Bill Evans Trio, Alice in Wonderland : Transcription piano, bass, drums

This is my transcription of the Bill Evans Trio performance of "Alice in Wonderland" (take 2) from Live at the Village Vanguard. Bill Evans, piano; Scott LaFaro, bass; Paul Motian, drums.
While most transcriptions focus on the pianist's right-hand line, this one includes the left-hand voicings, bass part, and drum part.
This performance demonstrates the profound rhythmic and metric fluidity of this trio, along with a near-telepathic level of interaction and instantaneous communication.
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[@orqsilva]

Scott Lafaro. Genius bass player . One of a kind.

[@roberthodson]

Yes he was; absolutely incredible. Thanks so much for the comment!

[@robertdileo3269]

Bill and Oscar were the best.

[@roberthodson]

Facts.

[@jwillans]

Great transcription - thanks for sharing, it must have taken huge effort to put that together.

[@roberthodson]

Thanks! Yes, it definitely took a lot of work.

[@JohnnyBoy-xs3vs]

Love the transcription! It helped me a lot throughout my playing!!!

[@roberthodson]

Hey -- thanks for sharing that!

[@vova47]

Nicely done, thank you!

[@roberthodson]

Thanks!

[@bradforddavis6497]

Good transcription.

[@victorwong9622]

Amazing job on this classic number, thank you!!

[@roberthodson]

Thanks so much!

[@victorwong9622]

@@roberthodsonSo enjoyable to listen while looking at the transcription, thanks for pulling back the curtain on the Wizard(s)!

[@chrisharrison809]

Awesome! Bass is a transposing instrument. Write it one octave higher.

[@roberthodson]

Thanks! I'm glad you got some value from it. The transcription is notated at sounding pitch for analysis and study -- not for performance. I write articles and research papers on music, and this recording was the subject of one of those.

[@josh95263]

That’s still just incorrect notation. Nobody writes in concert pitch, even for analysis.

[@chrisharrison809]

@@roberthodson you have an amazing ear.

[@roberthodson]

@@josh95263 Not true at all. I have a PhD in music theory and the standard for professional music theory analysis is to write it at sounding pitch. Just like when someone is writing an analysis of a Charlie Parker solo, it'll be notated in concert pitch, not Eb, and when analyzing a Beethoven symphony, all the instruments will be notated at concert pitch.

[@roberthodson]

@@chrisharrison809 Thanks, Chris! Gained through years of hard work!

[@ganglezz]

Nice man, you should write the bass an octave down for the whole thing though, bass sounds an octave down from what it reads

[@roberthodson]

That's a good idea! Thanks so much.

[@myAutoGen]

@@roberthodson also what would be completely amazing would be if you could combine the parts into something that can be played on a single piano with two hands, making it all 'pianistic' without sacrificing too much of the character of the original recording