the title can't encompass the amount of SOUL

A transcription of "We're Still Here/He's Alright" by Wycliffe Gordon, including all his solo parts and some of the band cues as well. I hope you enjoy, this was a fun one to transcribe!
Original: • WE'RE STILL HERE / HE'...

[@charliecampbell6851]

Crazy to see Chip McNeill as first tenor - I've been been to several jazz camps with him as one of the teachers and have played in the band he directed. Great guy, monster player.

[@AcevedoDMA]

First thing I noticed in this video was him in the background, too!

[@DonFranciscoUSF]

they've got Wayne Bergeron back there on trumpet too, stacked ensemble

[@zachbuerger1933]

as soon as i saw him, i started looking for a comment like this!

[@tooshietom]

Funnily enough, the other tenor in this band is my jazz director in high school right now

[@dailyblankscreen7938]

Uno jazz camp? Because I was in his band at that camp recently

[@newtonianjam8512]

Oh damn i thought i pressed on a George Collier video. Good stuff, keep it up!👍

[@GeorgeCollier]

honestly same

[@jaqthetrombone]

Haha, thanks! Didn't expect the man himself to be here

[@fcturner]

Yeah, questioning myself whether I find this okay… I mean, getting inspired is great, but copying 100%? Not sure.

[@nubfried]

@@GeorgeCollier bro same

[@sageturtl4996]

@@fcturner they're both just transcribing music ?

[@parkerpeterson517]

Got the chance to play this with Wycliffe in 2019! Hearing him in person is MIND BLOWING

[@ihadtoomuchbenandjerrys100]

your name is spiderman but backwards, also, thats sick to hear!

[@recastle8051]

Yes it is!!

[@randsayno9217]

YES! So, augusta university hosts jazz bands and I just played in one of them. He directs the high school and uni band. I was in the middle school band and he came to play a tune for us with gum in his hand! I even got a chance to solo in front of him during the f blues section. The fact that he nonchalantly whips out licks is crazy.

[@KSkayles]

when the whole band is invited to the cookout

[@briankrumm8813]

I played a church gig with Wycliffe one time... still can't really believe it.

[@ccaio5585]

Gonna be playing with this dude tomorrow at the VanderCook College of Music in Chicago. It’s such an honor

[@jimbo_bomberino8606]

How'd it go?

[@ccaio5585]

@@jimbo_bomberino8606 very fun, such an epic giy

[@piesplays]

that bass bone pedal near the end... oh my godddd

[@meaksam]

The other trombone player just bursting out laughing at this note...

[@r1p2m32]

One of the rare men -- for whom I will raise my hat. Huh.. I must listen this again!

[@horseeatsdogfood5721]

Wycliffe is absolutely one of the contemporary jazz GOATS!!!!!

[@Benisuber1]

The seeming ease and total clarity at 3:31 just blows my mind. I think of myself as a pretty good trombone player but damn!

[@trombonebestinstrument]

no one realizes how hard the last notes wycliffe played are, fluttering on an f5 is incredibly hard

[@jinsyl]

0:56 hey that’s my old jazz director lmao, i do remember watching this stream with the rest of different bands and we were cheering for hom

[@tooshietom]

Oh shoot, you went to Carroll too?

[@jinsyl]

@@tooshietom couple years ago now, yeah!

[@tylerwestfall7188]

the last chord of this is amazing, i could listen to that alone all day 5:03

[@thesmartestmaninbethlehem7469]

My favourite music video of all time. I wish singers could sing like these instruments. (I know some of them do, but never in a collaboration such as this)

[@officialcurtis]

There is just a feeling of pure "Rythmic Stability" with this song. Your ears and brain just melt with satisfaction.

[@filiplhotka]

Loved the transcription, but a slight mistake I noticed: In the singing at 3:18, he doesn't say "I'm gonna pick em out ..." but says "I'm gonna pick up my trombone ..." :)

[@ColonialForbin]

Thank you for using bass clef through the whole thing. I can read things Edit: i can read more than bass clef now

[@recastle8051]

Two days ago, I just say Wycliffe at temple jazz fest, absolutely amazing performance.

[@mokajones74]

These channels just making me realise I miss playin Jazz

[@officialcurtis]

Making you realize it was some of your happier days eh?

[@jsquet]

Thx for sharing. That is epic !

[@tylerkeystone9022]

Love that little Rick Stitzel quote there haha

[@Overlycomplicatedswede]

Can we take a second to appreciate how damn good that bass trombonist is👌🏻💯 As a high school bass trombonist myself I love his tone it’s inspiring Love from Sweden

[@potat8987]

Absolutely amazing.

[@thibaultashkanshamloo]

this is one of the most awesome things i've ever seen

[@mcdullyman3112]

That chord at the end have me the chills

[@D-KAL-KDZ]

Wonderful transcription, one of the best I've seen in a while.

[@tfwg2017]

That B-bone player though😩😫😩😫

[@windlesstar103]

I play every school semester with Wycliffe because I live in Augusta! He directs the conservatory high school jazz every semester and it’s really easy to get in. Monster player

[@holderofallknowledge604]

Absolutely beautiful

[@silverscimmia8105]

Me, sax player: oh boy a sax soli! Jaq: p r a i s e g o d

[@nathanaelsapp1225]

This is honestly bussin.

[@gabeferreira1685]

0:12 that was a wet one 🎵

[@BrendanB1]

this is why i listen to jazz

[@user-mp6gu1mm1c]

すごい！ こんなにも難しいのをこなすなんてすごすぎ！！

[@geobetus2500]

Maniacal 4 is the trombone section, v nice

[@TheMrAshley2010]

+

[@ITZTHEBEATLES4221]

Is that the Maniacal 4 for the trombone section?! 👀

[@TheMrAshley2010]

It is indeed. Great to see and hear them all on the same band stand!

[@eliciajones4955]

Wow that was very great

[@ianmoore5502]

Loved that little Jackson Five quote in there haha

[@ianmoore5502]

What happened to all the beautiful comments

[@rawr4444]

🥳

[@THVEssays]

"what even is this?" that's flutter tonguing, or the back of the throat 'r' growl thing. I can't quite tell which, but one of those two.

[@stevegordon7693]

Nice!!!

[@timzvezdin6096]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Christobanistan]

I just realized what those 8's were above the staff. Those were all up an octave. 0_O

[@jasonfieler]

LOL until Measure 38 I felt it totally wrong; I wasn't looking at the screen while I was listening so I thought the horn hits were on 1 and 2 so when measure 38 happened it was jarring and I thought I was missing something

[@cheeseoffthevine6292]

Put some STANK on it, baby. Oh my gosh he put so much STANK on it. The most soulful music you'll ever hear

[@dominickdelgado315]

4:41 nick laufer laughing at the pedal note

[@Benisuber1]

can't blame him either! that was sick

[@CurtisBooksMusic]

The diggeridoo sound is multiphonics. Play one note, sign another.

[@frankmartel3428]

indeed the tilte is right :D love it

[@gannondubin]

Crazy to see Dr. Justin Pierce on the sax solo!! He was my jazz instructor through college!!!

[@henrydavidson8772]

En faite Gordon le tromboniste c'est quel un je ne peux pas expliquer c'est un incroyable vrai

[@ryan_1314]

2:47 fun fact: on the sheet music it literally says "THE BASSES BABY!!!!!!!!!!"

[@nateh7674]

Yo do you have the whole bass bone part you could share?

[@ryan_1314]

@@nateh7674 no I was bone 2

[@nateh7674]

@@ryan_1314 Ah darn, would you recommend to buy this chart. Is it as fun to play as it is to listen to?

[@ryan_1314]

@@nateh7674 I'd say it is, ecpeccially if it's with a monster soloist, now that I'm on wifi though the music at the timestamp is the bass bone part there (but the transposition is missing the third going up in the arpeggio), but that's just a snippet of the full part.

[@nateh7674]

@@ryan_1314 Yeah I was playing that part on my bass bone and it was fire, along with the juicy pedals at the end I want to try and play it.

[@patrickwillingham8153]

It started and then it was over

[@dailyblankscreen7938]

2:23🤨

[@DNKG669]

I know what it sounded like but obviously that wasn't what he was trying to do

[@ElJoelitoTV]

😳😳😳😳😳😳

[@drenorthegrand]

Great stuff. the trumpet notes are a bit off but honestly the rhythm is all you need. the notes could figure themselves out

[@egirlkhaos]

Can we get a pdf?

[@BOROS74]

wow

[@charliecampbell6851]

Who's on fourth trumpet? I think the back row left-right is Ryan Kisor, Wayne Bergeron, Joe Bergstaller, and.....?

[@transitive6261]

Yo is that trombone section maniacal 4

[@unknwnai4575]

Yessir

[@missile3236]

Is that wayne bergeron playing trumpet?

[@johnnyquest9519]

Flutter tongue. It’s fun as shit and confuses the hell out of the audience!

[@andrewgeher6535]

Homie stank facing at 3:46 lol

[@bagoftricks6904]

I’m sorry, did he just hit a high G?

[@SuperJox]

Yeah his high register doesn’t sound very high at all it’s nuts how easy it sounds

[@saigipson1546]

Man you should be writing this guys music in trebble with how high he plays

[@edwardjones1045]

4:31

[@edenfinn3507]

Anyone got the song name?

[@jaqthetrombone]

Second Line by Joe Avery Edit: it's not, wrong video sorry. The song is We're Still Here/He's Alright by Wycliffe Gordon

[@zsourlemon0750]

​@@jaqthetrombone it definitely isn't tho, this is We're Still Here/It's Alright by Wycliffe Gordon, its in your video description

[@jaqthetrombone]

@@zsourlemon0750 oh my gosh you're right I thought this was a comment on the other video

[@zsourlemon0750]

@@jaqthetrombone you're good, we all make mistakes

[@u1zha]

This thread XD (For April 1 I would find it appropriate though, someone who can't read asks for the song name which is in the description and in the video closing titles... And then the author answers with random gibberish)

[@ApplePi._.]

bro at 4:22 the sax has no ligature 0.0 Is this a normal thing and dude has like a synthetic reed that's somehow connected to the mouthpiece or does he have a sleeve of some sorts?

[@AWXPlays]

3:40

[@stephanieshapiro6673]

What kind of Jess is this? Serious question 😊

[@theapple8538]

1:30 you should have actually changed the key signature for alto sax players cause you can't play a B to a Cb since its the same thing basically

[@recastle8051]

I though the tambourine player was Kenny g lol

[@isaiahwalker6762]

FOR Someone who plays in bass cleff you sure got alot of wrong notes for trombones

[@histrionichours3551]

2:23 did he just say the n word

[@randomguy4738]

xD

[@markjohnson3413]

Tpt. Bcgd rythm notation was off but good stuff

[@socialsmr]

GOD IS GREAT WHOEVER IS YOURS LOVE EVERYONE

[@jonburton1935]

This kind of trombone playing seems so unsophisticated.

[@liammcelroy2265]

Ok

[@jonburton1935]

It really does nothing for me.

[@gingerwithglasses6793]

Ok