Mrs Miniver by Dexter Gordon Guitar Transcription

It's got a couple of mistakes in, I couldn't get a clean take and lost patience with it after a while! It was always the easy bits I messed up. Nevermind, I got most of it just about ok. Dexter's time on this tune is hard to follow as he's got his own way of playing behind the beat that's hard to copy, for me anyway.
The track is from the 1970 album "The Panther"
Tommy Flanagan (p) Larry Ridley (b) Alan Dawson (d)

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[twangbarfly]

Great stuff indeed, Dan. Just landed on your channel "by accident" - on a serendipitous Saturday morning stroll through YouTube with coffee in hand :-)

Had to grab my guitar straight away! Great work on your other transcriptions. Sounds to me that you've practically got Dexter's time cracked on this one! Thanks again!

[DanJohnson]

@twangbarfly Very kind comments thank you. It was a challenge to do for sure but worthwhile; there's lots of stuff that I'd never think of playing- he was a legend!

[twangbarfly]

@DanJohnson That's the great thing, Dan, to hear someone playing things so well and with the right time and inflections on the guitar, and ideas and phrases that a guitarist wouldn't come up with logically on his instrument. Watching you inspires me to try and do the same - it's fun and challenging to play lines from other instruments on the guitar. As well as broadening your musical pallette, it also makes you think more as a musician than just a guitarist, which has to be good! Thanks again.

[DanJohnson]

@twangbarfly Spot on. In a perfect world I would be able to play with the freedom and expression of a sax player..... until then I'll keep practicing!

[jplanejazz]

Great work with the transcription. Sounds like a brutal solo! I'm studying Dexter Gordon for my Honours Degree at university at the moment. I recently uploaded a couple of transcriptions to my channel. I would appreciate your feedback when you have a minute. Great playing!

[DanJohnson]

@jplanejazz Thanks Jared, your playing of those transcriptions sound great, you really nailed them man! Dexter was a great player, unique sound and time. For a player that was well known pre Coltrane, he was humble enough to take on board Coltranes innovations; check out his version on the 'Live at Montreux with Junior Mance' and also his version from 'The Panther'. Stay in touch and let me know how you get on your studies. All the best.

Dan

[twangbarfly]

@DanJohnson By the way I am not a great big Dexter Gordon fan, but your playing really opened my ears - and mind - now I've got to go out and get me some Dexter - and then woodshed it :-) I'm having my Sonny Stitt and Hank Mobley moments just now :-) Too lazy to transcribe solos - just pull ideas out and try to work out how to play them on the guitar. By the way, watching your other vids, the older I get the better Joe Diorio sounds - John Mclaughlin too :-)

[DanJohnson]

@sunhaws1 Thanks David!

[sunhaws1]

Excellent Dan! Must now go and look further into Dexter Gordon.

New picks working fine and thanks for tracking them down.

David N-A

[DanJohnson]

Yep, big framed poster of "Way Out West", probably my favourite album!