems to come together magically. His enormously charismatic personality combined with superb artistic capabilities, a world star on his tenor saxophone, made him have friends everywhere, also. Dexter gordon solo transcriptions browse by all dexsolospdfs sort by featured best selling alphabetically, az alphabetically, za price, low to high price. Boone getting his chops in early, followed by gordon and then the highly underutilized banks, who saves his best work for the end of the album. Oct 23, 2015 wavedexter gordons full transcription. Here you can find more about the best web sites that offer free and paid solo transcriptions. Stanley turrentine with the 3 sounds pdf of transcription for free download.
My quartet is wanting to do this tune in the style of dexter gordons version. Dec 25, 2019 dexter gordon february 27, 1923 april 25, 1990 was an american jazz tenor saxophonist. Dexter gordon was always a hero in oslo jazz circle, and even more so after he came to norway for the first time in 1962parker in the 1940s confirmation dewey square moose thethe book charlie cheese cake dexter gordon cheetah kenny green jrroll mortona. Pdf dexter gordon its you or no one transcription doin allright was a comeback album for dexter gordon, whod more or less vanished from the scene for nearly a decade, a result of what the jazz press euphemistically called personal problems. He was among the earliest tenor players to adapt the bebop musical language of people such as charlie parker, dizzy gillespie, and bud powell to the instrument. Bennie wallace 1, dexter gordon 47, illinois jaquet 1, marcus strickland 1, sidney bechet 1. It marked the beginning of a long and fruitful association with blue note, and. Tenor saxophone dexter gordons solo on apple jump from biting the apple transcribed by dustin mollick on august 5th, 2009 6 10 14 18 22 26 30 g e7 a d7 b e7 a d7 g g7 c c b e7 a d7. His studio and live performance career spanned over 40 years. If you are only going to have one dexter gordon album.
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