Happy actual new year, everyone. Here are the 19th-24th choruses of the ongoing Elvin Jones / Chasin’ the Trane transcription project. We’re about 25% of the way through.
Not a lot new to report— there’s a distinct ongoing vibe here, with not a huge amount of variety. At some point I’ll do a little analysis to find any patterns in his phrasing. We’re seeing lots of the regular cymbal rhythm (usually a strong accent on the &s), hihat on 2/4, snare drum on the &s with dramatically varying dynamics. There are occasional repeating three-beat patterns the resolve within two measures. He’s not outlining the blues form particularly strongly. In the fourth minute of the piece the tempo is holding steady and solid at ~237.
We are seeing more 16th notes, and more unisons between the snare and bass drums. And three notes in a row at a triplet rate. He’s really dancing with his left hand. Note the bigger phrase-ending licks in measures 240 and 276.
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