Philly Joe Jones - Locomotion

Transcribed by Joe LaBarbera

Philly Joe Jones:

"Locomotion" This month's  Drum Soloist  features   features the great Philly Joe Jones on the John Coltrane album   Blue Trane   (Blue Note BST81577 81 577,, recorded recorded 1957). The solo Philly Phill y Joe Joe plays pla ys on "Locom "Locomotion otion"" is i s played over the form of of th the e tune, tune, whi which ch is a variation on the A-A-B-A form. The A sections are actually 12-bar blues, while the B section is eight bars in length. This

form is commonly called "blues with a bridge."