Miles Davis Solo on “Autumn Leaves”

by | Jazz Standards, Miles Davis

In this video I teach a solo that I believe every serious jazz student should learn, regardless of what instrument they play! I’m referring of course to Miles Davis’ solo over Autumn Leaves, off the classic Cannonball Adderley album entitled “Something Else”.

This rendition of Autumn Leaves is played at a fairly relaxed tempo and features Miles’ signature use of space between his phrases. Even though it’s not technically demanding to play, I believe the real challenge lies in emulating Miles’ elastic sense of timing. Listen to how he anticipates some notes while playing others slightly behind the beat. In the video I play along with the recording and though I found the notes fairly easy to play… doing so in unison with Miles took some practice!

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13 Comments

  1. Jerry Burger
    Jerry Burger on April 5, 2019 at 12:17 am

    Thanks for your diligent work!

  2. marco barichello
    marco barichello on November 12, 2018 at 9:56 pm

    Hi, great work! Is possible to have the pdf of the partiture?

    • Richie Zellon
      Richie Zellon on November 14, 2018 at 3:01 am

      Yes, the link is underneath the video…

  3. Luiz Manoel Cunha
    Luiz Manoel Cunha on March 4, 2018 at 10:14 pm

    Hi Richie
    God bless you for your work.
    This lessons are all I did want at very long time ago. Thank you very much .

    • Richie Zellon
      Richie Zellon on March 5, 2018 at 3:50 am

      You’re very welcome! Brasileiro?

  4. George Gaskell
    George Gaskell on February 9, 2018 at 7:38 pm

    Why can’t I download the tab?
    Thanks.

    • Richie Zellon
      Richie Zellon on February 9, 2018 at 9:12 pm

      You should be able to if you are logged in. Please describe what happens when you click on the link.

  5. Steve Crain
    Steve Crain on February 2, 2018 at 7:42 am

    Thanks Richie – so good!

  6. mohamed mohamed
    mohamed mohamed on February 1, 2018 at 11:10 am

    thanx for this nice solo

    • Richie Zellon
      Richie Zellon on February 2, 2018 at 12:00 am

      My pleasure!

  7. Michel Giroux
    Michel Giroux on January 31, 2018 at 7:02 pm

    Great solo! thanks for the transcription Richie

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