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My work on Joe Henderson's "Punjab" solo transcription, I did this while I was in KCB about 20 years ago, Joe Henderson is always one of my favorite jazz saxophonists and composers.
夾在工作空檔，也把舊作邊掃描邊忙別的事，這種非常非功能性和聲（Non-Functional Harmony）的作曲與即興，也是六〇年代爵士樂的精華，我們都很喜歡，也聽得很熟悉。
不過老實說要介紹這樣的“現代爵士樂”（其實也是歷史之一了），我覺得還需要很多的努力，讓觀眾與學生了解，而不是留在曲高和寡的階段，至少要學到智慧與影響，而不是直接說：這是爵士大師啦，你們都聽不懂啦...云云。
採譜分析可能是一段時間之後才有可能專心完成的事。
BTW，Punjab就是旁遮普地區的英文，這個地區現在分屬印度與巴基斯坦兩國
BTW，Punjab就是旁遮普地區的英文，這個地區現在分屬印度與巴基斯坦兩國
I transcribed this Joe Henderson's great "Punjab" solo including the 2nd one after the Trumpet (Kenny Dorham) & Piano (McCoy Tyner) around 32 years ago when I was studying Jazz in Brussels, Belgium, then I typed it by an old notation software named Overture, which can not be used anymore on the new Mac OS, only the print-out scans were kept but unfortunately the Page 7 was lost.
So I transcribed it today after 32 years to keep it complete by the time we are doing the seasonal Lecture series of introducing Joe Henderson's music, so do Hank Mobley & Dexter Gordon (Along with the 2 more of Bill Evans and 2 more of Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine (Groove Music) and 2 more of John Williams (Film Scoring))
p.s. Some Chords were not correct, I heard it wrong when I was young, but then I knew, for example, it was not Bbm13, it's Bb7alt, along with the Fm7b5 - Bb7alt (b9, #9, b13 and occasionally #11) but connect to an unconventional EMaj7#11, However I keep the original typing to "prove" that I did improved and I know it's a Bb7alt-like sound! ^^