I don't know how many (if any) of you would be interested in this, but if just one person is, it'd be worth posting about. I just discovered a site that has a bunch of (partial) solo transcriptions from several jazz artists. They're transcribed by guitarist Steve Kahn and there's accompanying mp3s and analysis for each one. There's a lot of stuff from Wes Montgomery, Jim Hall, Pat Martino, Michael Brecker and some Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, etc. The transcriptions aren't made with a program like Finale or Sibelius; they're hand written and consequentially a little harder to read... but what do you want for free!
I'm excited about it! Though the majority of my gigs are with pop/rock cover bands, jazz is about all I ever practice and I've been feeling pretty stagnant with my playing for quite a while. I'm hoping to motivate myself and delve into some of this stuff. I've always been too lazy to transcribe. I have picked up ideas and licks from other players by ear, but I never wrote anything down; always just memorized. So I think this is pretty cool!
Anyway, here's the site:
http://www.stevekhan.com/korner1.htm
Enjoy! Or not...
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