The Bill Evans Trio - Volume 1 (1959-1961): Featuring Transcriptions of Bill Evans , Scott LaFaro (Bass) and Paul Motian (Drums) (Artist Transcriptions)

Nothing to dislike except my playing skills when I play Scott's lines.

There is nothing better than getting what you pay for, especially when you don't pay much. This book delivers - the transcribers spare no effort to deliver the most accurate transcriptions possible, even to the extent of noting flat bass notes and eighth notes that are played "straight". The rhythmic notation is almost unnecessarily precise at times, with quintuplets and tied triplets that could be read more easily if they were less perfect. I was quite happy with the song selections as well - Autumn Leaves, Peri's Scope, Waltz for Debbie, and Alice in Wonderland are all personal favorites, plus you get others like When I Fall in Love and Nardis. Talk about value. . .If you've ever wished you could look over Bill Evans' shoulder and ask him how to play certain passages or chords, this is as close as you can get.

Easy order: quick delivery, product exactly as described.

A tremendous undertaking here. Kudos to everyone who worked on this. Much work ahead learning all of this!

Great book, but they didn't include a discography of which recordings they transcribed from!

Great book, but lacking the key (discography). The previous review has saved me years of work. Can't believe they publish these books without a discography.

Great Transcriptions. There is some important product information missing in the first 3 volumes - including the transcribers: Liam Noble (the piano and bass), Chris Baron (the drums) and Artemis Music Ltd.And the Albums from which each track comes (A big setback I'm sure for anyone who has bought the books but does not own a lot of actual Bill Evans Recorded material)These are the albums used in this volume:Alice In Wonderland - Sunday At The Village VanguardAutumn Leaves - Portrait in Jazz (is the Bonus Track)How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky) - ExplorationsNardis - ExplorationsPeri's Scope - Portrait in JazzSolar - Sunday At The Village VanguardWaltz for Debby - Waltz for DebbyWhen I Fall In Love - Portrait in Jazz

Marianna Jameson: Bill Evans was never a meteorologist. The description you gave was totally wrong. Not that anybody who's heard of Bill Evans and looking at these books would wouldn't know that you have the wrong Bill Evans.

An excellent transcription.

Alice In Wonderland (Sunday At The Village Vanguard)Autumn Leaves (Portrait In Jazz)How Deep Is The Ocean (Explorations)Nardis (Explorations)Peris Scope (Portrait In Jazz)Solar (Sunday At The Village Vanguard)Waltz For Debby (Waltz For Debby)When I Fall In Love (Portrait In Jazz)ベース、ドラムも採譜されたバンドスコアです。

日本で出版されているビル・エヴァンスのコピー譜は、注意して買わないと序文に「ピアノ・トリオの音をそのまま採譜してもソロで弾いた時に音が足りないので編曲を加えた」式のことが書いてあるものがある。そこへ行くと本書は、ベースとドラムスも採譜されているので、第三者に編曲されていることはなかろう…　というのが購入の動機だったのだが、やはりビル・エヴァンスは奥深いというべきか、意図的に編曲されていなかったとしても、本書の譜面どおりに弾いてエヴァンスの音が鳴らないのである。冒頭の「不思議の国のアリス」をブリッジの前までさらって、いやになってしまった。そもそも最初のDm7の構成音が下からG,A,C,F,C,Gって、本当？　採譜者として載っている名前を検索すると、ピアニストで教育者らしい。この人にはこう聞こえたのだろうが、縦方向の堆積の記譜はあまり信用できない。たたき台としてがしがし書き込んで使用することにします。