Resources:

• Jimmy Clanton – Venus in Blue Jeans Bandhub collab video.
• Jimmy Clanton – Venus in Blue Jeans trumpet chart.

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Resources:

• Randy Crawford – You Might Need Somebody Bandhub collab video.
• Randy Crawford – You Might Need Somebody trumpet and alto sax charts.

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LaGaylia performed this funky vocal arrangement of Dizzy Gillespie’s masterpiece at Sweden’s Rhapsody in Rock in 2006. A mighty fine performance worth watching on YouTube!

I’ve transcribed the trumpet ensemble parts and also taken a few small liberties of my own.

Resources:

• LaGaylia Frazier – A Night in Tunisia trumpet chart.

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It’s time for flugelhorns to pretend they’re French horns once more…

Resources:

• Yes – Onward flugelhorn chart.

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Resources:

• The Commodores – Slippery When Wet Bandhub collab video.
• The Commodores – Slippery When Wet trumpet chart.

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With much love and respect to the incomparable Queen of Soul.

Resources:

• Aretha Franklin – Rock Steady Bandhub collab video.
• Aretha Franklin – Rock Steady trumpet & tenor sax chart.

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A fun song! Not much happening for the trumpets though. The Beatles managed to do a little better for the horns when they first released this song as Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.

Still, I loved singing along to this when it came on the radio, back in the day. I sang the trumpet parts too. So it was nice to finally play them.

Resources:

• The Offspring – Why Don’t You Get A Job? trumpet chart.

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Resources:

• Nancy Sinatra – Sugar Town Bandhub collab video.
• Nancy Sinatra – Sugar Town trumpet (flugelhorn) chart.

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Be sure to check out my other Nancy Sinatra transcriptions!

As a kid, I played this along with my Daly Wilson Big Band LP, and cassette tape, many times. Muscle memory is an amazing thing, and just won’t let you forget how to play these things!

So it wasn’t a lot of trouble to adapt my thinking to the original recording by Rhythm Heritage and get this down on paper…

Resources:

• Rhythm Heritage – Theme From S.W.A.T. trumpet chart.

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There’s a lot going on here in just over a minute’s worth of music. But I’ve managed to unravel and transcribe the complexities of this very cool instrumental, that some consider their favorite TV theme of all time.

I can’t help but love the 1972 “cop drama” minor-key of this piece; the rapid fusionesque drum and percussion rhythms that take us back to Dirty Harry, the syncopated wah-wah guitars of the era, the free sax fills, the uber-cool walking (sprinting!) jazz bass in the bridge, the French Connection-style dissonance from the trumpets, the frantic French horn lines that sound like they’re struggling to keep up, and the anchoring “blat” of the low trombones.

I remember when this TV show first aired, my Dad, a Bay Area native, would frequently identify and call out San Francisco street names and landmarks as he recognized the many on-location scenes. A fond memory.

It certainly felt very special to be able to demystify and transcribe this piece, then to record it with some of my favorite musicians.

Resources:

• The Streets of San Francisco Bandhub collab video.
• The Streets of San Francisco trumpet, flugelhorn, alto sax, and trombone charts.

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