Since I’m still unable to play due to my jaw surgery recovery, I might as well break out the Brecker transcriptions!
Actually, this may be the only one I’ve done. I’m certainly no Carl Coan! Brecker’s stuff is impossibly hard to transcribe and play, and this solo is no exception. So I’m sure that it’s full of mistakes, but it’s the best that I can do.
I can play the first half reasonably well, but things get crazy in the second half (in typical Brecker fashion).
I recommend learning the first part if you can. It’s quite approachable, and has some great ideas. The first eight bars are a master class in developing an idea.
The next four bars play with rhythm and space, and then the next four bars add some interesting harmony and layer in some intervals to provide some contrast.
Brecker does an amazing job on this harmonically simple song. He brings in such rich ideas. He had such breadth and depth in his playing, it’s a tragedy that we lost him so prematurely.
Michael Brecker - Candy
Enjoy!
@SdartSax