The Shadow Of Your Smile - Herb Ellis (Transcription)

[@vecernicek2]

This is some of the most beautiful playing from Herb. And a fantastic study of trio playing! Thank you François, your work ethic is incredible.

[@salvadorarana48]

The bassline and bass solo are gorgeous!

Again, as voted this month by my Patrons, trrrrr... this one! I kinda expected it to win, 'the shadow of your smile' is always a popular tune. It has a great chord progression for improvisation. I would say, it's maybe not the fanciest solo I've heard but all elements are there and all super well balanced to make a sweet sounding interpretation. A bit of melodic variations, a bit of chords, a bit of blues licks, a bit of bebop lines.... There is a bit of guessing in the comping as the guitar is not super clear but I'm sure it's pretty close. Enjoy!

[@michaeldunagan7838]

Thanks for the music and transcription! Love it when digital sheet music accompanies a performance on KZbin.

[@MarkInLA]

Always liked the way Herb always added his own brand of blue licks into otherwise non-blues ballads and such... It was his recognizable signature.....

[@kevincarey2467]

Herb ....my favorite guitarist of many....

[@andybird9465]

Absolutely magnificent.

[@nateelman4808]

Solo and comp is freaking awesome! Thanks for the upload.

[@mer1red]

Herb, who inspired Emily Remler and supported her career - thanks Herb-, has undoubtedly a place amongst the greatest jazz guitarists of all times. You hear this immediately. I learned a lot from Emily, so indirectly from Herb.

[@Alexamdern]

Beautiful, my favorite so far. Very tasty licks

[@danisoldo]

plus beau ...tu meurs all the joy and the pain of humanity in a song

[@travelingman9763]

Incredible tasteful playing Herb!

[@ZalMoxis]

Super track and transcription

[@GrafasDiving]

Herb was so sweet. Thank you very much Francois, your work is amazing,

[@nokaut456]

Sublime...

[@joeyberger2511]

Fantastic video- this takes a lot of work, and is appreciated!

[@gitanoespana7694]

Beautiful music.

[@ВиталийЯныков]

Thanks for the upload. Fantastic and smooth playing.

[@kevincarey2467]

Love herb....and his style.... comfortable smooth...

[@foxyjazzbopper]

Brilliant transcription… thank you for posting👌👌

[@davidpanzer1166]

He put the blues in every kind of song!

[@АйратСитдиков-в2р]

Thank you very much, very nice!

[@galenhunsucker8187]

Nicely done...I studied with,played second guitar to him and got to know him well over the years.(met in 1983) He would be honored by this...after telling you that he would as his custom to do so,say.....now let's play some blues

[@galenhunsucker8187]

@@jg11x11 One of the things about Herb was his down to earth approach.He had a great sense of humor which was nice to be around

[@anthonybulluck8050]

@@galenhunsucker8187That must be some of his humour at Bar 110; it causes me to burst out in laughter :)

[@galenhunsucker8187]

Yes, Herb can fit a blues riff any anything

[@Notamember8556]

This helps my reading immensely! Merci Francois.

[@pauljude]

Think I may have to do your patreon page man. As I become more interested in jazz your transcriptions become more and more helpful in my journey. Great post as always.

[@TLMuse]

Lovely arrangement that was off my radar. Thanks for bringing it to my attention! -Tom

[@kennedyviolao]

Hey, I have original recordings of the first guitarist in Brazil, the legendary Américo Jacomino "Canhoto" (1887-1928), as well as other pioneers such as Dilermando Reis (1915-1977), Levino Albano da Conceição (1883-1955), between others. It would be nice to see them transcribed.

[@kennedyviolao]

Unfortunately, there are few transitions from the original recordings of Américo Jacomino, and of those that exist, few are decent.

[@downhill240]

Excellent video! Thanks for sharing.

[@mailvirtual]

Very good !!

[@brenisno1]

Beautiful stuff!

[@Jimi_7-7-7]

incredible 🤩👏

[@greatvanzini]

Wow! Just Wow!

[@juanpabur]

Excelente trabajo!! Gracias por el aporte.

[@sergioalgeciro1820]

I love that transcript !! Thank you very much for sharing, I am writing to you from Colombia! I would like to ask you, do you have the audio of the backing track of that transcription? If you have it and can share it with me, I would be very grateful. stay tuned greetings

[@edrdavenport78]

sick dude thanks so much. didnt know i needed this

[@nadim4343]

priceless!

[@xuanloc7490]

Can you do Cinema Paradiso by Pat Metheny. Great video!

[@Kenneth81]

Very nice 😳😳backing ????

[@cliftonbanks5590]

Great player, but what are those drawings with the dots and lines?

It's a secret conspiracy code only musicians can read!

[@johns2721]

@Clifton Banks...it's called "transcrption" and it's for morons like me who play guitar but can't read music. There's six lines, for each of the six strings on the guitar, and the numbers indicate the frets on the neck of the guitar where the note should be played.

[@jfender8023]

You are too modest Clifton.Tabulatura has been around since 1300 when Spanish German and Italian composers used this musical notation for the vihuela lute and organ

[@johns2721]

@@jfender8023 Sorry, I said "transcription"...I meant "tablature".

[@pietpadda593]

Awesome, thanks François! Any chance we might see some Django Reinhardt tunes in the future? 😁

Thanks! I don't think I will do Django Reinhardt tunes, not because I don't like him thou. It's just that there's already more than enough transcriptions of him available, so I don't see the point. Maybe if I find something very cool that I cannot find a decent transcription of, who knows.

[@michaelturner4755]

@ With regards to gypsy jazz, there's a fella whose absolutely tearing it up at the moment called Antoine Boyer. You should check him out!

[@pietpadda593]

@ I understand fully. Keep doing what you're doing though. It's a blast going through your videos and playing along.

[@rubensespindola5761]

Maravilha!

[@EnricoMarasea]

Caspita!

[@olivieraleman]

Who is bass and drums?

[@leonidasdeguevara7146]

Sounds a litte bit like blue in green and all the things You are, maybe y got grong

[@АйратСитдиков-в2р]

Excuse me, what is album? It is my favorite guitar player, but i don't have the tune

[@bertvdlast]

Айрат Ситдиков. The name of the album is Jazz/Concord.

[@burrencrawler]

What is that amazing chord at 0:22 please?

[@burrencrawler]

Found it! XX 10 9 7 X = D9 so mellow.....

[@b1j]

Johnny Mandel in the style of Michel Legrand.

[@fabiorocco7752]

Lindo

[@arvinpanganiban5192]

Nice! 1st Comment 👍🏼😊

[@herculesrockefeller8969]

and it's such a worthwhile comment...🙄

[@pablotorres7436]

Herb Ellis like a Segovia of jazz guitar... Very Little finger movement to perform His art

[@muzarecords2537]

!!

[@muxant_academy]

👾🌌

[@guillermoluisespinasse3667]

TENGAN UN POCO DE RESPETO Y PONGAN QUIÉN TOCA.