Almost Like Being In Love - Red Garland Transcription

Transcription of the piano solo from the 1957 album 'Red Garland's Piano'.
Transcribed, performed and edited by Jacob Rainbow in February 2021.
Score freely available at github.com/JGRainbow/Transcri...

[@ganjarulez009]

My favorite red garland solo. Such clear and expressive lines, so simple but powerful!

[@chowbow573]

Couldn’t agree more!

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

It's as good a tutorial in bop piano as one will find. Doing a few of those 2/5/1/s or 2/5/1/6s in all keys pays dividends.

[@alda_hrd]

Seeing hands playing the music I happily listen to every day made me happier. thank you🥰

[@nickk8416]

This is so good Jacob! I'm a long time classical reader trying to move to jazz and it's not easy. It's not the chops but you have to think and feel this in a new way for me at least. Thank You so much! This will help. Best.

[@kennykenny5043]

Please never delete this, you are my only hope of learning this song LMAO

[@MsMusicman56]

Gee to watch such a gifted player is a privilege. And too, such a great song ... thank you.

[@philippe-lebel]

J'ai toujours apprécié l'élégance dans le phrasé de Red Garland et ce solo n'y déroge pas. Excellent choix.

[@shanjayaweera3036]

Brilliant solo = Garland is such wonderful underrated talent - great transcription too

[@davidconnellchicago]

This is great!! So you see the hands, hear the music and see the translation. Looks more complex than it sounds. Red is quite brilliant here. Amazing piano player.

[@richoneplanet7561]

I've watched this three times and it's still fun. Especially the triplets. 👍🏼🎶

[@timmystauffer9094]

I like this song but haven't ever heard this version. The way you play it here is amazing.

[@jazzlover06]

Thanks, Timmy. This version was a surprise to me this month -- I fully recommend the whole album. I previously had Red down as 'that Blue Note house pianist guy', but he holds his own against Coltrane on They Can't Take That Away From Me.

[@vova47]

@@jazzlover06 You must mean "Prestige house pianist guy". Red never recorded for Blue Note, to the best of my knowledge. Glad you've discovered Red, one of the true piano greats.

[@stephenwilkinson2689]

Thank you for your transcription work. Much appreciated.

[@eltinosilva]

Great transcription and better performance, already download it to study so I had to come back here and say: thanks a lot from Argentina!

[@lleguily]

accurate transcription. you work worth a lot great contribution for musician community, it's helping me to feel jazz licks greetings from brasil

[@dontetidwell4867]

I love love love this tune. This was 'outta sight' man

[@manuelmugica5940]

Thanks Jacob you are my hero

[@Malcolm.Y]

OMG. There is so much finesse and nuance in his phrasing.

[@mitchhare1936]

Nice work on this fantastically tasty Red solo! Thanks for posting this!!

[@britishandamericanlightpia1047]

Good to see this transcribed, thank you. Using this to study, every bar is great!

[@royercrafter]

you are awesome. please keep on being awesome

[@Gaglias123]

Just wanted to say Thank You for putting this together. It is opening up a whole new way of playing for me.

[@jazzlover06]

Thank you very much, Samuel. That means a lot; I hope it encourages you to give it a go!

[@user-uk6fo5zv1t]

Such a clean cover and amazing transcriptions! Keep going man

[@user-popochan]

awesome!!! thanks for making the score available and free, it helps a lot, thank you Jacob!!

[@belindajardim3145]

Well theres so much going on th righthand I see why u did this, it's a lot to absorb, I'm glad u did this, besides all th chords r there on top of th melody, great stuff, love it😍🎵🎹

[@leylagoogle7233]

please continue in this format👌👏👍

[@glen7695]

Awesome Jacob! Effortless chops.

[@belindajardim3145]

Indeed effortless chops wow😍

[@bryan_truong]

Beautiful

[@alifim_]

Thank you for the transcription! I've been wanting to transcribe the solo, and you make it easier for me to learn

[@brettmccutcheon]

Such a nice solo. Loved this transcription!

[@ILikeILikeiLikeILike]

Love Red Garland, nice work!

[@Theolonius-ov1ij]

Bellissimo

[@minowash]

Great job. Grazie!!!

[@lasantiaguena9519]

Muchas gracias Jacob good work!!

[@booshkoosh7994]

Absolutely astounding! Thank you so much for the memorizing performance! Is there a name for that sort of free-formed style? I'd love to know if that is a direct style. You played it perfectly, thank you again!

[@izzyvulaca]

Great job!

[@edosantonisings]

Seriously great stuff mate. Nice!

[@jazzlover06]

Thanks dude!

[@marcaskew61]

Thanks...nice

[@piggy8191]

👍 perfect

[@joshuamarks1129]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@jeremyellismusic]

It's like Bud Powell but slowed down to a rational humanly achievable speed. Nice work.

[@charlierank744]

These are incredible!! Could you please upload more? They are so helpful for me! Maybe ‘Please Send Me Someone to Love’ or another ballad by Red? Just a suggestion - love your work!

[@jazzlover06]

Thanks, Charlie. Great suggestion. Ballads can be a real challenge to transcribe, but I'll have to sharpen my teeth at some point!

[@normalizedaudio2481]

01:06 you can see an E natural on a Cmin 7th chord. Other stuff around makes it work OK. He did it again too.

[@billtally9312]

Terrific soloing - and a great transcription, thanks for sharing! Can you post the transcription as a pdf? That would be great.

[@jazzlover06]

github.com/JGRainbow/Transcriptions many thanks!

[@kelsopwnsnoob]

@@jazzlover06 absolute legend

[@curiouscurious6558]

well played and great transcription Jacob, what are you using for piano sound, sounds great!

[@Taki_Music_TakuyaKimpara]

🥺❤️ 🔥

[@brentonsmith8921]

Damn I'd love a fingering guide for this, I've transcribed almost the entire solo on my own but there's a few spots that are kinda tough for me to play at full speed

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

Thank you very much. May I make a request for the next one? It's in a style you should like: Sonny Clark's solo on Sonny's Crib.

[@hyeongyu_pyo]

Red

[@jeremiaoktavian5971]

00:08

[@fredgodjikian5467]

Please Jacob, the left hand?👍🏿

[@user-px5yl4sk5c]

Просто Красиво Вкусно

[@mutafakos]

One of my favourite pianists and what a solo!!! Your perform is great man! Bravo! Can I please ask you which program do you use for the real-time score? I’m looking for something like this for my students! Thank you :)

[@jazzlover06]

Thanks a lot! I'm hoping to release a new video next weekend. They take me quite a while to learn, record, edit, but I'm glad it's helpful to some people. I use Transcribe! for slowing down the audio and looping, DaVinci Resolve for the video editing, and Noteflight for the notation. I'll publish the charts on github next week along with links to the software sourcecode.

[@mutafakos]

@@jazzlover06 thank you so much, I appreciate your generosity! Keep up the good work!

[@Ricardillo2200]

¿Where’s the comping? Remember, the pianist use always the two hands. Great Job :)

[@LasseBoogieJensen]

It's on ALL the off-beats as Garland always does 😁😁😁

[@fredgodjikian5467]

Very Good, What i have to play to the left hand ?

[@juwonnnnn]

👍

[@QUDEXNINJA]

Tutorial plss

[@Gaglias123]

Any chance we could get a transcription of the intro?

[@user-dy3fe5qb6w]

完コピだけど凄い😂

[@matthewhanna-io1my]

what is the left hand here?!!? can you please make a video

[@pooslinger4225]

Did you learn it by ear first, or learn from the notation?

[@jazzlover06]

I usually do learn from notation first, but this was an intentional effort to avoid writing anything down until I had the whole thing memorised. Generally I'd recommend being able to sing each phrase, then play each phrase, then only notate once your fingers know what they're doing!

[@Gaglias123]

I am having a little trouble discerning whether the left hand comping is on the first and third beat or the first beat and upbeat of the second beat. Any thoughts?

[@jazzwest1]

Most of the time it’s on the and of4. And the and of two

[@Gaglias123]

@@jazzwest1 Thanks, I believe you are correct. Every now and then he hits it on the downbeat of one to anchor it, but not all that much. I have to tell you trying to play this solo with timing that left-hand comping on those offbeats is no easy task.

[@lluisarola7449]

@@Gaglias123 Red Garland's comping is quite easy actually, and sounds great!

[@vibecreators]

i hear more when you note C-7 ..G07 C7b9 instead

[@oriraykai3610]

Sounds like pre-bebop, or "preBee" for short. 😆

[@vova47]

What about the left hand, Jacob? Didn't think it was important? Big mistake!!

[@sydneylittle9399]

he gave chords so if you’re a jazz pianist you must know how to play the chords and the pattern you hear!

[@Explivious]

@@sydneylittle9399 playing the exact rhythm that they play in the left hand, and voicing, shows you the inner conversation the pianist is having, and lets you internalize his rhyhthm, guarantee you most of the spaces in the right hand are filled with some voicings.

[@michaelfuria4257]

L.H. full chords and different voicings are hard to transcribe..