Gordon is accompanied by herbie hancock on piano, john mclaughlin on guitar, pierre michelot on bass and billy higgins on drums. Body and soul was a widely knownfamous pop tune of its day so anyone that heard this recording would have no question about which tune it was 2 this track is all business. 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. It blows very free and gets a nice substantial sound. Body and soul dexter gordon solo transcription bb pdf. I would love to have a backing track with this feel and also a transcription of dexters. This is one of the most commonly played jazz ballads of all time. Dexter gordon, 1962 dexter gordon interview, part i. Cheesecake was the first, and its followup, king neptune, features the quartet and the great tenor stretching out on satin doll, body and soul, i want to blow now which gordon briefly sings, and the otherwise unknown title cut, a gordon original that was never recorded elsewhere. Here you can find more about the best web sites that offer free and paid solo transcriptions. Figure 1 is a photograph of dexter gordon and rufus. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. One can only imagine gordon standing on stage, the bell of his tenor at the microphone, and. Dexter gordons ultimate body and soul cynthia folioa, alexander brinkmana soon after returning to the united states from europe in 1976, dexter gordon formed a band with george cables piano, rufus reid bass, and eddie gladden drums.
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. For more on dexter gordon, including a film clip from a vintage performance at a dutch nightclub, see our earlier article dexter gordon. The art of the ballad by dexter gordon on amazon music. If you would like me to post transcriptions that you have done please send me an email with attached files. These are transcriptions that were sent to me by various friends and musicians. He was one of the first players of the instrument in the bebop idiom of musicians such as charlie parker, dizzy gillespie, and bud powell.
I can play it all the way through, but when it comes to putting it in sibelius i cant get my head around where the notes fit metronomically into the bars as its played with notsostrict time. 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. Body and soul is a live album by american saxophonist dexter gordon recorded at the jazzhus montmartre in copenhagen, denmark in 1967 and released in. Boston bernie dexter gordon solo transcription bb pdf. Dexter gordon body and soul belgium, 1964 22 youtube. Dexter gordons ballads collection released in 1991. Download for free in pdf midi format, or print directly from our site. Heres free links to the transcriptions ive done in the past. If there were, dexter would be risking jail time and a fine in this performance, as he frequently but not always. The art of the ballad by dexter gordon on amazon music unlimited. Dexter gordon sheet music free download in pdf or midi on. I cant work out the time signature they are playing it in.
In our catalog, you can find dexter gordon sheet music for piano, drums, flute, saxophone, trumpet, guitar and almost any other instrument. Feb 09, 2011 pdf dexter gordon there will never be another you transcription theres no law requiring bars 3 and 4 of there will never be another you to be a minor iiv em7b5 to a7b9 in tenor key leading into the minor 7 chord in bar 5. Stream ad free with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Scrapple from the applecharlie parkerdexter gordons transcription. It was first recorded by jack hilton and his orchestra and later it was used as the theme for the 1947 film body and soul. Body and soul is a popular tune written in 1930 by johnny green. Suggested listeningcoleman hawkins body and soul collection released in 1996. Tenorsaxophonist dexter gordon was in peak form when recording at copenhagens legendary jazzhus montmartre in 1967. Volume 82 dexter gordon b flat, e flat, c and bass clef. Stream ad free or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. All of the releases in this valuable dexter in radioland. Filmed while dexter was living in europe, these shows feature legendary side musicians such as art taylor drums and kenny drew piano and jazz classics blues walk, a night in tunisia, body and soul and others.
Download your body and soul chord melody, solo, and more pdf here. Jan 22, 2012 body and soul was a widely knownfamous pop tune of its day so anyone that heard this recording would have no question about which tune it was 2 this track is all business. Body and soul 1 hours and 44 minutes movie charley davis wins an amateur boxing match and is taken on by promoter quinn. This album is a collection of takes from 1939 to 1956 and this version of this tune is one of the most popular. Dexter gordon plays body and soul in the noted film. If you dont have a pdf converter may i recommend pdf995. My hope is that this page grows to include jazz transcriptions of all instrumentalist not just saxophonist.
Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Most people are surprised because they think its a much larger mouthpiece than it is. No extraneous solos, just a neat 3 minute little package. Dexter gordon features three concerts filmed in 1963 and 1964 in holland, switzerland and belgium that highlight the bebop legends classic style and silky tone. Gordons height was 6 feet 6 inches 198 cm, so he was also known as long tall dexter and sophisticated giant. See new and popular dexter gordon songs, uploaded by musescore users, connect with a community of musicians who love to write and play music. Dexter gordon body and soul by dexter gordon music. Pdf dexter gordon there will never be another you transcription theres no law requiring bars 3 and 4 of there will never be another you to be a minor iiv em7b5 to a7b9 in tenor key leading into the minor 7 chord in bar 5. Dexter gordon, there will never be another you, body and soul, tenor, lucas pickford. They think its maybe an eight or nine or something like that, but its not. For the first time in his career, he was leading his own band, which stayed. Each solo is written out neatly and attention is given to the smallest details of each transcription.
The third and last cd under the title, body and soul on setco and reissued in 2010, is nothing but a repackaging of the album, dexter gordon, featuring joe newman, which was originally issued on the monad label in 1995. Dexter gordon february 27, 1923 april 25, 1990 was an american jazz tenor saxophonist. Dexter gordon plays body and soul in the noted film round. This release sounds much like others by gordon and them such as a gordon cantata west wind, 1978 and the three live at keystone discs 19781979 on blue note, but this body and soul floored me. Dexter gordon s body and soul are you talking about the version he playes on manhattan symphony. Dexter gordon on mouthpieces, reeds, and tone archive. Jazz standards songs and instrumentals body and soul. The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most. This version came up on random play on my iphone yesterday and i really like it. Like all of the music in the film, body and soul was recorded live on the set. Listen to your favorite songs from the art of the ballad by dexter gordon now. It is based in coltranes recording with the little vamp thing at the top. The dexter gordon society dexter gordon body and soul.
Transcriptions are an important part of learning jazz improvisation. Its a pretty robust program for basic notaion and best of all its free. The album had first been released on the black lion label in 1974 as blues walk. Body and soul is a live album by american saxophonist dexter gordon recorded at the jazzhus montmartre in copenhagen, denmark in 1967 and released in 1988 with five tracks as listed below. Tenor saxophone dexter gordons solo on blue bossa from. Dexter gordon body and soul free download as pdf file. Dec, 2010 our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination.
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