#2: Corcovado...

I apologize for the lack of posts for the past couple of days; I was in Connecticut for some college auditions...but judging by the lack of comments, no one reads these posts anyway, so no loss there. But it makes sense...reading about me transcribing isn't as fun as looking at photography or drawings or something of the sort. Perhaps I'll start taking pictures of the final product and post them up here.
Now for my next solo: Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim-Corcovado. Getz is my all-time favorite sax player, so I'll probably transcribe a good deal of his work. I've heard this song a million times, but I'm going to start this transcription by actively listening to it in a way I've never heard it before: with the intention of transcribing it. A great sax player I studied with once told me that, when transcribing, one should listen to the solo enough times to be able to sing it, then play it, then write it down. Sounds like a good process to me.