Woody Herman's Bijou - solo by Bill Harris

Bill Harris became famous as a jazz trombonist, and many think this jazz solo is what put him "on the map"; I play my transcription of this famous solo

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[StradMan37]

Great 'resurrection' of Bill's original solo - I've heard it several times, on an old-time jazz radio show, when I lived in the Tampa area, on WMNF-FM. You really did manage to capture the essence of his famous solo.

Thanks!

[crtune]

@StradMan37 - thanks so much. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I was too late to enjoy working with touring big bands having been born in the late fifties. I was lucky enough to hear several of the remaining bands like Kenton, and Woody when they were still around. The sound of a great swing band is still a thrill for me. I'm lucky to get plenty of work with the older cats in town, who know how swing bands should really sound.

[larryirun]

Nice job! What does that go up to pitch wise? Harris does not get enough recognition in my opinion. Do you have the "Live at the Peacock Land Hollywood" album? Lot's of good examples of his playing in it.

[crtune]

Goes up to high "D" (a major ninth above middle "C"). Unfortunately he does it as a string of, at first octave jumps then major ninth jumps.

Thanks. I will try and check that album out.

[fetze]

I like it !

[crtune]

Thanks; your vote is duly recorded.

You have excellent taste :-)

[StradMan37]

@crtune Wow - it's fabulous that you can work, nowadays, with "paisanos" who truly understand the history of big band jazz.

I was fortunate to be able to see, in concert, Woody, Buddy, Maynard, Doc - like me, retired & living in Mexico, Bill Watrous - who's not fronting a big band any more, and Gerry Mulligan - I thought of his "tentet" as a big band-sounding group.

I DID play onstage w/Doc, but he didn't know it - HS reward for winning "State Band of the Year", in '71 was a concert w/Doc!

[fiddlersblack]

why dont you give up discouraging cool people just because you are frustrated because of your lousy life, dude :)

[crtune]

I still need to get those and add them to my collection. . apparently Harris did all kinds of things and changed they way he did things over his career. . .interesting. . stay tuned. .I will try and do more interesting trombone-ish things.

[allflip99]

Nice job. I also like Harris's solos on the JATP albums.