{"id":28347,"date":"2015-07-17T10:11:58","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T15:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/?p=28347"},"modified":"2021-11-23T13:59:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T18:59:30","slug":"bob-mintzer-solo-transcription-you-and-the-night-and-the-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/bob-mintzer-solo-transcription-you-and-the-night-and-the-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Mintzer Solo Transcription &#8211; You and the Night and the Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here&#8217;s a solo transcription I started working on this week.\u00a0\u00a0 This is\u00a0another solo\u00a0from one of my favorite tenor sax players, Bob Mintzer.\u00a0\u00a0 I love Bob&#8217;s playing because it is so melodic and thematic.\u00a0\u00a0 He always plays ideas that you can grasp on to and that are catchy, yet he mixes in some pretty hip and advanced harmonic concepts into his lines.\u00a0\u00a0 This solo is from a live clip on Youtube of Bob playing\u00a0 &#8220;You and the Night and the Music&#8221; duo with Russell Ferrante at Saxquest in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Y6cfsqlAnY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is chorus one of the solo that starts at :14 in the video.\u00a0 I emailed it out to my mailing list this morning but thought I&#8217;d share it here also for those who are visiting.\u00a0\u00a0 If you are interested in more material like this feel free to sign up for my newsletter to the right of this page.\u00a0\u00a0 I plan on working on new solos and choruses each week and I will let everyone who is subscribed to my Newsletter know\u00a0as I finish each chorus. \u00a0\u00a0 Thanks,\u00a0\u00a0 Steve<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2015\/July\/You and the Night-Mintzer Solo Chorus 1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bob Mintzer Solo Transcription &#8211; You and the Night and the Music-Chorus 1 Bb PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2015\/July\/You and the Night-Mintzer Solo Chorus 2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bob Mintzer Solo Transcription &#8211; You and the Night and the Music-Chorus 2 Bb PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 12px; background-color: #f0b646; line-height: 1.4;\"><em>*If you would like to support me here at neffmusic.com, you can do so\u00a0on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/product-category\/support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support page of my store<\/a> by debit or credit card. \u00a0 Any support is appreciated and will go towards keeping this site running, saxophone reeds, mouthpiece patches, coffee, and towards justifying the many hours I spend on providing free transcriptions to the saxophone community!\u00a0 Thanks,\u00a0 \u00a0Steve<\/em><\/div>\n<p>A few things to think about while looking at and practicing this transcription:<\/p>\n<p>Chorus 1<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The chord changes I entered are the standard chords for this tune although there are some alterations that Bob Mintzer and Russell\u00a0Ferrante are making in each chorus. \u00a0Most notable is the bridge which sounds like they are changing the dominant chords to a suspended sound. (I noted that in the transcription as it seems to happen every time) This is a hip way to make dominant chords sounds \u00a0more modern. The cool thing is that\u00a0many of the same devices that work over dominant chords work well over these suspended chord also&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Bar 6-7 is a great example of delaying a resolution. \u00a0Mintzer plays a descending line and then lands on the #11, holds it for a beat and a half and then resolves it. \u00a0 It sounds like Russell Ferrante is also playing a Major #11 chord there\u00a0also.<\/li>\n<li>In bars 3,11 and 27 Mintzer uses the same altered line over the D7(b9) chord FEbBbC and then resolves to D of G minor 7.<\/li>\n<li>I love the bebop sounding line in measures 17-20. \u00a0That&#8217;s one to work on over dominant chords&#8230;&#8230;..<\/li>\n<li>I also love the rhythmic syncopation in measures 25-26. \u00a0A great exercise would be to try to take that rhythm and improvise with it through the whole form of the tune.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chorus 2<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bars 33-36 Mintzer is using a repeated melodic shape<\/li>\n<li>In bar 46 he uses the A diminished scale over the altered A7 chord. \u00a0These sound great especially when the chord is resolving to the I Maj7.<\/li>\n<li>On the bridge it seems like Mintzer is playing off the related ii-7 chords of each Dominant 7sus4 chord. \u00a0On bar 49-50 he is outlining F-7. On bar 51 E-7. Bars 53-54 F-7 again&#8230;.<\/li>\n<li>The other thing to pay attention to in this solo are how many offbeat rhythms Bob Mintzer plays. \u00a0There is a lot of syncopation and rhythmic interplay because he is making it so. \u00a0Many young students can tend to play &#8220;downbeat heavy&#8221;. \u00a0By this I mean that they are hammering the downbeats as they play. \u00a0This causes the lines to sound less rhythmically complex, swing less and be more predictable. \u00a0Studying Mintzer&#8217;s playing and trying to copy his use of offbeat rhythms would be a very valuable lesson to learn!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s about it for now,\u00a0 If you have any other thoughts about this solo please feel free to let me know in the comments below.\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks again to Bob Mintzer for his great playing and all he does on a daily basis to promote jazz music and education.\u00a0\u00a0 Now I have to chorus 2\u00a0for next week&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you are interested in learning about transcribing and the process and benefits involved I have two video lessons on the subject in my Neffmusic Lesson Store:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Transcription Introduction Lesson\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/product\/transcription-introduction-lesson\/\">Transcription Introduction Lesson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Transcription Step By Step Lesson\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/product\/transcription-step-by-step-lesson\/\">Transcription Step By Step Lesson<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you like the lines in this solo or love other tenor players like Michael Brecker or Bob Berg, check out my book\u00a0 &#8220;Devastating Minor Lines for Jazz and Funk Soloing&#8221;.\u00a0 It contains 100 killer modern 16th note lines in the styles of these players in all 12 keys&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;You can hear samples and read reviews by clicking on the link below.\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Steve<\/p>\n<p 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