Miles Davis scores available now from Birth of The Cool Recordings

Wouldn't it be nice if all the great arrangements from the 20th century actually became available for us to play now?  Over the years, people have tried to transcribe a lot of this music, and depending on the transcriber the final result was actually fairly successful.  Much of Duke Ellington's music has been transcribed from recordings where no score exists.  On the other hand, I'm sure most of us have played some lame transcriptions that were pretty far off from what the original recording sounded like.  With that in mind, I just stumbled across some of the old Miles Davis stuff that is actually written out in score format -from the actual scores from Miles Davis.  All one needs to do now is to enter in finale and print it out.  For 15 bucks you sure can't go wrong on this one.  Check it out...

 

Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool : Scores from the Original Parts

In preparation for over two years, this landmark publication presents the music of the Miles Davis Nonet in concert score format, restored from as many of the original composer/arrangers' autograph parts as still exist. Includes an extensive introduction, notes on the restoration process, bios of the composers and arrangers, and note-for-note transcriptions of these classic jazz tunes: Birth of the Cool Theme * Boplicity (Be Bop Lives) * Budo * Deception * Godchild * Israel * Jeru * Joost at the Roost * Moon Dreams * Move * Rock Salt a/k/a Rocker * Rouge * Venus De Milo.
List Price: $24.95
Amazon Price: $15.72

Customer Review: I'm prejudiced
I edited this folio. For years, musicians had to transcribe this important music so it could be played, and hoped that the original materials would turn up. The wait is now over. All of the original parts known to exist of this legendary music were utilized to create corrected, clear, edited scores in concert. There are several pages of notes, including bios, a history of the music and the ensemble, and information on the restoration of this music. Also included is a composition that was never recorded. Both the estates of Miles Davis and Gerry Mulligan made this music available to me to prepare this folio, and Keith Mardak, CEO of Hal Leonard, deserves credit for making this music available. For me, this was a challenge and a labor of love. A more detailed article on the editing process will be published by the Journal of the Institute of Jazz Studies in the near future.