The Perfect Balance of Blues and Bop | Charlie Parker - Blues for Alice Jazz Solo Transcription
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This is one of Bird’s many great Blues heads, and his soloing on this track is one of the best examples of how Parker was able to flow effortlessly between a laid-back, soulful Kansas City Blues style and the more intricate and virtuosic Bebop style he pioneered.
A few thoughts I’d like to share about this transcription:
When Bird ends phrases going from his B to C in the staff, I suspect that he’s using the side C fingering to give those C’s a little different color.
In measure 46, it’s unclear to me if that’s truly an eighth note on the & of beat 2 or if Bird’s intention was to do a double- or triple-tongue figure, but the effect got lost (maybe due to tempo/recording technology). It’s very difficult to cram three notes in there, but I wouldn’t put it past him.
I included the Head Out in my transcription for two reasons.
1) I wanted to see if the articulations Bird u
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