Transcription: Jeff Watts – Housed From Edward – 01

Trio Jeepy by Branford Marsalis is a long time favorite album of mine, that was very influential on my concept of jazz. It’s got Jeff Watts on drums and Milt Hinton on bass. This tune Housed From Edward was a big lesson on playing a form musically— 12 bar blues, in this case. 
This is the middle part, beginning at 5:15, where Branford takes a hike and Watts and Hinton play time— very lyrically— for several choruses. Tempo is about 122. 

Not much to say, the lesson is self-evident. There appear to be a lot of other transcriptions of this floating around— with videos of people playing them. 

One thought on “Transcription: Jeff Watts – Housed From Edward – 01

  1. Great post Todd. On a slightly unrelated note, have you heard his tune 'Mr JJ' and his version of Bjorks '107 Steps'?
    Would be interesting to see a break down of the grooves, which sound very Afro-Cuban.

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