Transcription: Theme

Composer: Eric Dixon
Transcription starts at 0'01"; ends at 0'25"
Tempo: 125 beats per minute
From the album: Basically Count
Leader of the session: Tee Carson
Recorded: September 3, 1981; Hollywood, California USA
LP: Palo Alto Jazz 862251

This tune is a 12 bar blues in Bb. Freddie plays mostly one note voicings, and a few two note voicings. In measures 7 and 8, note how the guitar line moves upward while the bass line moves downward.

See the "Lessons and Technique" section of this website for details about Freddie's playing style.

Transcribed by Michael Pettersen, October 2004