Some of the best jazz flute you'll ever hear, mr. James Moody fluting the blues!
This is transcribed from a video on KZhead originally named "Dizzy Gillespie & James Moody - Mmm Hmm", as Dizzy seems to forget the real song title when introducing it. The title of the actually tune is "Darben The Redd Foxx".
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I went to the link, there are no Flute transcripts there.
Thanks! I figured it out! Sunset syndrome
Greetings from Ireland, Do you have transcriptions for trumpet?
@@janetsilver3746what did you do to find it I could t see it
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A lot of people don't realize it because of the delicate sound, but the flute requires one of the greatest lung capacities of any woodwind instrument.
Half your air goes out the instrument before sound is made. Exhausting.
And one of the most difficult Instruments to master.
@@CaseyWilkesmusiciirc, it's actually like 90%!
That's why I choose trumpet
@@idk-just-tea I had a wise teacher once say they aim for 89.5% but hey who’s splitting ‘air here?
Loved the part where he said “It’s flutin’ time” and then he flauted all over the place
This is what we always do
It's flutin' time
Mr. Gillespie said the meme! It’s flouting time! 😼
Why the balls is this the top comment yall gotta pay more attention to the flautin'
The fact that he literally said it lmao
“Gonna flaut all over the place.” Love that line. JM will have classical flautists scratching their heads. 😂
Just don't "flaut" the law!😁
And flaut he did.
It's flautin' time.
Not too sure about that mate, but the brotha could play. I saw him with Dizzy and the United Nations Orchaestra at the Alexeandra Theatre in my hometoen of Birmnigham many moons ago - what a great night.
I’m a classical flutist...he blew my mind!
James Moody was also one of the nicest people on the planet. I once was at the IAJE conference in Atlanta and riding the escalator with my bari sax. I was about to set it down on a few of the steps, when I heard a voice behind me say that he, "Had it" and the gentleman proceeded to hold the back of my bari sax case as we rode up the escalator. When I turned around to thank the man at the top, I was shocked that it was James Moody! We chatted for a few minutes about the session I had just attended and how much I enjoyed his playing. Such a memorable moment in my life.
That is a wonderful story. James Moody's playing was always very human, almost voice-like. My story of an encounter with a famous saxophonist: Back in the mid 90s, i was at an outdoor festival in Norfolk Va. I ducked into a department store to find a rest room. Walking through the sunglass section, i heard someone singing "You Don't Know Me" by Ray Charles. The voice was startlingly good, so I stopped to see who it was, and it was Maceo Parker! I was so shocked. I approached him and asked if he was performing at the festival, he said yes and that he was picking out some sunglasses for a set of Ray Charles songs he was performing for the first time...we talked for a few minutes before I left him alone... I stayed for the full show, got his autograph. It was one of my best days (other than being ON THE SAME STAGE with James Brown lol)
You made that up😂
@@guitarttimmanyou think this is high school?
What Is The Name Of This Opus Piece?!
His closeness to the keys is incredible, I am showing this to every flute student of mine. Awesome video!
I noticed the same thing… barely lifts his finger off the keys. Effortless / relaxed…
That's exactly what I was thinking, when there was a close up along the flute. It's something that I still spend time working on - it started out when I first saw a video of charlie Parker. I used to put double-sided tape on my alto sax keys to get used to doing it, though the side keys complicate things a bit!
Not a single excess calorie spent!
@@metallsnubben Gotta save energy for blowing, those things take some serious air.
I was thinking the exact same thing! And it’s still so expressive!
Three particularly nice things about this video: Dizzy’s witty introduction, James Moody’s wonderful flute playing, and we get to read the music and watch the performance simultaneously.
Hi, I'm french and I don't understand what says Dizzy when people laugh. I listened it any times but I don't.
James Moody was the clean & perfect pitch flautist, Roland Kirk the soulful energetic messy one, Yusef Lateef the vibrato master, and Eric Dolphy, the sufi
and Herbie Mann?
Frank Wess the best straight ahead swing
And Marco Pierre White was absolutely brilliant in the kitchen
Jeremy Steig’s Howlin’ Judy still blows me away. (pun intended)
Hubert Laws, master of the entire instrument.
Pure art, pure beauty. Not every day we hear a solo like this on the flute.
Now THAT is what I mean when I say that it's a smooth groove. This is the kind of music that gives me chills,it's sooo good .
Best music in the world 😅
Being able to see the sheet music as he plays shows how fluid he is and fast! I can barely follow his time just reading notes, not to mention being able to play the notes on flute.
😂That's why music is played with the ears, not the eyes. Note that he's improvising with his eyes closed
I met James Moody in college. One of the humblest, most down to earth and funny guys ever! As well as a top notch educator! 🎵 There I go there I go there I gooo… There I gooo… 🎶
i’m an orchestral flute player and just joined a jazz ensemble because why not? and i was met w complete annihilation! this video was in recommended and i am feeling super inspired. such amazing talent
2 totally different worlds right?! Orchestral and jazz. Best wishes with your transition. That’s mind cracking
Wishing you the absolute best in your pursuit of your passion❤
I was fortunate enough to do his sound for two nights when he was in the North East of England about 25 years ago. Fabulous musician and a really lovely guy.
He hasn’t moved any finger during all the song I swear. Incredible precision.
What a performance! Effortless, amazing tone, and the cadenza at the end blew me away. Just beautiful!
more like efflautless amirite?
James you are wonderful. K. Guffin.
Major influence in musicality. Every note always meant something. I had the fortune of sitting in his master class in the mid 80s. Memories of a lifetime 🎉❤
Me too! James Moody was the best! Very inspiring and fun teacher!
james moody is by far my favorite jazz flautist, he has several recordings of darben the redd foxx and its always so amazing.
Imagine the thousands (Yes, EASILY, thousands) of hours that he patiently, methodically spent alone in rooms, building that kind of fluency and control! Flute has no mouthpiece, per se...you're literally forcing your breath across what essentially amounts to a coke bottle! This is an example of timeless, sheer brilliance and pure class. When I look at some of the relatively talentless oafs who make tens of millions, now, and have more than that many fans? I feel like I'm on the wrong planet! ...But...at least I'm not BITTER! 🤣
You can only get better or bitter anyways.
As a flute player of three years, holy shit. this man definitely has spent thousands of hours practicing each separate part of that song
😂
Lizzo has multi millions and her flute playing ‘hits all the wrong notes’. She’s an embarrassment to any flutist. JM was a master of the flute and saxophone ❤❤❤
Yes you are bitter. But with reason.
James Moody is damn impressive on both saxophone and on flute. He keeps on producing these tasty lines here, what a perfomance! Do you have some more jazz flute suggestions? Let me know in the comment section down. Hubert Laws comes to mind of course, as well as Herbie Mann and Yusef Lateef, and Will Ferell. ➡If you want the Pdf for this solo, click this link to get access to our vault of 350+ saxophone & guitar solo transcriptions for free: www.sharpelevenmusic.com/transcriptions Support us on Patreon (exclusive Pdf's and many extra's): patreon.com/sharpeleventranscriptions
Joe Farrell
Yes! Love his work with Chick Corea, the flute solo on "Friends" comes to mind instantly. Good one
Sarpay Ozçagatay is amazing…you definitely should check him out
After Eric Dolphy died his flute went to live with JOHN COLTRANE ,Who play one or two albums on it , and 1year died too.....
Love Herbie Mann
omg.. i play the jazz flute and it is SO exhausting but it sounds really good. i can feel this mans pain
One of the greats. I have seen him do this magic in person. As a sax/flute player myself, I recognize a master.His articuation and note choice is wonderful. I would say he is my major influence on flute.
I was lucky enough to listen to him at Blues Alley in DC. Back then early 80s place was still affordable enough college kid like myself was able to go, without suit and tie. I had plesiosaur of listen to big names like Wynton Marsalis, Stan Getz etc. late night last session with a cup of coffee and onion soup and superb music was just un-forgettable memory.
What kind of spell checker changes “pleasure” into “plesiosaur”?!
@@jlmww what are talking about? It's in French? The Bigotry is unreal shm.
@@jlmww must be a monster of a pleasure? Ha!
Same age here, or thereabouts. Wish I had gotten into jazz at that age, I’d have tripped into those clubs for a night of music, coffee, and second hand smoke.
Very nice. Eric Dolphy was no slouch on flute, either.
The complete set of this Jazz 625 performance is floating around on KZhead, check it out if you can. Amazing to be able to watch this in 2023.
The hubris of this madman to flaut the rules like that
Rules are made to be flaunted.
Thank you for showing the music notation along with the playing! Some of us still read the notes!
I was fortunate to hear him play in Toronto at what was The Top of the Senator in the 90's. It was a wonderful night of music I'll never forget.
Is he even human? MY GOD HE NAILED IT❤
I'm usually not a big fan of jazz flute, but this is really good.
I just started learning flute but if I can get to this level of playing then I know I can begin doing what my soul needs regarding playing music.
James Moody. Dynamic jazz flute master!!!!
James Moody is an inspiration. His dedication to his craft is(was) otherworldly. He could perform with anybody in any genre.
Anything musical associated with Dizzy always grabs u and amazement follows. Ha. Dizzy played notes that could never be written. We're fortunate to have had him as a musical inspiration
😳!! Whoa!! Moody was a MONSTER Sax & flutist!!! Bravo👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Best jazz flute playing I've ever heard. Wish I had discovered this 20 years ago.
It's James Moody ....multi instrumentalist......of course it's gonna be cool ....this is the guy we all want to sound like
What an amazing solo! James Moody was an absolute monster on alto, tenor, and flute. Thanks for sharing! Aside from the others mentioned, Thomas Chapin was superb on flute, be it on C, alto, or bass flute, as well saxophones (alto, baritone, and sopranino). He left us much too soon, and his trio with Mario Pavone and Michael Sarin was my favorite saxophone-bass-drums trio of all time, bar none.
Thomas Chapin, amazing! His pieces 'Aeolus' and 'Sky Piece', really beautiful. Don't forget Hermeto Pascoal!
@@ronaldo.araujo You're right...Hermeto Pascoal is awesome, too! Regarding Chapin, you named my two favorites of his original compositions, and "Skypiece" (the album) is one of my desert island albums.
@@AaronTMartin Did you know he has a piece similar tu Aeolus named 'Seeds'? It's on the Anima record. They are so similar that I wonder if they were recorded in the same day. The titles even match, 'Aeolus seeds'
@@ronaldo.araujo Yes, that's a great one, too! I purchased a boxed set of Chapin's recordings, and with that set plus a couple other albums I got over the years, I think I have most of his discography. What am I missing with the connection between the titles? Wasn't Aeolus the Greek god of the winds? Not seeing the relationship with seeds....🤔
@@AaronTMartin I thought it was the genus of a plant, but in fact it's of a bug hahahaha 'Spirits Rebellious', do you have it? What about the documentary 'Night Bird Song'?
Never been a fan of the flute. ... until now. That was very nice. I love the upright base strolling along lightly in the background as well. Thats a very nice piece.
this set is one of my favorites on youtube, and this song in particular is just too cool. such a lovely performance from Mr. Moody!
Incredible! I remember when my parents were out I would listen to my father’s jazz album collection and he had a lot of Moody’s music. This takes me back.
One of the nicest people I ever met in music as well.
My favorite instrumentalist alongside Sonny Stitt in terms of sheer technical command of the horn
I love the detail that you included Gillespie's intro, a really charismatic man... James Moody is also a damn beast, he really nailed that flute solo at the end
His articulation is so freakin clean!!
Sharp, it would be awesome that you transcribe the flute on "Gone", found on the George Benson's "Live at Carneggie Hall" with Hubert Laws as a guest, that flute solo is simply amazing!
I think I've heard this one before, thanks for mentioning, will check it out again 🙌
@@SharpElevenMusic Thank you so much for answering! I love your channel!
@@Blazer__X Thanks Fernando, we're glad you dig it!
Giving “jazz flute” a whole new meaning haha
Now we know that the flute has the greatest dexterity of any instrument.
Instruments don't have dexterity. Instrumentalists have dexterity.
trumpet dexterity is much simpler because they only have 3 keys to press, flute dexterity is only good for scales everything else is hard to play on flute because of how jumpy notes can be
I have really enjoyed this video. Herbie Mann came much later in time and he was also a great flute player. Thanks for this Jorre!
Glad you dig that Nestor, and yes, Herbie Mann is amazing as well! Dig me some jazz flute
What an amazing solo, idea after idea after idea...
I love the range of playing he could do! So impressive!
I just discovered James Moody recently, and it's a treasure listing to him playing the flute. Its magical
I love the scoring underneath - eye opening!
That was fantastic
What an awesome performance and piece. The transcription is absolutely epic. I could feel my reading chops getting better and better with every minute that passed! Much appreciation for the hard work put into making it.
Moody was amazing. Saw him many times in NYC.
What he just did is amazing and especially on a flute. World class playing and transcription.
This entire Jazz 625 set is floating around on KZhead, definitely worth a watch.
Wow - that took my breath away. Stunning and so good to have the music to follow. Big thanks for putting this together - lots of work! Cheers from Sydney - Dave
Really cool indeed. Also remarkable for me is Rahsaan Roland Kirk, the 'Serenade to a Cuckoo' was one of the first things I listened of jazz.
I forgot about Rahsaan Roland Kirk! "Serenade to a Cuckoo" was the first thing I heard by him, and I was hooked!
And don’t forget Herbie Mann
I've had this in my personal collection for years.
This kind of music always takes me way, way back.. too many memories of wonderful days gone.. 😢
I played flute for 10 years and thought I knew how to play the flute. Then I listened twice to this composition, played by James Moody. I realize that I do not know how to play the flute. This is how I felt when I listened to Elaine Shaffer play the 7 Bach Flute Sonatas: I don't know how to play the flute. I hope I will learn how...someday. 🙂
I've been playing flute for 50 years (I'm 70 now) and I feel the same way. Every time I pick it up. The value is in the journey not the destination.
@@lawrencemcconnell8962 You are so right, Lawrence: the value is in the journey. Thanks for the reminder!
Funny. Moody says the same thing about himself. He insists that he's still a "student". But I heard him at the Lighthouse many years ago, and he played a long ascending glissando in parallel octaves - sort of like yodeling - that just blew me away. I've still never heard anything like it. Well, he's quite the student, isn't he?
Pretty impressive! One of my favourite jazz flute moments was when Anthony Ortega (damn, I just found out he died in October last year) played Stormy on Gábor Szabó's live album. He was playing the flute into an Echoplex and it sounds very haunting.
I have known jazz flute is cool for a long time. This is one great demonstration thereof.
I'm sure this is one of Andre 3000's inspirations for him to pick up the flute and come out with his flute playing album.
I knew jazz flute could be this cool and I knew it was James Moody who could play it.
I like how they show the musical score so in case you would like to see how to play it.
Oh but I did know that tho. Jazz flute always sounds cool IMO.
One of the most magical-sounding instruments ever made, & played magically here‼️
this is so clean n powerful holy shit
Excellent! I think the jazz flute is way underrated, I like the jazz flute and tenor sax of Eric Dixon in Count Basie's big band, I'm discovering more, loved this performance right here!
Thoroughly enjoyed that. Wouldve never known.
Great! Made me feel like a bird swimming the Sky! ❤️👏
Very cool. Excellent transcription!
This solo comes accross as a breath of fresh air.
This sounds so familiar yet new to my ears at the same time.
How the hell can a human being do this? It's supernatural!
An ultimate performance, and very very enjoyable to hear. Such control over his instrument.
So amazing the ease with which he plays
Yes I did!! JAZZ FLUTE IS ONE OF HUMANITIES GREATEST CREATIONS
This is a professional piece to play the flute you blow out the word two, wow
Christ! That cadenza at the end melted my face right off!
So smooth. Very nice !
Absolute genius. This pops so good
"Oh no, I couldnt, I'm not possibly prepared."
Brilliance in motion ❤️
This is EXACTLY what I needed this afternoon 😎🙏🥃
Just marvellous flute playing
I felt that last note in my bones Ooooooo chills
I had never heard this till your video here and I must say, this is now my favorite jazz flute solo EVAH!! I'm completely floored! Thank you for yet another outstanding transcription video!
breathtaking. literally , for hiim, and figuratively, for us.
Thank you so much for the transcription. That is a hell of a lot of work. Thanks!
James Moody, OK !!! 👌
Absolutely the dirtiest most vile flute solo in human history. This is the pure distilled essence of blues
So enjoyed that you put the music score on the screen
Great musician! Greetings from Linz-Austria 🇦🇹😎👍🐺 Europe!
Darbin and the Red Fox. A classic. 👌🏿I think some of us know what a gas the jazz flute is. Thanks for keeping it alive.
I Wish There were more Jazz Flautist !!!..It's A Very COOL 😎 Instrument !!!...
Absolutely amazing piece. Brilliant