[Dixielandjazz] Transcribing Solos

[Mike]

Did Trane originally do a lot of recording on alto until he went to 
Tenor?(Pre Miles Davis Quintet)

Mike




Steve Barbone wrote:
> Dexter was something else. The other night while returning from a gig, I
> tuned into my local Jazz Station and heard what I thought was Dexter. Turns
> out it was the first recorded solo of Coltrane, circa 1951. While I knew
> that Trane adored Dexter, I had no idea he sounded so much like him at the
> very beginning of his journey. (As you know, Dexter had a very identifiable
> sound and I was really fooled by this early Trane)
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> The program then proceeded to play Trane records chronologically and I was
> so immersed in his development from a Dexter sound alike to gaining his own
> voice that I drove for an hour before heading home home to keep listening.
> It was a real lesson in how a player changes as he becomes more confident of
> his own abilities.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve
> 
> on 9/25/06 4:48 PM, Mike at mike at railroadstjazzwest.com wrote:
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