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    This is a full, downloadable PDF transcription of Jake Smolowe's Brad Mehldau-esque jazz waltz piano arrangement of "Angels We Have Heard on High," from his 2021 album "Christmas Solo: Informal, Improvised." The chart includes detailed chord symbols throughout, as well as fingering for select passages.

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    This is the lead sheet for Jake Smolowe's Brad Mehldau-esque jazz waltz piano arrangement of "Angels We Have Heard on High," from his 2021 album "Christmas Solo: Informal, Improvised." Also includes notated piano intro.

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“O Christmas Tree” is probably the most drastic re-imagination on the album. Inspired by Taylor Eigsti’s dynamism and fantastic arranging skills, it features a jaunty (as my wife Emily likes to call it) 7/4 groove with a couple of brief meter changes and fermatas thrown in for good measure, as well as some wild reharmonizations on the bridge. The nature of the arrangement is all about dynamic peaks and valleys: it starts off soft, builds the intensity level up multiple times and then drops down again to start all over gain. The highlight of this is after the head out, where the last phrase of the melody morphs into a solo vamp that starts at a whisper, builds up to a sustained roar, then repeats the curve in miniature for the finale. The hardest part of recording this track was maintaining the high energy level and forward momentum the whole time, even during the soft points. When I finally got the take I wanted after an evening and morning trying, I found that even though it was a little messy and rough around the edges, it still captured that energy I was looking for, and decided to keep it.

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Jake Smolowe San Francisco, California

Jake Smolowe is a San Francisco-based pianist, composer, music educator, arranger and film scorer. He specializes in jazz that pulls from many other genres.

He has performed and recorded with Sioux City Kid, Quinn DeVeaux, John Németh and Jeff Derby.

His latest Album, "Christmas Solo: Informal, Improvised," was released on December 7, 2021. ... more

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