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Hi, what do you think of Teddy Wilson? It seems to me that he is largely overlooked compared to his contemporaries Fats Waller and Art Tatum. The only one who pays him homage as he deserves is Gunther Schuller in his books.
I haven't even found any transcriptions so far, so I tried to transcribe a few measures, with his fantastic arpeggiated runs that are all in all quite simple in the choice of notes
http://www.leoravera.it/2015/05/25/13-teddy-wilson-un-accompagnatore-ideale/
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I am reporting this text
http://www.amazon.it/Teddy-Wilson-Talks-Jazz-Autobiography/dp/0826457975#./0826457975?&_suid=143261823345802874636963037367
If I am not mistaken, it is also on Google Books
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Interesting, unfortunately it does not exist in ebook version yet.
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... however
https://books.google.it/books?id=9t2Ak-km4zwC&pg=PA1&hl=it&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
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leoravera wrote:Hi, what do you think of Teddy Wilson? It seems to me that he is largely overlooked compared to his contemporaries Fats Waller and Art Tatum. The only one who pays him homage as he deserves is Gunther Schuller in his books.
I haven't even found any transcriptions so far, so I tried to transcribe a few measures, with his fantastic arpeggiated flourishes which all in all are rather simple in their choice of notes
http://www.leoravera.it/2015/05/25/13-teddy-wilson-un-accompagnatore-ideale/
A very elegant and rather overlooked pianist, a bit like Hampton Hawes, who however has been rediscovered lately.
But you can find a little something…
https://www.scribd.com/doc/126250746/Teddy-Wilson-12-Transcriptions
http://www.ipallister.webspace.virginmedia.com/MinuteSteak.pdf
http://www.ipallister.webspace.virginmedia.com/LittleThings.pdf
http://www.chrisdawsonmusic.com/transcriptions/I%27m%20Coming%20Virginia%20-%20Teddy%20Wilson%20Sibelius%20Transcription.pdf
