Transription of John Coltrane's solo on "Pursuance" on trumpet by Charlie Porter

While in school earning my Master's in Jazz at MSM in 2008, I had an assignment to transcribe a solo for class. I chose Coltrane's solo on Pursuance.

The recording on this video is of me playing along with the actual recording of Coltrane. The sheet music is from my personal transcription. At two places in the recording, volume on the CD is lowered for a few seconds. This was done as a test to make sure that I kept tempo during the silence.

This solo, while difficult on the sax, is especially difficult on the trumpet.

Enjoy!

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[allrawful]

Questions, Charlie;

- How long would it take you to learn something like this? (after transcribing it)

- Do you have a strategy for learning things like this? A system, like Clarke's "how you practice" idea, working from the end to the start, beat by beat? Would you slow it down and work up the speed, or get sections worked out then join them together?

Brett

[hotlipsporter]

Hey Brett. When learning this solo, I first learned it by ear. That forces you to take it slow and lear it measure by measure. Then I wrote it out. This way it is a natural organic process.

[gilleslegatuke]

beau boulot;-)

[dotownwonderbros]

that was amazing!

[garciadjc]

asombroso!!



[SIRONEDRAGON]

Very cool : )

[milnak]

kindly send a link to a PDF (preferably written up an octave, as written for tenor sax). great work!

[MarijaMedvedeva]

Hi,

Can I ask you to send me this transcription?

[G8tr1522]

The end of the piano solo at 0:01 is one of my favorite jazz riffs ever. I get goosebumps every time to that.

[Lot2learn]

Impressive.

[Modes9]

All that "out" pentatonic stuff sounds like Woody Shaw when you do it on a trumpet.