{"id":34349,"date":"2016-02-04T00:13:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T05:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/?p=34349"},"modified":"2021-11-23T13:55:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T18:55:20","slug":"chris-potter-transcription-of-cherokee-in-10-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/chris-potter-transcription-of-cherokee-in-10-keys\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Potter Transcription of Cherokee in 10 Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So check this out! \u00a0About 10 days ago, \u00a0I\u00a0was on SOTW (Sax on the Web) \u00a0looking through various posts about saxophone stuff when I ran across a post by a recent member from Spain I didn&#8217;t know named&#8221;ffjay&#8221; that read:<\/p>\n<p><em>Hi all!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Guess you&#8217;d listen one of the stunning Chris Potter&#8217;s solo playing <span class=\"highlight\">Cherokee<\/span> in 10 keys. I&#8217;d just transcribed his first solo chorus and I figured I cannot do the whole\u00a1 what if we do it altogether, one solo chorus each one of us and share it for All fans of jazz music? Could be an international project. We have two saxophone collegues on board but we need more people! Are you in?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RR6Jrq3xJPw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I have to be honest, about a year or two ago I asked the same thing on SOTW about another solo that I wanted to transcribe and it was like a ghost town after that post. \u00a0You could hear crickets! \u00a0I don&#8217;t think one person responded. \u00a0Now, a year later as I read ffjay&#8217;s post my first thought was &#8220;Good Luck buddy! I doubt you&#8217;ll get anyone on here to help&#8230;&#8230;.&#8221; \u00a0I closed my\u00a0browser, left my computer and got on with my day. \u00a0As I went about the stuff I had to do, I kept thinking about ffjay&#8217;s proposal. \u00a0Man, If he could get a bunch of guys with good ears and transcription skills we could get this huge solo done in record time! \u00a0As I got excited about that thought and the idea of working together with guys around the world that I didn&#8217;t even know to accomplish this task, I came back to my computer and posted that I would volunteer to help. \u00a0If you&#8217;re not part of the solution then your part of the problem. There&#8217;s no I in TEAM. You know the drill&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Ffjay (whose name is Artem Zhulyev) ended up finding 6 guys to help including me. \u00a0We all took different choruses and started to get to work. \u00a0It was cool to hear updates from Artem\u00a0as he reported different choruses being completed. \u00a0I quickly finished the second chorus I had volunteered to do and by that time I was hooked. \u00a0I had to see this project completed. \u00a0I volunteered to finish a couple more choruses as well as combine, proofread and help edit the solos. \u00a0Artem did an insane amount of work transcribing as well as entering many of the handwritten transcriptions in Finale before sending them my way.<\/p>\n<p>The transcribers were Artem Zhulyev, Dimitri Safronov, Scott Dart, Andei Pobozhi and Denis Zolotih. I have no idea who these guys are or where they are from but they worked hard to accomplish this task in less than 10 days. \u00a0Six people\u00a0from around the world cranking out a huge transcription in 10 days! \u00a0 Very cool! \u00a0Take a look at this 28 page transcription and I think you will be impressed also.<\/p>\n<p>This solo is from a Masterclass that Chris Potter did in Akron Ohio on 12\/4\/15. \u00a0I posted it on the site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/chris-potter-masterclass-12-04-2015-akron-ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> in December. \u00a0As usual, Chris Potter plays an a cappella solo of a jazz standard that is incredible! There is so much material in this transcription that as Artem was emailing me the final choruses\u00a0today I was thinking I should take a 6 month sabbatical and just practice this solo for the next 6 months&#8230;&#8230;.(It would be nice)<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the solo! \u00a0Thanks to Chris Potter again for all the inspiration and great playing. \u00a0 Thanks to Artem (ffjay) for pulling this together and cranking it out! \u00a0 I get the impression from him that he would have finished this by himself if no one had ended up volunteering anyways. \u00a0It&#8217;s great to work with other sax players around the globe that have a similar passion and love for jazz. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1av9c1o38t6ow.cloudfront.net\/2016\/Cherokee in 10 Keys-Potter Final 1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cherokee in 10 Keys-Chris Potter-Final Version Bb<\/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>And for those of you who were spoiled in the past when I transposed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/bob-mintzer-blues-solo-transcription-in-12-keys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bob Mintzer Blues solo<\/a> in 12 Keys all to the key of C. \u00a0Here is the Potter solo all in the key of C. \u00a0I had to\u00a0mess with the octaves at times to still keep it in the range of the tenor saxophone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1av9c1o38t6ow.cloudfront.net\/2016\/Cherokee Solo in C-Chris Potter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cherokee Solo all in one key-C-Chris Potter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1av9c1o38t6ow.cloudfront.net\/2016\/Cherokee Solo-Concert Key-Chris Potter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cherokee Solo-Chris Potter-Concert Key<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PS. \u00a0I saw on Facebook that Charles McNeal was undertaking this entire solo transcription by himself. I\u00a0believe I saw his post around the same time that I read Artem&#8217;s post on SOTW 10 days ago. \u00a0Believe it or not, Charles posted today that he would be done with his version of the transcription today or tomorrow which totally blows my mind. \u00a0I&#8217;m amazed that us 6 guys cranked it out but Charles is doing it by himself! \u00a0In the same 10 days none the less! \u00a0Charles has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesmcneal.com\/Transcriptions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">great website<\/a> with hundreds of transcriptions \u00a0for you to check out also!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So check this out! \u00a0About 10 days ago, \u00a0I\u00a0was on SOTW (Sax on the Web) \u00a0looking through various posts about saxophone stuff when I ran across a post by a recent member from Spain I didn&#8217;t know named&#8221;ffjay&#8221; that read: Hi all! 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