Erroll Garner Solo Transcription on Lullaby of Birdland

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Erroll Garner, one of the greatest jazz pianist that ever lived, who never learnt to read sheet music. Its hard to find a pianist who can swing as hard as Garner. Check out the pure joy of jazz piano playing
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In his version of lullaby of birdland, you can see how he create some really nice melodies by developing the two bar motif starting from the start of his solo. Check out the transcription of his solo in this file..

erroll-garner-solo-on-lullaby-of-birdland.pdf

have fun, and enjoy……

This post has 2 comments.

  1. Adrian
    17 Apr 07
    9:38 am

    Man. Makes you wonder what happened to music since then.

  2. rewsnat
    17 Apr 07
    12:31 pm

    Imagine a time when you wake up everyday, and you don’t find a pc, or a tv around your house, what do you do to entertain yourself?? obviously… play the piano..