Seen real genius recently? Take a look at Coleman Hawkin’s improvisation on Body and Soul
Coleman Hawkin's Improvization on Body and Soul
transcription of Hawk's improvisation on Body and Soul
This is Hawkins’ masterpiece. His classic solo version of “Body and Soul”, is a landmark in both the harmonic language of jazz and improvised musical architecture. Lee Konitz, a jazz giant, a man who’s forgotten more about the art of improvisation than most will ever learn, and the kind of guy that a more enlightened society would be building statues for while he’s still alive says this is one of the very great improvisations and it tends to be dismissed, fluffed off as something “off the cuff’ but in fact great thought went into it.
It is celebrated as being a huge hit single in its day for Hawk and never once does he play the melody.
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and you can hear it by clicking here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q7J4PgrRsY
Anyone know how to copy directly from youtube.com?
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