Jeff's Jazz Transcriptions

Free transcriptions of improvised solos in PDF format, prepared by jazz trumpeter Jeff Helgesen

Jazz Trumpet Player Tribute Pages

Look here first for jazz trumpet solo transcriptions. Includes biographical information, a list of selected recordings and free transcription downloads, links to other sources of information on the web, and links to purchase the albums mentioned. More pages coming, check back often!

Misc. Jazz Trumpet Transcriptions

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Nat Adderley

Nat Adderley's trumpet solo on "Naturally" (PDF/63KB)
From the Nat Adderley recording Naturally!.

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong's trumpet solo on "Cool Yule" (PDF/38KB)
From the Louis Armstrong recording What a Wonderful Christmas.

Bill Atwood

Bill Atwoods's trumpet solo on "Valdez In The Country" (PDF/90KB)
From the Cold Blood recording First Taste of Sin.

Clifford Brown

Clifford Brown's solo on "Split Kick" (PDF/80Kb)
From the Art Blakey recording A Night in Birdland, Volume One.

Clifford Brown's trumpet solo on "You're Not the Kind" (PDF/14KB)
From the Sarah Vaughan recording Sarah Vaughan.

Clifford Brown's solo on "A Night In Tunisia" (PDF/184KB)
From the Clifford Brown recording The Beginning And The End.

Clifford Brown's trumpet solo on "Portrait of Jenny" (PDF/73KB)
From the recording Clifford Brown with Strings.

Bill Chase

Bill Chase's solo on "Close Up Tight" (PDF/101Kb)
From the Bill Chase recording Pure Music.

Miles Davis

Miles Davis's solo on "All of You" (PDF/59KB)
From the Miles Davis recording Round About Midnight.

Miles Davis's solo on "Autumn Leaves" (PDF/105KB)
From the Cannonball Adderley recording Somethin' Else, transcribed by Ron Foster.

Roy Eldridge

Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Eldridge's solos on "Sometimes I'm Happy" (PDF/326KB)
From the recording Roy and Diz, transcribed by Barbara Laronga and Rich Willey.

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Eldridge's solos on "Sometimes I'm Happy" (PDF/326KB)
From the recording Roy and Diz, transcribed by Barbara Laronga and Rich Willey.

Tom Harrell

Tom Harrell's solo on "Bop Stew" (PDF/56Kb)
From the Phil Woods recording Bop Stew.

Lee Loughnan

Lee Loughnan's solo on "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is" (PDF/35KB)
From the recording Chicago Transit Authority.

Ray Nance

Ray Nance's trumpet solo on "Take The 'A' Train" (PDF/112Kb)
from the Louis Armstrong/Duke Ellington compilation Jazz Festival.

Wallace Roney

Wallace Roney's solo on "Angel Street" (PDF/63KB)
From the Tony Williams recording Angel Street, transcribed by Giz Bowe.

Chase Sanborn

Chase Sanborn's solo on "I'm Through With Love" (PDF/99KB)
From the Chase Sanborn recording Cut To The Chase.

Lew Soloff

Lew Soloff's solo on "Lucretia MacEvil" (PDF/220KB)
From the recording Blood, Sweat and Tears 3, transcribed by Rich Willey.

Bob Summers

Bob Summers' trumpet solo on "The Fox Hunt" (PDF/72KB)
From the Maynard Ferguson recording M.F. Horn 4 & 5 / Live at Jimmy's.

Software Tools

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  • Amazing Slow Downer
    For Windows or Macintosh computers. This software slows down or speeds up tracks directly from CD input in real-time!
  • Transkriber
    For Windows or Macintosh computers, this software turns your computer into a variable-speed playback machine for about $50.

Hardware Tools

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  • Reed Kotler TR-400
    This is a dedicated digital playback machine that will allow you to manipulate two and a half minutes of music; includes variable pitch, loop controls, octave controls, etc.

Other Sources on the Web for Transcriptions

The following sites have solo and lead sheet transcriptions that you may find useful. (These links open a new browser window.)

    Jeff Helgesen's Trumpet Transcription Page
    http://jazztranscriptions.googlepages.com/home
    Maintained by jeff.helgesen@gmail.com.
    Page created 8/28/2002, moved to googlepages on 2/27/2007.

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