Transcriptions of my collected Kress tunes!
I´m publishing all of my transcribed Kress tunes on this homepage. The published songs are my originals, handwritten, and photocopied to PDF files. A transcription usually takes a minimum of 3-4 working days to complete, so a lot of work is behind every song! (The transcriptions are 3-5 pages!) For this reason I´m charging $10 per transcription. Look a bit further down this page: Just click on the black icon directly below the song title/record label/preview photo; pay with credit card, fill in your mail address as instructed, and a link to the PDF file will be mailed to you! It would be such a pleasure to hear other guitarists playing these arrangements!
Guitar Mania: transcriptions of Kress/Lang/McDonough solos (click icon above)
Transcription of “Blonde On The Loose”(Kress/Mottola, 1941), made by Lasse Bohlin; digitized print-out by Jan Rudling, chief editor SGLS (Swedish Guitar & Lute Society). Click on PDF file link!
”HONEYSUCKLE ROSE” – Guitar solo/arrangement by Dick McDonough, recorded 1934. Transcription by Ivor Mairants in the book ”The Great Jazz Guitarists 1”(SMT, Sanctuary Publishing, 1994/2003). Revised by Lasse Bohlin 2018 – lots of added and changed chords and chord names (sorry that it´s made the “old school way”, not digitized). Click on PDF link!
Transcription of “HEAT WAVE” (Kress & McDonough, 1937), made by Lasse Bohlin:
TRANSCRIPTION OF “sarong number” (KRESS & Mottola, 1941), MADE BY LASSE BOHLIN:
TRANSCRIPTION OF “Squeeze box swing”/”the goose from gander” (KRESS & Mottola, 1941, 1947), MADE BY LASSE BOHLIN:
TRANSCRIPTION OF “Blonde on the loose” (KRESS & Mottola, 1947 quintet version ), MADE BY LASSE BOHLIN:
TRANSCRIPTION OF “fun on the frets” (KRESS & Mottola, 1941), MADE BY LASSE BOHLIN:
TRANSCRIPTION OF “jazz in g” (KRESS & Mottola, 1941), MADE BY LASSE BOHLIN:
TRANSCRIPTION OF “Walking behind miss lucy” (KRESS & Mottola, 1947), MADE BY LASSE BOHLIN:
Epiphone ad, Swedish Jazz Magazine “Orkesterjournalen”, no 10 Oct 1938. A unique picture of Harris & Mastren together, the same year Harris moved from England to USA, on Mastren´s initiative!
Transcriptions of four jazz guitar duets written by Carmen Mastren & Albert Harris in 1942, published by Robbins Music Corp., N.Y., 1942-1946; never recorded by the composers. (kindly sent to me by Robbie Young, Great Britain)
To my knowledge there exists only 4 later recordings of these tunes: ”Two Moods”(big band version featuring Ivor Mairants, 1945); ”Lament in E”(Grosz/Wright duo, 1977); ”Minuet in Miniature”(Grosz/Peters duo, 2006), and ”Lament in E” on our record (Karlsson/Bohlin).
The following transcriptions/sheet music were given to me by internationally renowned Swedish jazz guitar player Rolf Jardemark (https://rolfjardemark.com). Some of the best music by Carl Kress and Eddie Lang, since long out of print and very hard to find!
Transcription of George Barnes/Carl Kress duo recording “Clap Yo´ Hands” (LP “Guitars, Anyone?”, Carney Rec., 1977). Published by the magazine Guitar Player, end of 70´s.
Jazz Guitar Duets 
