Tag: Tom Malone

More Blues Brothers. Another Tom “Bones” Malone Bone solo, transposed for Tenor.

Bone solos are interesting to play on saxophone. The slide makes glisses and bends such a natural part of every note, and it’s different than the way a lip bend works on the saxophone. Check out the last measure. Since it’s too fast to do a lip bend, I went for the 1-2 RH key alternate fingering for A to flatten the note instead of playing it straight down to G#

This song is pretty simple – one chord with the same driving background riff the whole time. Everyone takes 16 bars. I’ll post some of the other solos over the coming weeks as well.

We’re definitely in a ‘guitar’ key. Tom sticks pretty much to the minor pentatonic scale with the occasional flat 5 and 13 for color.

Tom Malone - Peter Gunn Theme

 

• Artist: Tom “Bones” Malone
• Album: The Blues Brothers – Original Soundtrack Recording (1980)
• Track: Peter Gunn Theme
• Instrument: Trombone (original), transposed for Tenor Sax
• MIDI file: Here

Enjoy!

@SdartSax

Continuing on the Blues Brother theme…this solo is definitely by Tom “Bones” Malone. My first trombone solo on this blog! I transposed for Tenor since the range is fairly similar.

I love the 12/8 feel on this one, it really swings hard. Harmonically, it’s a little more complex. While he relies a lot on the pentatonic scale, he uses a lot more 9s and 13s on this solo.

I love the transition from the end of the first chorus in to the start of the second chorus. It’s a great example of building on a simple theme. He takes it up an octave at the top of the chorus to kick the solo into the next gear. The lick over the four chord on the second chorus is great. There’s so much gold to mine in this solo!

Tom Malone - Sweet Home Chicago (bone)

 

• Artist: Tom “Bones” Malone
• Album: The Blues Brothers – Original Soundtrack Recording (1980)
• Track: Sweet Home Chicago
• Instrument: Trombone (original), transposed for Tenor Sax
• MIDI file: Here

Enjoy!

@SdartSax