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Miles Davis trumpet transcription – Straight, No Chaser

Sweets — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 21:25:26 +0000

Back when I was younger, Miles Davis was one of the jazz trumpet players I started off transcribing. I didn’t transcribe this particular version of Straight, No Chaser though. The one I transcribed was when Miles was much older. I love Miles Davis solos because he uses a lot of bends. This particular solo he added a little “When the Saints Go Marching In” riff.

Miles Davis’ Trumpet Solo
Straight, No Chaser by Thelonious Monk – off the album “Milestones” by Miles Davis

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I’ll Close My Eyes – Blue Mitchell trumpet transcription

Sweets — Sun, 25 Oct 2020 22:54:04 +0000

You’ll enjoy this smooth trumpet transcription of Blue Mitchell improvising over the jazz standard tune, “I’ll Close My Eyes”. The trumpet transcription is in a different key, but don’t worry about that. There are still some nice patterns to get from it.

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Woody Shaw transcription – There Will Never Be Another You

Sweets — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 23:50:53 +0000

With potential hurricanes heading towards New Orleans and other gulf coast regions, we need to have something help keep our spirits up. For us jazz fans, there isn’t much better than a great trumpet jazz solo. So why not make it a Woody Shaw trumpet transcription improvising over the tune, “There Will Never Be Another You”.

This trumpet transcription is great because there are a lot of outside pentatonic patterns to take advantage of. Something Woody Shaw is well known for.

This trumpet solo transcription is off the album ‘Solid’ by Woody Shaw. The trumpet transcription can be downloaded here.

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Ryan Kisor transcription – Donna Lee

Sweets — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 22:42:21 +0000

We all know Donna Lee is a fun yet fast jazz standard to improvise over. Ryan Kisor takes this trumpet challenge to the next level with plenty of triplets in low and high ranges. As always with Ryan Kisor, he likes to take patterns outside the box which means there are some nice licks to take advantage of in this trumpet transcription.

Donna Lee by Charlie Parker/Miles Davis – off the album ‘Donna Lee’ by Ryan Kisor

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Dexter Gordon transcription – Blue Bossa

Sweets — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 00:32:22 +0000

This is a nice Dexter Gordon tenor sax transcription over Blue Bossa by Kenny Dorham. Blue Bossa is a really fun jazz standard to improvise over. Minor changes going into a nice ii V7 I. There are a lot of ii V7 I licks to grab from this transcription that sound so natural. Dexter also uses a lot of pentatonic licks and keeps the solo moving smoothly.

Dexter’s solo is followed by nice piano and bass solos.

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Ryan Kisor transcription – I’ll Close My Eyes

Sweets — Sat, 01 Feb 2020 02:33:42 +0000

This is a really nice trumpet transcription of Ryan Kisor playing over the tune “I’ll Close My Eyes”. It’s quite a relaxing trumpet solo and tune. This recording is off the album ‘Kisor II’ by Ryan Kisor.

There are lots of outside pattern licks in this trumpet solo. I hope you enjoy.

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Sergei Nakariakov testing new mouthpieces and equipment

Sweets — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 20:54:07 +0000

This awesome video of Sergei Nakariakov doesn’t have any Jazz, but worth sharing. You would expect any human to make some mistakes when testing out new trumpet mouthpieces and horns, but not Sergei, because he is a trumpet prodigy.

It’s also fun to note Sergei has all these pieces memorized. Sometimes you have to question how you compare to these types of phenomenal players. Should you quit? Comment welcome.

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Freddie Hubbard Misty trumpet transcription

Sweets — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:36:38 +0000

This Freddie Hubbard Jazz trumpet transcription on Misty has a really nice introduction by Freddie. The transcription includes the chord changes which is always a plus. Not sure why chords would ever be excluded from a transcription, but they often times are. This transcription is from the album Sweet Return.

The ending has a good diminished lick to take advantage of. Can you transcribe it?

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Jazz trumpet jam session heaven

Sweets — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 02:49:07 +0000

Jazz trumpet heaven jam session. A rare gathering with Dizzy Gillespie, Jon Faddis, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Marsalis, Jimmy Owens, and Vaughn Nark jamming to the tune Tour De Force. Nothing is better than listening to trumpet players show off and jam against each other. With Jon Faddis and super high notes to Wynton Marsalis and super creativity and Freddie Hubbard and aggressive jazz licks.

There are a lot of great jazz licks to grab from this jam session video. Jimmy Owens has his name imprinted on his flugelhorn, nice. Enjoy!

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Roy Hargrove live performance with fast bebop

Sweets — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 01:17:53 +0000

This the first post at JazzTrumpetLicks which utilizes a Facebook embedded video. Let’s hope the Facebook servers are just as fast as Google’s servers. This Roy Hargrove live jazz trumpet solo performance demonstrates some hard bebop lines for sure, that’s why I posted the video. As usual, Roy Hargrove also builds up the solo well with lot’s of silence near the beginning of the solo.

Apologies as I don’t the name of the tune. If you know more details please share.

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