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The charts below are in pdf format, and the audio files are in mp3 format. The pdf files can be viewed and printed using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. The MP3 audio format can be played in several types of audio players, such as Windows Media Player, Apple Itunes, Real Player and Winamp.

IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN My transcription of an arrangement by one of the great solo guitar stylists.
[updated with left hand fingerings on 4/13/03]
MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE A pretty simple solo guitar arrangement of a great standard.
TURN OUT THE STARS A not quite complete (check back in a few days) arrangement of the Bill Evans classic.
EASY LIVING My Bill Evans inspired solo guitar arrangement of a beautiful Jazz standard ballad.
[updated with left hand fingerings on 4/13/03]
WILDFLOWER

Transcription of Herbie Nichols' "Wildflower". I haven't recorded this but I have performed it with
George Garzone on soprano sax. Some very characteristic Herbie aspects. Check out the chromatically approached Maj. 7 arpeggio in the A section.

STEP TEMPEST CONCERT The lead sheet for another great Herbie Nichols tune. Hear it on my "Herbie Nichols, Vol. 1" CD.
STEP TEMPEST BASS The bass part for "Step Tempest".
STEP TEMPEST An MP3 sample of "Step Tempest" from the above mentioned recording.
2300 SKIDOO This is one of the most recorded tunes of Herbie Nichols. The melody and the dominant seventh chord based harmony really push on each other. I've been working on a solo guitar arrangement lately, which I might post soon.
IT DIDN'T HAPPEN An MP3 sample from my CD. This is one of the first Herbie tunes I transcribed and is still one of my favorites - the m2nd/M7th intervals of the A sections contrast so well with the incredible chromatic/intervallic line in the bridge. It's great fun to play.
LADY SINGS THE BLUES An MP3 sample from my CD. The best known Nichols composition, thanks to Billie Holiday and her same-titled autobiography. I play a Godin nylon string guitar on this which combines well with George Garzone's rich tenor sound.
FURTHERMORE LIVE This is from a minidisc recording of my 2/26/03 Regattabar performance. The same guys as my CD. An 8 MB file so you'd better have a fast connection.
TEARS INSIDE Pat Metheny solo transcription from the ECM recording "Rejoicing"..
LOOSE BLOOSE Jim Hall solo transcription. Take 4 & 2 of the Bill Evans Riverside recording.
LOOSE BLOOSE SUPPLEMENT Some fingering suggestions for the more difficult phrases.
GOD BLESS THE CHILD Jim Hall solo transcription from the classic Sonny Rollins recording "The Bridge".
BUT NOT FOR ME Miles Davis Solo transcription.
STELLA BY STARLIGHT

Transcription of Keith Jarrett and Gary Peacock playing together on the great Jazz standard (head and first two solo choruses).

Files for Jonathan Groovy, The Test, Walking Scene