Transcription Tech

DOC STEWART

Jazz Saxophone Artist, Physician, Surfer, Carpenter, Cannonball Adderley Historian and Collector

My strategy is to transcribe Cannonball solos from 1955 through 1963 first. After 1963, the solos become increasingly difficult to transcribe as Cannon played more rhythmically free. There definitely are some classics during the later years including what I think is Cannon's greatest recorded solo, Stardust, in 1966.

Featured Transcriptions:

Song Title	Artist	Date	Source
So What	Cannonball Adderley	August 7, 1959	Radio Recording of the 1959 Playboy Jazz Festival
East of the Sun	Eddie Daniels	1987	To Bird with Love (GRP GR-1034)
Corcovado take 8	Cannonball Adderley	December 10, 1962	Cannonball's Bossa Nova (Riverside RLP-455)
Gone with the Wind	Pete Christlieb	circa 1980	I lost the tape. Recording no longer exists.
The Summer Knows	Phil Woods	January 14, 1974	Music du Bois (Muse-537)
There is no Greater Love	Eddie Daniels	July 11, 1977	Brief Encounters (Muse MR-5154) Updated 4/12/06
Ko Ko	Charlie Parker	November 26, 1945	Charlie Parker (JSP Records JSP-915C)
Stardust	Cannonball Adderley	March 18, 1966	Money in the Pocket (Capitol Jazz 7243 4 77568 2 5)

Equipment and software I use to transcribe:

PC tweaked for gaming
Studio quality headphones
Roland PC-200 MIDI keyboard controller
Transcribe!
Finale 2011
Oversize printer

LINKS:

Check out a transcription maniac Charles McNeal. A great source for solo transcriptions from a multitude of artists' solos.

There is a real good essay on transcribing on the Transcribe! software site.

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Cannonball Adderley Transcription Tally Table

CANNONBALL:	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975
TOTAL SOLOS	57	26	38	82	53	56	52	67	31	22	10	38	11	14	28	17	10	40	41	36	31
TRANSCRIBED	57	26	38	82	53	56	52	25	10	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
% DONE	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	39%	32%	5%	10%	3%	9%	7%	4%	0%	0%	3%	0%	0%	3%