The Sheik of Araby - André Ekyan 1942- Saxophone solos played on Gypsy Jazz Guitar - Transcription

My transcription on Gypsy Jazz guitar of the solos played in 1942 on "The Sheik of Araby" by the great André Ekyan. It seems he was Django Reinhardt's favorite saxophone player, no wonder why! On this record he plays the song theme, then three choruses in between which there is a piano chorus. I play here my personal version of the theme, then his three choruses in a row.
The great backing track I use here is from the youtube channel "Hot Club de France", to which I just added a drum track with brushes.
Recorded with my Samsung phone (!) as I found it sounding quite good

[@RootinrPootine]

Impressive

[@brigittetorres9745]

❤🎶❤ Excellent 👍 👏👏👏 Thanks 🙏🙏🙏

[@bastienzaouche7550]

Merci beaucoup!

[@carolinekross9488]

Top! Bravo 🎉

[@bastienzaouche7550]

Merci Caro! bises

[@diez]

Quel cadeau, j'adore ton jeu et ton répertoire !❤

[@bastienzaouche7550]

Un grand merci! Ça me touche et m'encourage beaucoup!

[@diez]

@@bastienzaouche7550 c'est vrai en tant que guitariste je mesure bien ton talent mais aussi ton travail et ton côté perfectionniste !

[@bastienzaouche7550]

@@diez Le travail j'y coupe pas c'est sûr! Mais quand il y a des musiciens inspirants comme Ekyan et tant d'autres,ça donne envie de bosser pour comprendre ce qu'ils font et leur rendre hommage du mieux qu'on peut! Bonne continuation à toi aussi dans la guitare

[@1950francesca]

Amazing! Django himself couldn't have done better!

[@bastienzaouche7550]

Thanks a lot! But Django surely could have done anything better. And Ekyan's solo is amazing in itself!

[@RootinrPootine]

Yeah every sax guy musta been inspired by Coleman Hawkins back then 😊❤

[@bastienzaouche7550]

Yes I also hear some similarities in their playing,and as much with Benny Carter :)

[@RootinrPootine]

@@bastienzaouche7550 yeah for sure. Both were so good it’s kinda insane to hear