The Only Bebop Solo You NEED to Know | Charlie Parker - Cherokee solo Transcription (1943)

[@bounderby99]

All of Bird’s solos are incredible, but this is one that is particularly special! Everything from the time, to the structuring of the solo, to the way he develops his motifs, etc… This solo truly demonstrates why Bird is one of the greatest musicians of all time!

[@SharpElevenMusic]

This is the saxophone transcription I've been playing and practicing probably the most in my life. For a long time I had it up against the wall, and it always feels so nice to play this one, because all the lines are beautiful and outline perfectly the sound of every chord!🔥 It's like the perfect bebop solo to me. And by the way, I'm pretty sure Patrick Bartley is influenced by this solo as well, as I see some parallels with his superb solo on "After You've Gone" from not too long ago. 😎 I initially always played it from a transcription I found on the web and I've seen several others, but there were some adaptions I made for myself, so here is my version finally. A few notes: I decided to go with the basic/generic chord progression from the real book, as that's how we usually practice Cherokee, so that makes the most sense I guessed. But if you listen closely, Efferge Ware, the guitarist has a few variations in his comping. For example the bVII7 (the F7) sounds most of the time like a IV-7, Cm7. Also with the turn arounds to G6, he approaches the D7 with Eb7 sometimes. And most importantly, notice how he doesn't really II - V - I's the much dreaded bridge. He simplifies to V - I: Eb7 for two bars, Abmaj7 two bars, C#7 for two bars, F#maj7 for two bars and so on. This is basic stuff, but thinking like that when you play the tunz really can help you create more horizontal lines and make everything more fluent, instead of wrestling through them changes. Anyway, these additional notes are already getting bit long here. Should do a complete analysis video on this one, and hope to do it soon, if time allows! (need to find food and shelter too in meantime) Jorre

[@MrMattSax]

Dude was such a genius. Amazing lines and always deep in the pocket. Legend.

[@2Chillyd]

Can one be in the pocket for a three minute solo

[@emersonhendersonjr.2969]

It's Charlie Parker at his best!! I'm a bass player and I'm always amazed at The Bird's sax solo's! Donna Lee was the first Charlie Parker song I heard, played by the legendary & Iconic jazz fusion bassist Jaco Pastorius!!!

[@panjandrum.conundrum]

For folks overwhelmed by the quality of this solo, listen to Bird's outtakes as well. You can often see him at the earlier stages of putting things together. Not everything he touche3d turned to gold. Encouraging for the rest of us.

[@bobthabuilda1525]

Every single success is built on a mountain of failure.

[@SoFkwHat80]

@@bobthabuilda1525 Marvellous quote , thank you.

[@cburgess2805]

Where can we find the outtakes???

[@adhanda2017]

OMG - I thought I'd heard every Bird solo on record but I've never heard this one! What a find!

[@jaywills5776]

This and Dexter's Lady Bird are my favourite 2 solos. Keep coming back to them. Just chock full of joy.

[@philipthonemann2524]

Wonderful stuff - humbling for any improviser!

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Thumbs up if you catched the "Popeye The Sailor Man" quote! 😀👍

[@MrPianomonster]

0:45 😁

[@TheKjtheDj]

It's Sailor's Hornpipe, an English traditional dance tune 😃

[@wesm65]

2.08 Dardanella

[@panjandrum.conundrum]

He uses it elsewhere too.

[@JonBlondell]

Don't think much of your audience, do ya!

[@michaelstevens8]

Sharp Eleven Music, Hello from Kansas City Missouri. Great transcription as always. In my humble opinion, the Charlie Parker solos that have his best Bebop language are Cherokee (1943), Dont Blame Me (1947), Donna Lee (1947). For anyone that wants a really thorough analysis of Parker's Bebop language, check out Bebop Guitar by Joseph Weidlick. Even though the book says Guitar, it can be applied to Keyboards, Horns, Bass, etc. Thanks, and keep the great transcriptions comming.

[@SharpElevenMusic]

I'd add to that K.C. Blues ;) but cool selection that is! What a remarkable talent he was!

[@Cantbuyathrill]

Blows me away EVERY TIME!!!

[@anthonymcalpine1729]

Thanks for the transcription. Charlie's solo puts the fun in funky. I'm a bassist, and learned to read with the Eb Omnibook in the 80s. So I studied all the tunes ( except Parker's mood) this one is a cracker. the 2/ 5 into the Popeye theme. Fantastic. Thanks again for all your hard work. Best wishes 😃

[@doccock100]

There is one level to create such, and another to make it (at least appear) so effortless.

[@marcinna8553]

Yes, one of my favorite CP solos!

[@ismaelfikri8952]

Nunca olvidar que Parker es nuestro gran maestro

[@Faz99Master]

🔥🔥🔥🔥Pure genius!

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Hey all, the free pdf for this transcription is up on our website, both for Eb-instruments and C-instruments: www.sharpelevenmusic.com/transcriptions Enjoy! :) /Jorre

[@SELMER1947]

A young genius at work

[@Rob21ization]

2:08 is a lick from the melody of “Dardanella”

[@realfellaz]

This song is perfect

[@noelhalvordson6465]

Probably one of my favourite standards. If not my absolute favourite!

[@NathanFuto]

Outstanding

[@marcocresci]

Can't stop listening... Amazing.

[@spinnis]

Patrick Bartley's solo on After You've Gone reminds me of this.

[@scsaxophone2909]

Dude I though the exact same thing

[@gannonb4u]

PURE GENIUS!!!!

[@stuartdryer1352]

It really is genius personified.

[@jakechastain8477]

There's never been anyone with such virtuosity.

[@williamclark9973]

This a great solo, great video, and great transcription. But in my humble opinion, I’m not sure it is bebop. The relative lack of chromaticism, the emphasis on lower chord tones (below the 9th), and the modest amount of rhythmic complexity buts it more in the late swing/pre-bebop style. Which is what makes it so valuable. It’s like observing the bebop universe just before the Big Bang.

[@erforderlich5274]

Agreed. Bird seems to be the link from Swing to Bop.

[@thewillsta5882]

You trippin

[@viggosimonsen]

It is transitional. sure

[@mauryallums2898]

Interesting point. What would you think is one of the best bebop solos to learn if we only had to learn one? I am trying to find some to really help with grasping the language. Every time I hear another solo, I get distracted.

[@mattgros8617]

King of quotes.

[@jtbsax]

You can really hear the Lester Young influence on this one.

[@normanlovesirsaxalot2991]

I noticed about 20 years ago, his early years solos reflect the PREZ influence openly.What a musical mind he had to take Lester and Run with him.Genius!!

[@mwicks1968]

WOW! 👏👏👏

[@WyattLite-n-inn]

Can’t believe you thought so too.. It’s always been “The One” for me

[@mattgros8617]

I am so tired of hearing everybody else,… This is the truth.! This is really all you need. In fact, it’s better if this is all you have in my own opinion. If all you got is this, you probably got a much pure musical idea, and approach before everyone else started bringing their whatever… I’m just saying I’m getting at it right now all over again thank you

[@cornhubpremium371]

Pure musical idea? I think that this solo is absolutely beautiful but learning not just Bird but also maybe Grant Green or anyone else’s input to jazz you like’s solos or music. If you only play like Bird then can you have your own style?

[@dragolov]

Respect!

[@olebirgerpedersen]

Amazing !!!!

[@lesteralvarez7702]

Thanks so much for sharing this with us. Subscribed.

[@Cantbuyathrill]

Daaaamn!!!

[@피부남피리부는남자]

Super !!

[@luke125]

Bird lives man.

[@robertduis6730]

The SOLO => 10 out of 10! The person who can put these notes on paper => 11 out of 10 ...:-)))))

[@emersonhendersonjr.2969]

Yep I caught the "Popeye the Sailor Man lick"! COOL!!

[@darienmoncree3980]

Is there a C version anywhere? I’m a guitar player and I’ve been obsessing over this solo for years

[@fernand063]

Do you read Bass Clef as well? In that case you can more or less read the sheet as if it were written in Bass Clef. Of course you still need to watch out for some flats and sharps but you will hear that when practicing. Also you still need to transpose the changes to the key of Bb.

[@jeremydoody]

Just learn it as written and then move it up three frets. That’s how I learned all my Omnibook stuff.

[@redrubeNYC]

I can send you a C version of my transcription

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Hi guys, it's up on this channel as a video, and also free to download on our website at www.sharpelevenmusic.com

[@MHJazz]

Bird was eminent for sure , but it should never be forgotten that he was a kind of Earl Bostic pupil - like Coltrane was ! Besides Boistic was the father to Rock-Jazz and even Classical Music-Jazz e.g. List`s Liebestraum. Der Gute Franz Would has smiled broadly Listening to that, I guess

[@Cantbuyathrill]

Listening to Charlie Parker while driving is dangerous. It affects your situational awareness as it sucks you into his creative universe.

[@marchristiansen]

Bird is amazing

[@garrettwaters1726]

This solo is great of course but to me KoKo will be the pinnacle of bird on Cherokee. Just personal preference really

[@youtubebanddirector]

Is this transcription available forndowoad somewhere? This is easily the best one out there. Adding in the HT's (half tongues) and the notation of the overtone fingerings he uses. Nobody else ever does that and it's those fine details that really make a huge difference in things being clean and accurately translated Bravo!

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Hi Austin, thanks for the kind words! It's free to download under our "free stuff" section on our website, I should have mentioned that in the description.. my bad Here is the link: www.sharpelevenmusic.com/free-saxophone Enjoy Practicing! /Jorre

[@youtubebanddirector]

All good. Thanks for your great work!

[@chewgumer]

Words aren`t enough.

[@kbkesq]

This solo is a string of black pearls.

[@neomerlyn]

In the movie, ‘Bird’, he said that’s where he discovered bebop…on the bridge to Cherokee. I wonder if that’s true?

[@Guitarartistry]

Yes- with Biddy Fleet on guitar feeding him the chord changes.

[@xxczerxx]

Not sure, but as someone who has intentionally avoided Charlie Parker interviews etc (there are a few out there I believe) I was very surprised to find out he was such a neurotic person, and if the film was correct that he had some kind of personality/mental disorder.

[@xxczerxx]

What would be the most beneficial way of learning this? Should one first learn how to play each bit completely right before beginning to dissect it in terms of what's being played over each movement/bar?

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Can be both, the order doesn't matter that much I think. I usually kind of "auto-analyse" while still transcribing and proffreading, so before I'd practice the music with the instrument. But The other way around is also perfectly fine :)

[@NoahHornberger]

listen to it and then play solos over other material. the marination will effect your playing in a good way without stressing you out

[@86hj49gt]

Wow

[@cjgreen4331]

Why does the 5 (D7) have a sharp five on it at 1:20? He resolves to the five twice but it's an A natural. Why arent all of the D7s altered with a sharp five? Like at 0:18, why does he play a Gminor7 arpeggio over D7 only to play the 5 (A) as a natural for the remainder of the song? Why use Gm7 over D7 if D7 is resolving to Gma7?

[@MrHestichs]

Listen to the rhythm guitar! He's also changing the chord there so it must be something that's apart of their arrangement.

[@roccozaccagnino7525]

God

[@5h5hz]

He used that "Carousel" lick in another solo, I will come back and let you know which one whenever I next happen to stumble across it :) Edit: it's on the bridge of Ko-ko (Savoy 1945) at about 1:40 - makes sense given it's based on this tune!

[@orzanoap]

Where is it from? Carousel the musical?

[@trevorelliston1]

If you listen to take 1 of koKo, Bird begins to play Cherokee and the producer called a halt. Then one had take 2, where Bird just ran from tbe Intro into the quintessential Bird Solo.

[@erforderlich5274]

Don't know anything about a "carousel-lick" ... Legend has it that Bird showed Jay McShawn's Sax Section how to play a background on Cherokee's dreaded bridge by simply playing: Tea for Two. And that makes perfectly sense to me.

[@fg87fgd]

Popeye's twinkle is at 0:45, original in concert F.

[@genesbeans]

1943. This is only the beginning.

[@evangelhogelho]

Meua migo

[@charlesperforms]

why is it called the carousel lick?

[@josemolina959]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@doitnowvideosyeah5841]

Is there a transcription you know of for C instruments? I have so many xeroxed chunks of 'The Omnibook' but never seen or heard this great stripped down version before. Just wondering I can figure out the starting note by ear probably better but I would love to see a C version

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Hey there, uploaden a C version a bit after this one, it's in the channel! I guess chronologically 5 videos ago of so 😁

[@doitnowvideosyeah5841]

@@SharpElevenMusic Thanks will look for it.

[@jamesmitchell6925]

What’s H.T. stand for?

[@ejzeiberg]

I think that last eight note in bar 48 should be a B not an F#. Might also just be ghosted

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Hi Eric, I see why you'd think that, because in real time it sounds like a pretty big skip. But let me share the way I perceived it. If you put it through any slowing down software (I use Transcribe!, but also KZbin will do or many other options), the actuall pitch you hear is a low G natural there. But as it sounds a bit ghosted/muted by half tonguing, what happens when you do that with a note, it goes quite sharp. So I perceived the G natural as a ghosted F#, which got high due to half tonguing in the end. However, if you're still not agreeing with that, no problem at all! I find it great that you are actually listening active and with some scepticism. 😀

[@23billiejean1]

@@SharpElevenMusic Actually, the note would be a D# because that’s the melody note for Sailor’s Hornpipe. I don’t think Bird would go for the quote if he didn’t know it, so I believe the intent is more important on this case.

[@ducodarling]

1:36 Zelda's Fairy Fountain

[@olebirgerpedersen]

The influence of Lester Young is hear obvious.

[@olebirgerpedersen]

Is to hear here obvious. Sorry !

[@roidulupin7015]

Bird flies so high...

[@rancisdeleon9548]

Do I need to pay or it's free if I ask for this transcription? Thanks

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Hey, we've just added it to our website www.sharpelevenmusic.com/ in the "Free Stuff " tab (top left corner).Enjoy!

[@dynamo5326]

0:45 when u quote Popeye

[@jalenribera1040]

0:21

[@morejazzplz5746]

Bird is the goat.

[@johnrobinsoniii4028]

And of it must be known that “GOAT” is an acronym for “Greatest Of All Time”

[@davidfairweather1034]

How can I get a pdf of this solo so I can print it out?

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Hey, we've just added it to our website www.sharpelevenmusic.com/ in the "Free Stuff " tab (top left corner). Have fun with it David!

[@DannyClassics]

This is the only bebop solo you need to know, but there are a lot of mistakes in the transcription.

[@ganjarulez009]

Do you offer the pdf somewhere?

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Jjust added it to our website www.sharpelevenmusic.com/ in the "Free Stuff " tab (top left corner). enjoy! :)

[@GreenJeepAdventures]

I can play up to bar 16, then...well....you know.

[@trevorhogg]

Allison Au has a great video playing along with this one. Such a great solo! kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4G3mJ1on9SJgq8

[@gannonb4u]

Just to mention the link you provided does not work

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Thanks for the heads up! The link is adjusted and should work now

[@gannonb4u]

@@SharpElevenMusic Sorry to say the link still goes nowhere.

[@SharpElevenMusic]

@@gannonb4u I didn't see there were 2 links (I adjusted the one in the description). Anyway, the correct one is www.sharpelevenmusic.com/transcriptions

[@slavikipachet]

Its from 1941... So he was 21 at that time:)

[@jamesmitchell6925]

Free pdf?

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Yes. Visit www.sharpelevenmusic.com/transcriptions

[@TeleStrat335]

Would it be better to actually play Charlie Parker solo

[@ckdub2]

You might be right... 🤔 in terms of the only solo you need to know...

[@lennypopkin4728]

It's not a "Bebop" solo. It's a Charlie Parker solo.

[@dr_ma]

fast

[@pleximanic]

No! I want to know everything!

[@normanlovesirsaxalot2991]

Genius solo.Only a tin ear unhip, backwoods fuc* would Thumbs down this.Some cornball Kenny G.or Boots Randolph simpleton Numbskulls.

[@MrTrackman100]

Popeye--47-48.

[@vecernicek2]

This guy is just copying Patrick Bartley, lol.

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

What an absurd title.

[@JonBlondell]

Yes, it's it's important, but THE ONLY ONE is just half clickbait and half self important b.s.

[@hughpenner5051]

Lmao calm down it’s not a serious caption

[@barryblack5562]

Yeah some fantastic ideas in that lot any parker solo is great but this is terrific. I had the Omnibook as a young electric bass player and still remember the ones I learnt plus many great heads as well. Music what a joy it is to listen too and to play is a whole extra lot of life's best bits.🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊

[@victoriomelloni454]

Hello, great job!! But i cant download the PDF, says “page not found”. Maybe u can send me an email. Thanks!!

[@Crunkboy415]

Bars 58 & 59 that C major scale riff will become an often used riff in his later work.