Bill evans transcriptions take a look at my collection of transcriptions with me, sound of love my mans gone now nardis how deep is the ocean lucky to be. Jazz transcriptions these transcriptions were made by slowing down recordings to half speed using transcribe, either in front of a piano and notating on paper, or in front of a computer, notating on sibelius. Miles claims in his autobiography that he wrote all of the tunes on kind. Bill evans all the things you are the solo sessions. Download for free in pdf midi format, or print directly from our site.
Bill evans blue in green take 2 transcription duration. You must believe in spring was the first of four studio albums bill recorded as a leader for warner brothers. My foolish heart sheet music bill evans sheet music pdf, download sheet music. Piano transcriptions archive including more than 950 transcriptions in pdf of popular jazz pianist. Bill evans transcriptions pdf viewer valleysoftzone. A nice transcription of bills performance of beautiful love take 2 as it appears on the album explorations. One of two ballads on the lp the other being flamenco sketches, the melody of blue in green is very modal, incorporating the presence of the dorian, mixolydian, and lydian modes. If you have older versions of some of these solos check the updated date to see if a newer version has been posted since your last download. Jazz guitar here is a set of original transcriptions of great performances from traditional expressions to the more modern manifestations of jazz guitar. Though he would often revisit the same songs, there are no. These are all saxophone players of course, so in the interest of being more well rounded. Although the composers credit went to davis on the album, the piece was actually composed by pianist bill evans the miles davis estate has. Blue in green is a ballad allegedly written by miles davis for his famous hit record kind of blue.
Blue in green is the third tune on miles davis 1959 album, kind of blue. Ive long admired listening to this album and now to be able to play these arrangements with exactly the voicings that bill uses is an education in itself. I sometimes use my piano applet as a visual aid as i listen and transcribe. Bill evans sheet music free download in pdf or midi on musescore.
When i fall in love as played by bill evans jazz transcription. The tight and almost telepathic musical communication between the musicians, the strong repertoire six evans originals, a pair of ballads, and so what. Frequence analysis of so what the sessions monday, march 02, 1959. Bill evans was so creative in the way he chose voicings for chords. Bill evans transcriptions pdf agentslastflights diary. Marc cary love evolves piano solo, from for the love of abbey 20 kev choice sing about me piano solo bill evans night and day piano solo, from everybody digs bill evans 1958 jarod kashkin equinox piano solo ellis marsalis creole love call piano solo, from duke in blue 1999 ellis marsalis duke in blue piano solo, from duke in blue 1999. On the whole the transcriptions of bill evans is intermediate difficulty. This album launched the modal era of jazz and its accessibility has made it the highestselling jazz album of all time. Evans really lets you have it here with his wonderful texturally rich approach that we have all come to know and love. Blue in green from the album kind of blue by miles davis.
I began creating music transcriptions of piano recordings in 1977. It was also his last recording with eddie gomez, who had been his regular bassist since the late 60s. Bill evans transcriptions free bill evans transcriptions piano. Many musicians are looking for bill evans transcriptions. After a brief hiatus from blogging, jazztranscriptions is back with a classic charlie christian solo from lexington, ky based guitarist tim fowler tim fowler has been a guitarist ever since he saw one as a child. Jazz piano transcriptions recommended jazz advanced piano. Please check the boxes on the songs you would like to buy then scroll to the bottom of the page and press add to cart. Individual transcriptions doug mckenzie jazz piano. Bill evans blue in greenthe concert in canada amazon. Compare and contrast my two transcriptions of bill evans recordings of leonard bernsteins lucky to be me with me. Portrait in jazz track 2 bill evans blue in green, from album.
Many of the real books reference miles as the author and so i included here it for easy reference. Yes the chords have bill evans written all over them, perhaps miles had some say in the melody. The canada concert is one of my favorite bill evans albums. The most rewarding state of todays music is its newness whatever its categories, the new thing as todays jazz composer and performers are called is just as the title, these inventors seek to express the jazz state of inventors, it is at its most high and has been for the last five years, don cherry has certainly had his position in this new music over a decade or more as it has been for the. Print and download in pdf or midi blue in green voicing miles davis bill evans. See new and popular bill evans songs, uploaded by musescore users, connect with a community of musicians who love to write and play music. Transcriptions of bill evanss jazz piano solos including waltz for debby, green dolphin street, a time for love, one for helen, turn out the stars. This is one of bills early albums featuring the great bassist scott lafaro. Several accounts suggest that it was actually composed by bill evans, but.
Jazz piano transcriptions archive include about 950 piano. Sometimes only 1 note needed to be changed other solos needed a little more work. The solo is 14 choruses long and has some really interesting lines. Prior to this i had picked out songs by ear like the beatles lady madonna and martha my dear, memorizing them as i went, and thus bypassing the process of attempting to notate what i was hearing. Bill evans blue in green take 2 transcription youtube. In our catalog, you can find bill evans sheet music for piano, drums, flute. Some of these transcriptions include voicings for the left hand, while others use chord symbols instead. Rare transcriptions 2 song recording 1i hear a rhapsodywith jim hall undercurrent 2. Drawn by a wide variety of styles, he studied jazz and classical guitar and north texas state universitynow university of north texas. One of the most popular pages on the internet for intermediate to very advanced piano solo, contains jazz transcriptions from current and past masters, and arrangements by. The great jazz standard blue in green for jazz guitar now with audio and pdf with. This is the only song on which cannonball adderley sits out. This fake book would not be complete without blue in green dating from bills time.
Lets take a close look at some of my favorite chord voicings from his playing and learn how we can improve our playing. Download your blue in green chord melody, solo, and more pdf here. Blue in green tutorial bill evans chords, voicings, pdf. Ive snabbed the pdfs and extracted the following transcriptions from various issues. Quite a bit of the album consists of ballads, the two lonely people, what are you doing for the rest of your life and of course the title track blue in green, but there are also a. Im aware that bill evans often spoke vehemently of blue in green being his. One of the things that has helped me become a better jazz musician has been transcribing dozens of solos from some of my favorite jazz artists. Blue in green comprises a canadian concert by the bill evans trio. Blue in green is the third track on miles davis album kind of blue which is the bestselling jazz album of all time worth checking out if you havent already. Each one of these recordings is a joy to hear, and i hope you find these transcriptions even more enjoyable to. Transcription archive sykes transcription custom music. Blue in green from the jazz pianists ultimate guide to the real. Ive read through all of my old transcriptions and made my own corrections.
This page contains links to pdf files of various transcription work ive done throughout my career. Fantastic transcriptions for solo piano taken from bill evanss solo album alone. In our catalog, you can find bill evans sheet music for piano, drums, flute, saxophone, trumpet, guitar and almost any other instrument. You could not lonesome going once book amassing or. One is the riverside recording on the album, everybody digs bill evans, and the other is from a recording someone sent me about 18 years ago, that i. Ive already posted about the issues of letter from evans that are available on scribd.
The solo is on a fsus blues with some altered changes. Many of the bill evans tribute recordings by musicians all over the world as well. The 10measure form is much shorter than most jazz standards and so its repeated numerous times in a performance. Get free bill evans rare transcriptions scribd read books bill evans rare transcriptions scribd read books getting the books bill evans rare transcriptions scribd read books now is not type of challenging means. Suggested listeningmiles davis kind of blue album released in 1959. Blue in green voicing sheet music for piano download free in. Bill evans sheet music free download in pdf or midi on. Bill evans liked this composition written for conrad. In transcriptions of bill evans you can find impressionist harmony, inventive interpretations, block chords.