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Transcription: Ben Dixon fours

  • January 31, 2026
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Please forgive this clickbait, the kids do love a good Ben Dixon transcription. Here he is trading fours on Come Sunrise, from Grant Green’s album Sunday Mornin’. The record came to me through YouTube, I […]

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Transcription: Ben Dixon 8-bar break

  • August 27, 2019
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A little 8 bar break played by Ben Dixon— this is really just an excuse to listen to his playing on this track overall. The tune is Lullaby of the Leaves, from Grant Green’s album […]

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Groove o’ the day: Grant Green — Cantaloupe Woman

  • February 12, 2013
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Here are two different Blue Note/soul/boogaloo-type grooves on the tune Cantaloupe Woman, from albums by Grant Green. First, from the great session drummer Ben Dixon (who also wrote the tune), as played on the 1965 […]

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