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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Could use some improvements, October 28, 2003
There's no denying this book is considered a classic, but it could use a few revisions. It appears not to have changed at all since its original appearance in 1976, including an annoying amount of tacky and out-of-date advertisements. In one instance, a half-page ad on the second page of "K.C. Blues" replaces what should have been Parker's second solo on that tune! Many of the songs are transcribed without key signatures - adding key signatures would make transposing tunes and riffs significantly easier. There are some rhythm errors in a few of the tunes ("K.C. Blues" has one measure with only three counts, "Ballade" also has a few rhythm mistakes and is nearly impossible to read the way it's written, with its overabundance of 32nd and 64th note runs). I'm not questioning the talent of Parker - some of the other "Omnibook" reviews here are based on Parker's playing abilities rather than the way his compositions are represented in these transcriptions. The simple addition of key signatures would be a huge improvement. For less experienced students, it'd also be nice to see a synopsis of the tune beneath the title describing the song's form or the origin of the chord changes. Simple things like that could make this book even more indispensable than it has become.
Do we all have to buy this book? Despite its shortcomings, I'm afraid the answer is "yes". Surely, there's some ambitious grad student out there somewhere willing to enter the entire book into Finale or Sibelius so we can at least get key signatures and those few rhythm corrections. Please?
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very important material, July 23, 2002
This is a well done transcription of Charlie Parker's recording on Dial, Savoy, Verve. There are 60! songs including Parker's solo in this transcription,such as KoKo, Confirmation, Ornithology, Parker's Mood, She Rotre, Yardbird Suite, Scrapple from the apple, Billie's Bounce... Not like the one 'Charlie Parker a Jazz Master' Hal-Leonard made, without any information on the records(the real sounds), this has information on series numbers of the records where the song was transcribed from.
The transcription is done very well;notes are took very precisely, in hand-writing, with chords changes on bars.'Not regularly 4 bar each row' is the only thing that I can complain about.
This book is a very important material for people whom want to know what parker has made when he was improvising. With carefully analysis, one can get an insight view on what Parker was really doing. According to this, the book could be the most important marterail that ever written about Charlie Parker.
A must have. I'll give it 5 more * if I can. Hope there are more omnibooks from these giant were made.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Buy for any sax player, July 12, 2008
I got this for my upcoming lessons in college and so far its great. I play alto sax and its alot of fun to be able to play along with bird. The only thing the book dosen't have is the recordings. Something from his verve years should cover just about everything though, I put a link on here for a cd collection. Theres some stuff that he recorded with savoy as well but most of it should be in the verve collection. The Complete Verve Master Takes Its some great stuff and the transcriptions are great. highly recommended
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