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Click here for the Sonny Stitt trasncription for the below recording of Cherokee.
You can follow the chord changes from any stock fake book as they are pretty standard. Sonny Stitt is a master of voice-leading, so you can ascertain the chord from his lines on most occasions as well. The transcription has no chord changes written.
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Below are some Blues choruses for soloing you can use as a basis for solo vocabulary .
Remember, you can always just play the melody in a new way, using new rhythms, for example, and use this method for presenting
improvised material. A few Blue Bossa choruses are also posted. Everything else I think you are all capable of doing on your own.
Just go for it.
CLICK HERE FOR I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE PLAY-ALONG
CLICK HERE FOR PLAY-ALONG RECORDING - Bb Blues
LOOK AT THE KEY SIGNATURE!