Barney Kessel - Moose The Mooche Transcription

Moose the Mooche is a bebop composition written by Charlie Parker in 1946. It was written shortly after his friend and longtime musical companion Dizzy Gillespie left him in Los Angeles to return to New York City. Over the years the song has gained considerable fame and has become a bebop standard. Among the artists that have covered it are Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Hank Jones, Joshua Redman and Stevie Wonder. In this case we have the great cover by Barney Kessel in concert.
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[@patpratico4424]

Great transcription! What a wonderful improvisor Barney Kessel was!

[@arataka57]

That is a great transcription and improv on the spot. It's still a very complex learning subject.

[@allengoyne]

the syncopations would be easier to read if the downbeats where more clearly expressed. I especially point to bar 14 with the tied eighths crossing beats one and two, a flagged eighth on the downbeat of three followed by a whole note covering the and of three and the downbeat of four. This is just hard to read rhythmically.

[@robtorop2157]

Is the score available for download? ( not tab)

[@MiguelMateu]

Yes, in the description you have the link to download with and without TAB ;)

[@sebb440]

putting the tab on the video and selling the score would make much more sense

[@j.s.m.5351]

If you want to make less money, then yes. Tab readers far outnumber standard notation readers.

[@stefanthorpenberg887]

Don’t get it? Jazz means improvisation. To transcribe someone elses jazz improvisation makes no sense.

[@ramii1988]

How do you imagine people learn jazz vocabulary?

[@guitargod6997]

In the case of bebop, I tend to agree with Stefan regarding the value of transcription. Miguel always does a great job, but the idea of trying to "memorize" bebop lines like this is daunting. Bebop is about rhythmic timing.

[@alexwirtz9497]

It makes loads of sense. If you're getting into Barney's style, let's say, having an overview of a couple dozen of his solos enables you to identify the common features and improvise in that idiom. Next stage, admittedly, is to make that idiom your own but comments like yours assume a player is already at that level. Not so - there's a developmental process that has to be gone through before you get to that point.