Johnny Hodges on All of Me - Saxophone Solo Transcription (Duke Ellington and his Orchestra)

[@SharpElevenMusic]

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[@ColtraneTurnaroundBlues]

I like how he makes a great solo without extreme double time, or altisimmo notes, I really does show that being simple sometimes is great!

[@Ambaryerno]

I like how the only way they could replicate his vibrato was mark it as a trill. Although it's not like Hodges COULDN'T hang with the beboppers. Check out his recording of Squatty Roo with Diz.

[@noeldelarosa731]

Beautiful. But not simple to me!

[@emilianoturazzi]

@@noeldelarosa731 it's a virtuosistic solo in my opinion - I had to try to play it, but just listening and reading give me that impression. Often traditional jazz seems to be simpler and easier than it actually is. Armstrong's solo were difficult and extreme in their own way, Bechet's too and he had a great command of the instrument - to play in an effective way in a New Orleans collective is very difficult (and most musicians just play loud and all together ... ). Virtuosism is also in tone quality and control, not just agility and speed. (to be clear I'm absolutely not throwing down modern jazz, that I love and play :) )

[@rubengreenberg2253]

The great Johnny Hodges had among so many other qualities, a wonderful sense of form. This fantastic transcription makes us aware of it. I wouldn't change one note of Johnny's improvisation. The transcription here is about as faultless as a transcribed solo can get! bravo!

[@stevehenry9826]

Jonny Hodges a total lengendary "Tone Master" with some of the best phrasing I've ever heard. Thanks for posting this!

[@SharpElevenMusic]

He absolutely is Steve! Glad you dig it

[@stevehenry9826]

@@SharpElevenMusic Thank you

[@derycktrahair8108]

Another great transcription. When Hodges smears he sounds like he's laying back, but then he goes on to swing like mad. YOU GOT IT. To hear something & then see it on paper helps us to interpret Jazz phrasing in a chart, & the chords help in understanding the changes for a soloist. Thank you for your hard work.

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Thank you Deryck, this means a lot to us! Enjoy the chart!

[@TobiasLeonHaecker]

I'm so in love with this solo

[@benitoroque206]

Sir, you have made this lockdown so much better! Thank you!

[@SharpElevenMusic]

That's a nice thing to hear 🙂 Thank you!

[@shendshillova6872]

This just made me forget everything for a second. I watched it and didn't know what time or which day it was... or which year

[@andyokus5735]

He knew he was playing for all eternity.

[@RM-gm7lu]

The Best!! Thanks. The whole concert is Great!!

[@ribamarsantarosa4465]

wwwooowww... many thanks with the transcription, it's very good that now I don't have to decide to listen to good music or learn -- i can do both at the same time!

[@paulfairchild3461]

Very much so ,has a beautiful tone .

[@RM-gm7lu]

Such elegant phrasing man!

[@josepmariafranch853]

Beautiful

[@apistosig4173]

Johnny Hodges is and shall always be "awesome". Wish my Buescher would make that sound!

[@Ambaryerno]

Hodges truly is inimitable (although there's a couple places on the Newport version of I Got It Bad where I can ALMOST get it, particularly the last couple bars of the last bridge)

[@hipcatwho]

Years ago I wished my conn would play like that.After KZbin Came along You could see what sax the players were playing Johnny played a lot of horn's Conn Buescher Vito to name a bag full Great Players like him and all the others have somthing that at least I don't have and I never will.

[@petecornell2605]

Long Tones...!

[@emilianoturazzi]

@@hipcatwho but do you really think that's all up to the horn? Hodges would had got his tone on a Yamaha - he probably wouldn't had appreciate it, but none of us could had heard any difference. Ornette Coleman used to change mouthpiece almost continuously and he basically had the same tone throughout his whole carreer

[@pieterdemast]

it's a great and inspiring solo, thanks

[@SharpElevenMusic]

its was for me too, great you dig it as well Pieter 😀

[@neoecclesia]

Wow! Good job

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Thanks neoecclesia! Enjoyed the transcribing of this on big time, Johhny Hodges is gentleman among saxophonists

[@pniiice]

tasty as hell

[@RM-gm7lu]

So tasty pniice, so tasty!

[@charlesperforms]

1:04 ha let's get to this man

[@jackmeginniss6327]

Excellent job!

[@tbonealex]

That scoop to start the second chorus is a D, not a C, right?

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Yes exactly, I recently reuploaded this one with that fix, and with a sync to the footage of the concert by the way. Its about 7 videos or so back chronologically on our channel

[@AndersonSilva-bo6wh]

Wow !!!

[@imitatsiya]

1:10 that's a D he bends into, not a C

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Correct, that's indeed a mistake. Guess was too much focused on his starting pitch of the long note ;)

[@tallikimanimusic7127]

Is that him screaming into the altissimo at the end?

[@carloforti236]

very nice !! Would it be possible to get the pdf of the transcription ? Thanks.

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Hi Carlo, thanks! Yes, you can find it here: edge-effect.media/services/arrange-notation.html The list is alphabetically listed with the players their last names (so look for "H" of Hodges) There are many other pdf's for transcriptions you can get there as well. Some have a small price, the price of a cup of coffee, which are needed during the transcribing process ;) Hope you understand. Have a great time playing this one! Cheers

[@carloforti236]

Hello, I've payed to get 5 pieces, but I did not receive anything, no e-mail, .... Should I wait some time ??

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Carlo Forti Hi Carlo, could you email [e-mail]? Then we will look into this.

[@carloforti236]

Hi. I have payed for 5 pieces but did not get anything....

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Carlo, we did not receive any order. Could you please email [e-mail]? That way we can sort this out together.

[@NoahsArks]

I love this recording of this solo, but I much prefer his solo on All of Me in the Great Paris Concert, it just has a lot of his overall character in it and seems more unrestrained. You should check it out if you’ve never heard it before!

[@SharpElevenMusic]

No, i don't know about that one but thanks for the input, I'll check it out! Do you know if I could find that vetsion on KZbin ?

[@NoahsArks]

@@SharpElevenMusic You absolutely can! If you just search "all of me hodges great paris 1963" the first video that should appear has a picture of the record 'Duke Ellington The Great Paris Concert'. It was recorded live at the Olympia theater and it was a great concert for sure! It was one of the first solos I ever had to listen to and transcribe when I first started taking jazz lessons, and its always surprised me people preferred the solo that you transcribed in this video when the one I'm talking about always seemed a lot more motivated and lively. Maybe it's just for lack of exposure but man, hodges killed it that night Here I just went and found it real quick in case you have any trouble finding it :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHmnhmWbZ99nerc

[@noeldelarosa731]

What does “SIDE D” mean?

[@MrGuto]

He probably meant the Palm D

[@КириллЛисивец-у1з]

Класс

[@neomyy6870]

Does somebody have the transcript? hopefully in Ab, if not, transcript that I can copy? I’m willing to pay

[@benderbendingrofriguez3300]

on G7: why does that line has those x's?

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Hi, that's a way of notating "ghostnotes", notes that are rather implied than really fully played

[@thomaslovato7993]

The link to this tune on your website is not working?

[@SharpElevenMusic]

+Thomas Lovato Hi Thomas, that one’s only available for purchase.

[@dumyes]

I transcribed the bass lines. so smooth. Any bassists interested?

[@wesleyevans9112]

This transcription is wrong. Missed pitches and rhythms all over the place

[@benhyland4072]

Un accurate sorry

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Hi Ben, thanks for the input, what section(s) do you mean? Then I can take a look at it 😃

[@jonassantos4763]

​@@SharpElevenMusicat 1:10 Below the Fmj7 is not a D3?

[@SharpElevenMusic]

@@jonassantos4763 yes that's correct, my mistake!

[@jimmyjazz78]

@@jonassantos4763 I caught that one too. Nice transcription otherwise! @#11 Music, is there a way to add a KZbin annotation on that spot on your video, stating you're aware of the mistake? Might save you from people mentioning it, plus covering the base of "fixing" the mistake without republishing the video.

[@leobrahmachari6611]

Please direct us to your own ostensibly correct transcription since you have such a problem with this one. Thanks in advance!

[@noeldelarosa731]

What does “SIDE D” mean?