Bill Evans - Autumn Leaves - Piano Solo Transcription

A transcription of Bill Evans's solo improvisation on Autumn Leaves.
Free PDF download: www.dropbox.co...
Link to original recording: • Bill Evans Trio - Autu...
Album: Portrait In Jazz
Bill Evans - piano
Scott LaFaro - bass
Paul Motian - drums

[@loranpopol1900]

The most original improvisation i Heard for this cult peace of music !!

[@JLMusicDude]

Indeed!

[@jacksprat2333]

Brilliant and thank you very much for creating and sharing this beautiful work!!!

[@JLMusicDude]

@@jacksprat2333 You’re welcome! Thanks for the kind words!!

[@duality053]

He was a true genius

[@zoeylockwood]

I’ve always heard this solo but playing it… wow, Bill Evan’s genius

[@Gerard_2024]

Brilliant work by you in this transcription (both hands !) and thanks so much for the free PDF.

[@JLMusicDude]

No problem! :)

[@jaijeffcom]

Thank you for that fabulous transcription.

[@JLMusicDude]

No problem!

[@qwertasdfg8828]

Worth studying it hard upon. Thoughts must come first, actions follow up thereafter.

[@Brian_Seligman_Music]

Thank you so much for doing this!!

[@sebastiansanchez3648]

This is absolute fire 🔥 Absolutely love this ❤️

[@JLMusicDude]

@@sebastiansanchez3648 thank you!!

[@pianothingsmusic]

Awesome transcription!! This is very very jazzy 😎

[@JLMusicDude]

Thanks 😎

[@alejandropdc19]

Thank you for this transcription

[@JLMusicDude]

My pleasure!

[@Procedentesinvictoria]

I wish I still had my Bill Evans sheet music book. After hearing this I will have to order another.

[@Paramecio_Z]

Gracias Julian por compartir con nosotros. Tienes un suscriptor más.

[@JLMusicDude]

Gracias!

[@Lu-xx5kf]

thanks for the transcription

[@JLMusicDude]

No problem!

[@chrisbr6321]

Great stuff thank you

[@titolivio6832]

Ottimo!

[@kuteopiano9198]

Very great. Thank you very much

[@JLMusicDude]

No problem!

[@Bluerrabit]

iI love it thank you very much

[@jorgeribeiro500]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@oiva.siltamaki.]

GENIUS!🙋‍♂️

[@alphabeets]

Bravo!

[@lookingforsomething123]

Thank you!

[@JLMusicDude]

No problem :)

[@canardlaque8106]

Belle transcription. Je l'avais sur un recueil mais avec quelques erreurs (en particulier, le gars sur les mesures 115-116... Qui ne tombent d'ailleurs pas sous les doigts).

[@이수민-h1e]

thank you so much!

[@JLMusicDude]

My pleasure!

[@axelbrard3681]

How do they improve melodies like this ?? I would like to learn how to do that

[@brandonpryor601]

Subscribed.

[@JLMusicDude]

Appreciated!

[@anto._ponce353]

1:03

[@spongebobtoughpants9160]

You should like sooo add some shorts in your KZbin chanel. It would be like sooo cool tho

[@JLMusicDude]

Hmmm maybe I should!

[@chanyeolay._.1218]

Thank you❤

[@JLMusicDude]

You’re welcome!

[@d.c.i.fraterdzwogchenvovi2031]

Hi Julian this is Ivor, could there be a place where Cycle or a Coltrane Change or Shadow Harmony would be possible? Shadow harmony is a technique of Mick Goorick(former reacher of Berkeley who developed both Shadow Harmony(if i remeber the name correctly? as Generoc Modality Compression, together with Tim Miller) it is cloe the 145 125 soltutions of Chick Corea and his tetratone scale's...Shadow Harmony is a technique where a part of the melody is just played at another rate so 2 or 4 bars at will could be played together with the harmony in another key...normally they choose like 4 bars...so that a melody thesis is clearly covered, and than after 4 bars make a nice modulation...if you take It could happen to You and one starts in Eb and go to Gmaj7 after for bars, using this very formular you go from D7- to Gmaj7 in stead of Ebmaj7!! is that Magickal or isn't it!!! something trivial starts to change in something special!!! What A marvelous trick if you want I could send you the changes where but of course for you this is easy to understand this simple formular...Fun is to do this with your own bass player and don't tell him when you "leave" key I once did this with blue Bossa we ended up me playing in Ebminor and he in Cminor and I modulated back every body thought I was doing a Fancy "Out" thing I wasn't!!!### ?? w.t.f. With other words I was using Shadow Harmony on the spot the nice thing is that Dominant for the transmission called transmission Dominants are Ambigious in Nature and there is where the real magick Happens....

[@JLMusicDude]

Hi Ivor, thanks for the comment, this is very interesting stuff! I'm not too sure if there's a place where you can do this kind of change in Autumn Leaves, but I may be wrong! I like to add in some basic tritone substitutions in my playing sometimes, but I'll be using this modulation technique in the future!

[@profeluisegarcia]

Sir: Did you use some kind of software or AI to make this amazing transcription?? Thanks¡¡

[@JLMusicDude]

The only software I used was Musescore for the music notation. For the transcription itself, I listened to the recording a bunch of times and wrote in the notes!

[@christophcloren4740]

Thank you for your great work ! But I have difficulties to download this with dropbox - cannot find it there. is there a chance to get this as PDF per mail or in another web-site to click on ... ?? Would be willing to pay for it . Thank you very much for your support !!

[@JLMusicDude]

Sorry for the late response, here is a link to a google drive download: drive.google.com/file/d/1ZGkzxluhOnJ5XqFxgyeEDw8Gx1ujHEmJ/view?usp=share_link Please let me know if you still have difficulty downloading!

[@frankh.friedrich2881]

What is the message of this? Wich emotions should arise? I feel nothing when I hear this and I like many of Evans pieces.

[@dagadbm]

that chopin etude arpeggio reference :D

[@therealtruetwelfth798]

I don’t think so

[@tylerstoner7051]

Evan’s said he practiced the Bach two part inventions very often. A lot of the chord shapes in the right hand are similar to the ones there especially in this solo. Look at the beginning of invention 13

[@ShaShaSha534]

Where? Does 1:02 remind you of one of his etudes? I'm trying to figure out which part is Chopin (classical pianist here)

[@sunnyc8900]

I don't hear autumn leaves :( Guess jazz is beyond me

[@raginald7mars408]

unbearable

[@qwertasdfg8828]

The only one pianist with a higher school behind. So the most abstract phantasies come from behind as a pure rationalism. Too little of irrationalism present. The whole thing appeals to thinking rather than to senses.

[@Juhdink]

Even then it still doesn’t take away from the stunning performance. On that note, your comment is no different that your observation