He is also a oneman publishing house with treatises on improvisation, transcription,negotiating the music business,and the life of. Thus, the title of this article is the realization of tranthe realization of transcription 110 new coltrane solos. John coltrane with the red garland trio traneing in. I was looking through david bakers the jazz style of john coltrane and it lists off volumes 1 thru 5 and ive heard that theres much more than this. The studio recording of a love supreme is the most perfected of coltranes studio recordings with the quartet, the one that exemplifies the ideas and aspirations of the group better than. Andrew white andrew s musical enterprises incorporated 4830 south dakota ave. Temporal disunity and structural unity in the music of john coltrane. The realization of transcription 110 new coltrane solos. Andrew white born september 6, 1942 is an american jazzrnb multi instrumentalist. Coltranes deployment and expansion of a jazz rhythm section. Coltrane sounded like he played andor what i wanted to hear mr. Andrew white offered up his own theory of coltranes use of harmonic structure which he called polydiatonicity. John studied clarinet and alto saxophone as a youth and then moved to philadelphia in 1943 and continued his studies at the ornstein school of music and the granoff studios. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from andrew coltrane at the discogs marketplace.
Whites framed transcription of coltranes afroblue solo runs along an entire wall in his brookland home. Andrew coltrane the purple machine, released 15 june 2019 1. If you primarily want the improvised solos, you can order them from andrew white. For nearly 60 years, andrew white has committed john coltranes solos to paper, capturing the saxophone giants famously freeflight. John coltrane, chord progression of giant steps, transcribed by andrew white. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. The john coltrane performance transcripts consists of five oversize volumes of transcriptions of john coltrane performances, transcribed by andrew white. Coltrane on coltrane by john coltrane 9291960 downbeat ive been listening to jazzmen, especially saxophonists, since the time of the early count basie records, which featured lester young. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. I thought i might gain a better appreciation of his work if i could see it. A bluetinted blackandwhite photograph of coltranes face looking to the. The music of john coltrane jazz giants plastic comb june 1, 1991. At some point youve attempted to play giant steps at a jam session or even by yourself at home and had to learn the hard lesson.
As kahn notes, this was the year coltrane truly became coltrane kahn, 9. A piano arrangement for the song giant steps by john coltrane. Acknowledgement part i airegin alabama all blues all or nothing at all bessies. For nearly 60 years, andrew white has committed john coltrane s solos to they are very accurate, barebones transcriptions, says lewis. Of unique importance to the study of coltranes music is andrew whites extensive collection of solo transcriptions, collated in the l4volume series, ihe works of. High quality and interactive, transposable in any key, play along. Each volume contains transcriptions of 1520 songs including classics such as freddie the freeloader. My favorite things jazz version from the sound of music arr. B m7 ballad 76 e m9 b7 5 a7 5 a maj7 bmaj7 b 7 9 bmaj7 b 7 9 e 11 7 bmaj7 fm9 g b m7 e m9 b7 5 a7 5 a maj7 b m7 e m9 b7 5 a7 5 to coda a maj7 d. White is an authority on the music of john coltrane.
This article is intended to help you understand what the hells happening in these tunes. John coltrane equinox piano, clarinet, bass, drums and. For nearly 60 years, andrew white has committed john coltranes solos to paper, capturing the saxophone giants famously freeflight improvisations in notes that dont appear on standard jazz sheet music. Thus, the chord progressions go by descending thirds. This book does include however, sections of tunes which include improvisation as part of. It can be very tricky to understand precisely whats going on harmonically with them. John coltrane on practice and more posted by jon harnum on november 23, 2015 right off the bat in this 1966 interview with john coltrane, he touches on where he practices, and how he leaves his instruments out and at the ready, like when he says, my flutes are by the bed, so when im tired i can lay down and practice. Brent edstrom for piano solo, intermediate piano sheet music. This arrangement is good for when you are in a trio setting with a bass player, but it can also be played alone without a rhythm section. Two hour radio show in tribute to john coltrane broadcast on the anniversary of his death july 17 2012. Resolution john coltrane pdf a love supreme john coltrane resolution. He is also a oneman publishing house with treatises on improvisation, transcription,negotiating the music business,and the life of a crazed sax maniac, among other topics. Understanding coltrane changes part 1 learn jazz standards.
Coltrane participated in his first recording sessions while enlisted in the navy from august 6, 1945, to august 11, 1946. John william coltrane 19261967 was a prominent africanamerican jazz. John coltrane, crescent, crescent, tenor, casa valdez studio, transcription by andrew white. Also issued in 1965, ascension had stunned the jazz world with the blunt force of its innovation a swirling maelstrom of noise, it was an answer to the challenge that had been posed by ornette colemans free jazz several years earlier. Bair, jeff, cyclic patterns in john coltrane s melodic vocabulary as influenced by nicolas slonimskys thesaurus of scales and melodic patterns. I follow the school of thought that says there are basically three phases in coltranes musical life. Where to find andrew whites coltrane transcriptions.
On the other hand, most jazz text books i have studied recommend trying to transcribe them yourself. Out of this world is one of the best things coltrane ever recorded that rolling classic quartet groove with some very intense coltrane tenor. John coltrane had already performed at carnegie hall with dizzy gillespie 1949 and miles davis 1955, but the 1957 performance was extraordinary. T he retro chic of vinyl this package of john coltranes pivotal sessions for atlantic in 195960 is released as seven vinyl discs or six cds seems now to be joined by an appeal to the. To celebrate the month leading up to john coltranes 88th birthday, i decided to begin with his masterful solo on byeya, from thelonious monk and john coltrane live at carnegie hall. Bair, jeff, cyclic patterns in john coltranes melodic vocabulary as influenced by nicolas slonimskys thesaurus of scales and melodic patterns. Evan parker gave this talk on 5 august 2006 as part of jazz em agosto in lisbon, portugal. Transcription of coltranes solo on crescent casa valdez studios. The saint john william coltrane african orthodox church, as it is known today, was invited in 1981 to join another congregation, under the condition that coltrane be demoted from god. He was drafted into the navy in 1945 and played alto sax with a navy band until 1946. Seeing through a love supreme to find john coltrane. I would identify his activities from the beginning up to 1961 as one phase. Cyclic patterns in john coltranes melodic vocabulary. Why did this guy transcribe all these john coltrane solos.
Andrew white has thoroughly and meticulously transcribed, encyclopeiasized, catalogued, documented, and selfpublished the most significant linguistic contributor to the jazz language in the history of jazz, john coltrane, writes peter occiogrosso, in the soho news, new york may 15, 1975. Cyclic patterns in john coltranes melodic vocabulary as. Coltranes first musical influence was his father, a tailor and parttime musician. John coltrane performance transcripts an inventory of the. Brian scanlon 1, frank wess 1, john coltrane 85, peter weniger 1, tubby hayes 7. He performed eight numbers in a pickup band that included trumpeter dexter culbertson. Andrew white is a an overachieving madman who transcribed almost every single solo that trane ever recorded and selfproduced over 48. Condemned by many critics as john coltranes worst album, om suffers only in comparison to the great works that preceded it. Soul eyes, the mal waldron ballad, gets a lovely intimate reading that falls just short of the top tier of coltrane ballad performances. Coltrane was heading towards an arhythmic, nonsteady pulse in his lines, as well as seemingly in the piano accompaniment. If youve been playing jazz for a while and have really gotten deep into it, youve probably had to confront them. John coltrane on practice and more the practice of practice.
Joe henderson 19372001, one of the most influential saxophonists and composers in jazz, is an example of a performer whose contributions are overshadowed by those of his betterknown contemporaries, such as miles davis, john coltrane, and sonny rollins. Henderson was prolific as a recording musician, composer and educator. I think ive read he transcribed something like 650 songs. Nicolas slonimsky, thesaurus of scales and melodic patterns, table from. Although coltrane died very young, at 40, in 1967 of liver cancer, his life nonetheless described a significant exploratory arc driven by an accelerating need to go everfurther to the outer. What ive wondered is if andrew ever published his many volumes of trane transcriptions. Most of his stuff still sounds like random noise, but i am trying to learn to get it.
One hears on tran sition and sun ship how trane plays nonmetrically, yet elvin still is 174 themes coltranes meditations suite consequences end example 5. Sever translucent metal humming birds unreleased cdr, recorded 2004 composedplayedrecorded november 5th6th 2004. This article presents the discography of the jazz saxophonist and band leader john coltrane september 23, 1926 july 17, 1967. Andrew white is a crazed sax maniac who has transcribed about 450 john coltrane solos, as well as many by eric dolphy. Finding aid for the john coltrane transcriptions collection 181 5 box 1, folder 3 andrew white. When i listen to coltranes playing with the thelonious monk quartet at carnegie hall, i am reminded of. Coltranes melody is also based on the eb dorian and eb aeolian modes.
As fans celebrated the jubilee of a love supremecoltranes masterpiece 1965 albumin february, white was preparing to chart solos from newly released recordings of. Whites book on the music of john coltrane, trane and me 1981, was also published in this manner. Includes great two handed chord voicings, left hand voicings for soloing, walking bass that can be played using the left. John coltrane, take the coltrane, page 4 kelly bucheger. Though steeped in music theory, coltrane, referred to it, according to white, as that funny thing.