The Reality Book

CONTENTS


SET ONE: GETTING STARTED


EASY STROLLING (The Blues)
Transcription: CHARLIE PARKER Au Privave alto sax
Exercise: Chord Tones


MYSTERIOUS PROPHET (based on BLACK ORPHEUS)
Transcription: PAUL DESMOND alto sax
Exercise: Using Motifs



FALL DEPARTS (based on AUTUMN LEAVES)
Transcription: MILES DAVIS trumpet
Exercise: Building a Solo from a Distilled Melody


EASY COME, EASY GO (based on IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU)
Transcription: HANK MOBLEY tenor sax
Exercise: Motivic Development


SET TWO: GETTING STARTED


MRS J (based on HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES)
Transcription: KENNY BARRON piano
Exercise: Getting Your 5-4-3s Together


SWEET POTATO PIE (based on SWEET GEORGIA BROWN)
Transcription: ART TATUM piano
Exercise: Using Major Triads Built Off the Root



IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN (based on FOUR)
Transcription: PHINEAS NEWBORN piano
Exercise: Developing Arpeggios & Scales for Improvisation


G.D. STREET (based on GREEN DOLPHIN STREET)
Transcription: WYNTON KELLY piano
Exercise: Playing Chord Tones on Strong Beats


SET THREE: TAKING GIANT STEPS


NO SWEETER SONG (based on THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE)
Transcription: AHMAD JAMAL piano
Exercise: Implementing the Harmonic Minor Scale


BEING ONE (based on BODY AND SOUL)
Transcription: COLEMAN HAWKINS tenor sax
Exercise: Developing Familiarity with Chords



MONK-A-NING (based on RHYTHM CHANGES)
Transcription: THELONIOUS MONK piano
Exercise: Question & Answer Phrasing & Whole Tone Scales


FATHOM-A-NING (based on HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN)
Transcription: KENNY BARRON piano
Exercise: Approaching the iiø7-V7-i Progression


SET FOUR: THE SHAPE OF JAZZ TO COME


NAPER TIME (based on DOXY)
Transcription: TUBBY HAYES tenor sax
Exercise: Micro Level Dynamics


JUST A FACT (based on CELIA)
Transcription: BUD POWELL piano
Exercise: Rhythmic Variation & Harmonic Approach



HIDE YOUR HEART (based on IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU)
Transcription: JOHN COLTRANE tenor sax
Exercise: Arpeggios From the Third (from Coltrane's solo)


PLENTY OF TIME (based on OLEO)
Transcription: JOHN COLTRANE tenor sax
Exercise: 3-5-7-b9 Resolutions


SET FIVE: CONFIRMATION


TWEETING THE BLUES (based on BLUES FOR ALICE)
Transcription: RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK tenor sax
Exercise: Constructing a Solo Using 4-Note Shapes


SUNLIGHT IN WYOMING (based on MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT)
Transcription: GERRY MULLIGAN bari sax
Exercise: Phrasing Exercises



DENIAL (based on CONFIRMATION)
Transcription: CLIFFORD BROWN trumpet
Exercise: Chromatic Embellishment of BeBop Lines


BRUCE LEE (based on DONNA LEE)
Transcription: ART PEPPER alto sax
Exercise: Understanding Chromatic Voice Leading


ADDITIONAL


DUSK AND DAWN (based on NIGHT AND DAY)
Transcription: KENNY GARRETT alto sax
Exercise: Development Within Repetition


THE CRUELEST MONTH (based on I'LL REMEMBER APRIL)
Transcription: WARNE MARSH tenor sax
Exercise: Hemiolas for Developing Rhythmic Tension



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