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Is there a mistake in the head transcription of Now's The Time in the Omnibook for C instruments? For the turn on the Gm, I've been playing something starting from G, going to G# and back down again, with my lowest note in the phrase being C below. The Omnibook has it as a twiddle between Ab and Bb, and their lowest note is a B.
I realise it's very likely I've got it wrong, but would be nice to learn otherwise!
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11-30-2024 01:28 PM
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I’ve found there’s a bunch of variations on this head.
What bar of the transcription are you talking about?
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This is bar 9 on variation 'no 2'.
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Do you know what recording this is from?
I searched Savoy 2201 on YouTube and Billie’s Bounce came up, something going on there.
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He definitely plays an Ab, not a G. The lower note is usually played as a B but in the recording it’s really hard to tell, it’s a grace note that’s felt more than heard.
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@setupmupjoe - many thanks! Guess i need to re-adjust my fingering here.
@AllanAllen - the Omnibook claims the same head is used in both variants. The slow one is here, but here they only play the head for one chorus, not two:
Then there's the faster variant, which I'm more interested in since I prefer the solo
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I usually bend the G there instead of a trill.
Though I’m not surprised to learn I’m off.
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Me neither, about myself I mean. I didn’t think bending was allowed
Originally Posted by AllanAllen
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No bending is YouTube BS. Listen to the records, Charlie, Barney, Herb and Kenny Burrell bend all the time.
Illinois Jacquette’s contribution to the jazz language was slurring into a note from below on saxophone. We call it bending they call it slurring.
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They call it bending too Originally Posted by AllanAllen
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