Sonny stitt transcription book

A perfect example of this is measures 17 and 18 shown below. Sonny stitt is the author of the sonny stitt collection 5. Sonny stitt, heavily influenced by charlie parker, played with many jazz legends during his career, including dexter gordon, dizzy gillespie, bud powell, j. Molinski 3 e 7 mi a 7 3 dmaj 3 d 7 mi g 7 b c 7 b f 77 mi emi a 7 mi d 7 c g 7 7 mi f 7 mi 3 b 7 3 a2 e maj 3 e 7 mi a 7 d 7 mi dmaj 3 3 g 7 c c 7 f 7 5 mi b 7 emaj a 7. There is a paucity of information written about stitt s life and the music he created. Shop and buy improvised tenor saxophone solos sheet music. These music notes for tenor sax transcription includes 4 pages. Sonny stitt established himself on the american jazz scene in the 60s before making an impact on the uk jazz funk scene during the mid70s. Pablo demonstrates his transcription of bebop master sonny stitt. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. February 2, 1924 july 22, 1982, known professionally as sonny stitt, was an american jazz saxophonist of the bebophard bop idiom. Equipped with magnificent technique and iron chops, and gifted with an innate ability swing, he could turn on the music. Find sonny stitt discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Home bio teaching media kit transcriptions blog contact contact.

Art blakey quartet, be bop boys, billy eckstine and his orchestra, bud. This score was originally published in the key of b authorscomposers of this song. Heres free links to the transcriptions ive done in the past. Good sonny stitt tenor solos to study sax on the web forum. Stitt tried to shake jackie mclean up, too but jmac n sonny were way to hip for stitts shit. Then begin the journey by playing these wonderful transcriptions. Killing blues solo sonny stitt sax transcription tenor.

This page contains jazz saxophone and flute solo transcriptions by numerous jazz masters. Improvised tenor saxophone solos by sonny stitt book. Three new sonny stitt transcriptions have been posted at they include au privave alto, afternoon in paris tenor, and chabootie bari. Here are free transcriptions of solos from some of my favorite saxophonists. Sonny stitt was nominated for a grammy, in the category of best jazz performance by a soloist, for his 1972 album. Sonny stitt tenor and alto saxophonist was born edward boatner jr. Sonny stitt sits in with the oscar peterson trio by sonny. Killing blues solo sonny stitt sax transcription tenor sax youtube. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the bestdocumented saxophonists of his generation, recording more than 100 albums. This knockout blues improvisation of sonny stitt is a scorcher. A free online jazz improvisation lesson based on sonny stitts solo on tune up.

Ive purposely left articulations and other minutia off of the transcriptions to encourage students to listen to the recordings and mark them in themselves. The penguin guide to jazz rated the album three and a half stars out of four and wrote of the session, they intermingle their respective manynoted approaches as plausibly as if this were a regular band in fact, they never recorded together again. I hope to add transcriptions every week or two ive only got 100 to post. This valuable collection of transcriptions can serve as your personal microscope into a genius at playing the saxophone. Despite this critical acclaim, stitt has been ignored in academic research. The hal leonard artist transcriptions book is good, too. Music profile for sonny stitt, born 2 february 1924. Sonny stitt down home blues alto saxophone transcription. Chris potter plays acapella solo standards transcription e book for jazz saxophonists, transcriptions play a vital role in our musical development. Listen to your favorite songs from sonny stitt with the new yorkers by sonny stitt now. Improvised tenor saxophone solos by sonny stitt book sheet. As the founder of the chicago school of tenor sax, he performed with. In many of the transcriptions, there are trumpet lines included, piano lines many with the voicing written out, bass cues, three part harmony lines when there are three parts in the melody such as when rollins is playing with sonny stitt and miles.

Download sonny stitt body and soul sheet music notes, chords. The blues scale for tenor bb and alto eb sax music instructional book by andrew d. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. Killing blues solo sonny stitt sax transcription tenor sax free download from. The sonny side of stitt sonny stitt, sonny stitt quartet. Jul 24, 1982 sonny stitt, the alto saxophonist who was regarded by charlie parker as the inheritor of mr. Sonny stitt body and soul sheet music notes, chords tenor. Stitt was a jealoushearted chump coasting along on cheap booze and reliving his glory days by muscling starryeyed kids on obscure bandstands. There will never be another you, sonny stitt so killing, man. There will never be another you, sonny stitt so killing. Learning the language of jazz greats such as charlie parker, lester young, phil woods, etc.

New sonny stitt transcriptions available sax on the web. My transcriptions are not intended to be used as a substitute for transcribing solos yourself. Id also recommend the two stitt transcription books by gary keller, the tenor book is in print, the alto book is harder to find. Albums include sonny side up, for musicians only, and duets. The album where you can find a recording of each solo is listed on the transcriptions pdf. Check out his cds which can be purchased from itunes. I view transcription of jazz solos to be an essential part of learning how to improvise.

Sonny stitt, 19241982, was an american jazz saxophonist active from 1941 until his death in 1982. Sonny stitt recorded extensively throughout his career, so frequently that he often could not remember his sessions a year later. No transcription can accurate capture the momentum of sonnys crisps articulations and. Parkers style and stature in jazz, died of cancer thursday night at the washington hospital center. The sonny stitt biography is a great example that when a dude is posessed with the jazz mojo you just cant stop him from playing. Buy 20 steps e book four jazz scales you should know major scales.

Sonny, not for the cash id also recommend the two stitt transcription books by gary keller, the tenor book is in print, the alto book is harder to find. Blistering sonny stitt blues sax solo transcription youtube. Jazz composition arrangement for tenor sax transcription. Every lesson can be viewed in a choice of three keys eb, bb or concert with the solos and any of the musical examples and exercises in the lesson content transposed for ease of use for any instrumentalist. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet.

This page examines sonny stitts tenor saxophone solo on tune up from the verve recording, the hard swing. Here are 2 pdf books that contain 48 sonny stitt transcriptions done by fellow saxophonist keith oxman. No transcription can accurate capture the momentum of sonny s crisps articulations and. Jan 01, 2012 for the most part sonnys lines consist of chordarpeggios mixed in with bebop scales. All of the solos in the book are in the tenor key of c major.

Keith lives in colorado springs and is a monster saxophonist. A guide to free online saxophone transcriptions best. Upon listening to it i have realized i love sonnys faster tunes, but find his playing on slower tunes a bit too much for me. You always get more from learning a transcription by ear first. Many of us have bought transcriptions books featuring solos by various players such as charlie parker, cannonball adderley, bob mintzer, hank mobley, john coltrane, and sonny rollins. Sonny stitt body and soul sheet music notes, chords. Each lesson will include a full transcription of a sonny stitt solo and will also include exercises and studies based on the analysis. Prior to these recordings, sonny stitt recorded in the 40s for tiny bradshaw s band. Two new sonny stitt solo transcriptions seth bailin.

For the most part sonnys lines consist of chordarpeggios mixed in with bebop scales. Pdf sonny stitt, 19241982, was an american jazz saxophonist active from. He starts with an arpeggion on the extension of the c chord 7, 9, 11, with the a acting as an upper neighbor tone that resolves down to the g. However, jazz educators have embraced stitts music.

Sonny side up is an album by trumpeter dizzy gillespie that features tenor saxophonists sonny. Click here for harry sweets edisons solo on edisons lights ceora lee morgans improvised solo on ceora. I also found a couple of ebooks on the charlie mcneal web site,named the keith oxman sonny stitt solo transcriptions book 1. Sonny stitt was and is the starting point for playing bebop and jazz improvisation. Solos are transposed for convenience for c, bb, and eb instruments. Groovin high webb city cool blues tri horn blues au privave blue lights up and over nuff guff liza nice work if you can get it watch what happens. The keith oxman sonny stitt solo transcriptions book 1 compiled and edited by charles mcneal. Transcription of sonny rollins solo on almost like being in love by mattymel75. Since this is one of the few transcription sites out there with v ersions of each solo for c, bb, and eb instruments, it works for both alto and tenor folks not to.

Transcriptions are an important part of learning jazz improvisation. Sonny stitt, the alto saxophonist who was regarded by charlie parker as the inheritor of mr. There are only a few sonny stitt transcription books out there, and this. Johnson, miles davis, thelonious monk, and many others. I first heard sonny stitt on the radio doing twelfth street rag and thought wow.

Apr 17, 2014 stitt tried to shake jackie mclean up, too but jmac n sonny were way to hip for stitt s shit. A little bit of stitt 1959 sonny stitt sits in with the oscar peterson trio 1959 the sonny side of stitt 1959. There is a paucity of information written about stitts life and the music he created. The keith oxman sonny stitt solo transcriptions charles mcneal. Sonny stitt made more records as a leader than any other jazz instrumentatlist. Sonny stitt blues walk 1 chorus all 12 keys sonny stitt blues walk chorus transcription in all 12 keys the following transcriptions were done by daniel matthews 408 8061694. Sax player and educator jeff rzepiela offers up a fine collection of solos by straightahead sax players such as hank mobley, sonny stitt, and wardell gray to name just a few. Prior to these recordings, sonny stitt recorded in the 40s for tiny bradshaws band.