There’s a quote from mulligan that goes something like ‘playing with Monk’s comping is like falling down an elevator shaft’ or something to that effect. I think its a safe assumption that this was a record company’s idea of ‘put two big names together and profit’ and thus I’m not sure the music was at the forefront of the intention here. Monk being famously fond of dissonance and jagged lines and Mulligan opting for linear consonant melodies. Two seemingly very different players with different approaches, and boy does that show on this album. Gerry Mulligan fans will probably know of the album that features him and Thelonious Monk. This transcription comes to us from Erik Robisch, thank you! New Mulligan Transcription – Straight No ChaserĪ new transcription has just been added to the transcription repository – and its a bit of a strange one. So congratulations to Leo P, anyone hearing him for the first time should also definitely check out his main inspiration, the late great, Ronnie Cuber. Also we can hope that anyone that gets interested in the baritone through him will also branch out to other realms of the baritone and further inspiration found therein. Leo P is a fine baritonist and actually should get credit for incorporating some extended techniques into his playing in a very approachable way. ![]() I personally find his music a bit monotonous, but I am thrilled that a lot of young people find interest in acoustic music and instruments through him. I’m sure this will grind some people’s gears as Leo P doesn’t play strictly jazz and attracts a young following as much from his outfits, hair, and dancing as he does for his playing. In other Leo news, Leo P (not to be confused with the aforementioned Leo Parker) has won the 87th annual DownBeat Magazine Readers’ poll. Both Jason and Frank are huge fans of Leo Parker and Frank has done quite a bit of work documenting all Leo Parker recordings. Ronnie once told me in a lesson that he couldn’t listen to Leo Parker anymore because he would copy it so much! Incidentally the great baritonists, Jason Marshall and Frank Basile will be playing two nights this weekend to celebrate Ronnie Cuber at Cafe Bohemia in NYC – Friday and Saturday I believe. I’m sure you all have heard about the passing of the great Ronnie Cuber. Head over to the transcription repository to get a copy. On the last page, where the higher harmonics, I indicated with * notes that can be modified with the embouchure and extra keys.Thanks to Aidan Sears we have our first new transcription addition in a while! Aidan sent in a chorus of blues from Leo Parker on the riff blues, “Leo Leaps In”, a short but incredibly joyous solo from a great album, “Back to Back Baritones”. This table also includes correction fingerings for the intonation of some notes. Blue dot : fingerings and corrections without treble F# key.Red dot : fingerings and corrections with treble F# key. ![]()
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