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Hi ,
Does anyone know where I can get the written solo for "Stardust"?
I would like the Tommy Dorsey transcription and the Urbie Green as heard on 21 trombones.
Thanks for your help.

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Don't know where you might find them other than transcribing them yourself. It might be hard but a worthwhile pursuit.
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If you transcribe the solo yourself you'll actually internalize it, remember it and it will become part of your vocabulary. I know it's a pain in the butt... it's worth it though! If you can sing it, you can play it!
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You are so right about internalizing it and LISTENING. It is going to be a long project by the looks of it.
I may do my own "hybrid" combining Louie Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey and Urbie Green.
It is hard to believe someone hasn't published one of these over the years.

Thanks for your imput.
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IMHO also listen to both takes Jack Jenny recorded with his own band
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Vegasbound wrote: Wed Feb 03, 2021 2:13 am IMHO also listen to both takes Jack Jenny recorded with his own band
That's a good version :good:

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This should save you some time
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Jack's solo on the Shaw recording is possibly the career making 8 bars,. But I would still listen to his recordings with his own band
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Thanks a million Ken for the pdf. The high F third measure after D may be a bit of an issue for me (LOL)!!

Thanks again
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C is a nice key.
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Thanks a million Ken for the pdf. The high F third measure after D may be a bit of an issue for me (LOL)!!
You're welcome. Almost everytime I've played this chart the bandleader wants to hear this exact solo. It's iconic. The "F" is always a challenge.
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When the Shaw band was working, we always played it, of course. I occasionally played it as written but usually I tried to do something very similar but not exactly the same.

The funny thing is, when I first started playing with the Artie Shaw band, I didn't know that solo at all.
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I would sure be surprised if I came across that solo in the middle of a gig!!!
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I've had to play this solo on gigs, as well. It's a great challenge to try to imitate that light, effortless-sounding Jack Jenney sound! As someone says above, you should hear his own version (which is a lot more than 8 bars!).

(You could do a lot worse than to steal some of Artie Shaw's playing on there, as well!)

Other great recordings of Stardust include the fabulous Bennie Green (the trombonist) and, of course, Clifford Brown.
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Also Don Lusher's recording
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Carl Fontana kills it.
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Tom brantley has a recording of it with just trombone and guitar
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And BTW, a copyist who splits the solo across the page, just dopey.
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