Transcriptions

Bud Powell's solo on the master take of “Bouncin’ with Bud,” from the 1949 Blue Note session.

Bud Powell's solo on his own “Celia,” from the 1949 trio session with Ray Brown and Max Roach

Bill Evans's solo on “Nardis” from Explorations (1961), with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian.

Sonny Rollins's and Sonny Stitt's tenor solos on Stitt's “The Eternal Triangle,” from Dizzy Gillespie's Sonny Side Up (1957).

Horace Silver's three-chorus solo on “Opus de Funk,” from his 1953 Blue Note trio recording .

Sonny Clark's solo on the title track of Cool Struttin’ (Blue Note, 1958).

Herbie Hancock's solo on “One Finger Snap,” from Empyrean Isles (1964).

Red Garland's solo on "My Funny Valentine" from Miles Davis's Cookin' (recorded 1956), with Paul Chambers's bass line transcribed underneath.