Ron Carter Transcription

[Bilbo]

Here is Ron Carter's line off Wynton Marsalis tune 'Hesitation' from his eponymous CD. It is essentially a Bb 'rhythm changes' tune but the absence of a piano means that Carter can take liberties with the harmony as his ears guide him. It is a great line and his perspectives on the changes are really interesting. The chords are included but these are a guide only as Carter is thinking outside of teh box here. This is a great way to lok inot these staple be-bop chanes as, for a jazz player, a knowledge of these changes is essential (like almost every gig!!).

I am including a chart for the head as well so that people can have it as a point of reference (it is in bass clef not Bb as it would be for tenor sax/trumpet). It is important to point out that Carter doesn't play for the first 16 bars of the first and final chorus, coming in at the middle 8, and watch that tag ending.

[Alun]

Looks fun - always on the look out for new Rhythm Changes ideas

Cheers
Alun

[anthomp]

Cheers very much

[Mike]

Fabulous. Thanks!

[JohnSlade07]

I notice that he "outlines" a new chord by using a 3rd or 5th in quite a few places e.g. Eb for Cm7. Is that quite a common device in jazz?

[jakenewmanbass]

[quote name='JohnSlade07' post='365310' date='Dec 29 2008, 09:18 AM']I notice that he "outlines" a new chord by using a 3rd or 5th in quite a few places e.g. Eb for Cm7. Is that quite a common device in jazz?[/quote]
Very much so, you can, if you extend chords upwards from inversions, find much more distantly related harmonic pallette, the real craft lies in making use of those distantly related notes in a meaningful and melodic way, it's a movement fraught with fret w***ing nonsense when people learn the motor skills to do it but not the music to keep up.

[lowdown]

[quote name='jakesbass' post='365509' date='Dec 29 2008, 03:05 PM']it's a movement fraught with fret w***ing nonsense when people learn the motor skills to do it but not the music to keep up.[/quote]

Very good.

Cheers Bilbo, another good un..


Garry

[Wuschelkopf]

Hi 

Im looking for ron carter transcriptions an i cant find this one...

Maybe the link is gone because the thread is 11 years old, but if there is a possibility to repost the transcription, i would be verry greatful.

Thanks and cheers

David 

[miles'tone]

I'd love a look at that too!