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John Morga
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posted 9/7/02 11:40 AM     Click here to send email to John Morga  
om: John Morga (jmorga@telephonics.com)
Subject: Grusin: "Jack's Theme"
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.jazz
2002-08-12
From The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), the busy studio cut made it to
the soundtrack, but the solo piece was abandoned from anything
published. Anyone know if it has ever been charted? I rented the movie
(tape) and hooked up my old VHS deck to a cassette deck. I dumped the
one scene to audio (about 50 minutes into the film) and have been just
playing be ear.
There's lots of minor7b5, half-diminished kind of stuff or minor 6ths
with the 6 on the left hand but the going is slow. Any help is
appreciated. thanks!
John Morga
jmorga@telephonics.com


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Rachel posted 9/19/02 4:39 AM     Click here to send email to Rachel  
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7:08 am Friday January 25, 2002
Hi there, This is an appeal to any talented pianists out there who can play by ear (ie. not me!). I'm hooked on that piano solo that Jack plays on his own in the hotel ballroom, secretly watched by Suzie (based around sequence Fm7, Bb/C - I think that's right). I know the sheet music isn't available but I'm hoping to find someone who can help me get a transcription somehow.
Hubert posted 11/10/02 7:46 AM     Click here to send email to Hubert  
Hello NewsGroup ....
As I am a big fan of Dave Grusin and his music, I wondered if there is
any sheet music of his arrangements ...
I really like "Making Whoopee" of the "Fabulous Baker Boys" soundtrack
and would like to transcribe it if nobody has done it before ...
Any help is appreciated ... :-)
Thank you in advance,
Hubert


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John posted 1/19/04 2:33 AM    
All,
I'm hooked on that piano solo, too. Though I'm no pianist. Does anyone know more information about it, like who's the composer, player and any other pianist playing similar stuff?
Scullduggery
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posted 1/23/04 11:24 PM     Click here to send email to Scullduggery  
Try THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS fan site at
http://fabulousbakers.tripod.com/ab/bakerboys/index.html
It has all the answers to the questions you just asked.



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Edu posted 7/25/04 5:16 PM     Click here to send email to Edu  
If anyone is interested, I have some of the chords of "Jack's Theme" figured out. It's taking a lot of my time, since the chords are kind of clustered and difficult. Just contact me.
Adam posted 6/14/05 11:13 AM     Click here to send email to Adam  
I have transcribed quite alot of Dave grusin stuff. I have done "jack's theme" from the bar, which is a trio version of the solo Hotel scene and have done "Makin' Whoppee". Drop me a line if still interested.
Matt posted 6/21/05 4:17 AM     Click here to send email to Matt  
If you post it here I'd be happy to include your work on the FBB website
Carl Hudson posted 8/21/06 10:13 AM     Click here to send email to Carl Hudson  
Hi,
I've transcribed the album version of Jack's Theme.. It'll be posted on my website (www.carlhudson.co.uk) in a day or two.. Until then, you can hear my recording of it on my Myspace page - www.myspace.com/gingerjazzman
Cheers,
Carl Hudson


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MartianK posted 6/27/07 12:00 AM     Click here to send email to MartianK  
I'd love the Transcription of Makin Whopee and Jacks Theme as well.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Adam Biggs posted 8/28/08 8:30 AM     Click here to send email to Adam Biggs  
Hello all,I wrote here ages ago and due to the huge
response I received I am very pleased to announce
that "The Fabulous Baker Boys Songbook" has been
published and is now available at
http://www.biggsound.com/responder.jsp
The book consists of:
- sheet music transcriptions of all Dave Grusin's
original music from the film.
- Makin' Whoopee, My Funny Valentine and More
Than You Know.
- All Solo piano performed in the film.
- The three versions of "Jack's Theme" -Solo, Trio &
Quintet as heard in the film.


http://www.biggsound.com
Adam Biggs posted 9/5/08 10:08 AM     Click here to send email to Adam Biggs  
Hi, Sorry, please ignore the web address in the post above with "responder" at the end. It should read simply www.biggsound.com as linked at the bottom of the post.
thanks



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Greg posted 12/20/08 10:28 AM     Click here to send email to Greg  
Go www.biggsound.co.uk for a very copy of the score


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music seeker posted 5/18/09 10:33 AM    
-------Go www.biggsound.co.uk for a very copy of the score-----------
you're charging people for transcriptions of copyrighted material?
Good luck with that
Adam Biggs posted 6/15/09 3:43 PM     Click here to send email to Adam Biggs  
Just a quick note to "Music Seeker" (above) - The Fabulous Baker Boys Songbook published by Biggsound is a fully legal book of transcriptions with all the necessary copyright permissions.


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Adam Biggs posted 8/28/09 11:25 AM     Click here to send email to Adam Biggs  
I've had some difficulties with my website listed in the posts above and so have had to put a new site up where you can purchase the Fabulous Baker Boys Songbook. with thanks Adam


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Adam Biggs posted 8/16/10 10:49 AM     Click here to send email to Adam Biggs  
Hi, I've launched a new website for The Fabulous Baker Boys Songbook, where you can buy your copy, post comments, read what other people think of the book and so on. Thanks for all your support.


http://www.thefabulousbakerboyssongbook.co.uk
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