Ep 17 - Rowan Hudson

Hello everyone,

This is Mirko Guerrini, and I welcome you to the Jazz Transcription Clinic, a monthly interviews podcast where we talk with accomplished jazz doctors about their lives, careers and their personal transcription secrets. 

On this episode of the Jazz Transcription Clinic Podcast Mirko Guerrini interviews the guest jazz doctor: Rowan Hudson.

Listen to Rowan's answers to the questions below: 
① Why do you transcribe? 03:45
② What do you expect to learn from a transcription? 09:32
③ How do you choose solos? 19:54
④ What is your transcribing methodology? 30:29
⑤ Do you write it down? 54:55
⑥ How do you practise the solos? 56:56
⑦ How do you incorporate transcriptions into your playing? 58:37
⑧ Who was the most difficult one to transcribe? 01:13:02
⑨ What is your favourite solo that you transcribed? 01:17:00

Rowan Hudson
Rowan Hudson is a pianist and composer working mostly within Jazz and Minimalist music. Moving to London in mid-2011 he studied Jazz Piano at Middlesex University and since then has formed several groups and played with some of London's leading musicians as well as touring Germany and the UK.
His main creative outlet is his Passing Ships, a 5 piece group put together to perform and record his music. A self-titled album was released in 2019 which was then followed by 'An Illustrated Land' in early 2022. As well as this Rowan leads his own piano trio featuring JJ Stillwell (Bass) and Angus Bishop (Drums). He also plays with the 6 piece Jazz group Nattacackle and the Reiss Beckles Group. In September 2022 he released a solo album entitled Whalebed: 10 Pieces for Piano.

♬ You can check Rowan Hudson's music and projects here:
https://www.rowanhudson.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIjahEQNuvmFJbK0wVIAkxA

♬ You can check Mirko Guerrini's music here: https://mirkoguerrini.bandcamp.com
or here
https://www.mirkoguerrini.com

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