Bebop heads - Scrapple From the Apple

[Mick-7]

Hmm … I transcribed it many moons ago and play it like this one I think, except the D natural in m3 I play as an F natural. And the D on the and of 4 in m1 is maybe not even audible in the recording? It sounds right but definitely a ghost note. I usually play it.

Forget lead sheets, let's go to the source....

In bar 3, Bird plays: Bb-F-D-Bb-G (Gm7 arpeggio) -A-F#-G-Db. So all the fake books are wrong.

[charlieparker]

Took a stab at it. Don't know it that well on guitar so I was fumbling through the fingerings.

[Boss Man Zwiebelsohn]

Forget lead sheets, let's go to the source....

In bar 3, Bird plays: Bb-F-D-Bb-G (Gm7 arpeggio) -A-F#-G-Db. So all the fake books are wrong.

According to the Owens dissertation there are 14 known recordings. Maybe even more have surfaced in the past 50 years.

[Mick-7]

According to the Owens dissertation there are 14 known recordings. Maybe even more have surfaced in the past 50 years.

All the versions I heard, by Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, and Sonny Stitt, play the same notes that Bird played in the You Tube recording I shared. There are transcriptions on YouTube too but they are inaccurate.

The CP Omnibook lists: Blue Ribbon 8011, Up Front 171, Charlie Parker Records 407, and Savoy 1108, as it's source recordings for this tune, but I can't tell if those are on YouTube.

This is probably the Savoy session, which is on YouTube (same as the one I shared)
The Genius of Charlie Parker [Savoy 2 CD] | AllMusic

Scrapple From the Apple - Charlie Parker | AllMusic

[GuyBoden]

I've been copying the head for Scrapple from this Tenor Sax version on youtube, I find it easier to hear, also I can read the notation of the parts I can't hear. (Yes, I have to transpose to concert pitch)

Head starts at 13secs in the video.

Thanks for the inspirational thread, and the inspirational contributors.

[Mick-7]

I've been copying the head for Scrapple from this Tenor Sax version on youtube, I find it easier to hear, also I can read the notation of the parts I can't hear. (Yes, I have to transpose to concert pitch)

Head starts at 13secs in the video.

Thanks for the inspirational thread, and the inspirational contributors.

He plays the head just as Bird played it, as I said. His solo is certainly easier to play than Birds.

[Old Nick]

I've got a May 1949 live (Paris) and Nov 1947 WOR (NY) studio (Dial) recordings on LP here. I'll try to get a clue from them later...maybe today.

[ragman1]

The other thing about this version is that the note sequence in measures 2 and 3 is different from the RB ed.5 sheet. Which is correct?

I've no idea. Perhaps they've both been recorded somewhere so they're both right. If right is the right word.

[Old Nick]

I've got a May 1949 live (Paris) and Nov 1947 WOR (NY) studio (Dial) recordings on LP here. I'll try to get a clue from them later...maybe today.

No further ahead. The Paris recording is too rough to be of much help. The '47 Dial one is better but you could hear how the older RB version came from it. What's right? No idea..I'm sticking with the version I started with, RB ed.5, at least for now.

[Mick-7]

I copied the head from this. I haven't tried it myself, just recorded the midi. The midi doesn't slur anything and plays triplets note for note. I'm sure that makes a difference. Incidentally, the RB version (same notes) leaves the bridge blank.

Attachment 113458

What is the source of this chart? The A section matches all the renditions I've heard - by Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon , Sonny Stitt, and Jim Hall. I can't say if the B section transcription is accurate, haven't checked it.

[AllanAllen]

What is the source of this chart? The A section matches all the renditions I've heard - by Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon , Sonny Stitt, and Jim Hall. I can't say if the B section transcription is accurate, haven't checked it.

That’s the 557 Standards pdf version.

[ragman1]

What is the source of this chart?

557 Jazz Standards. It's a fake book. See here:

557 jazz standards pdf

[GuyBoden]

I've had some time today for recording Scrapple on my new Enya carbon fibre hollow body guitar with built in mini humbucker.

It sounds good to my ears.

It's recorded in the room with a Rhode mic against the speaker.

[pamosmusic]

Here’s Scrapple from a gig last night