{"id":46244,"date":"2017-09-21T11:46:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T15:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/?p=46244"},"modified":"2022-11-06T15:32:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T20:32:02","slug":"insane-alto-sax-solo-transcription-of-todd-delgiudice-on-cherokee-in-12-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/insane-alto-sax-solo-transcription-of-todd-delgiudice-on-cherokee-in-12-keys\/","title":{"rendered":"Insane Alto Sax Solo Transcription of Todd DelGiudice on Cherokee in 12 Keys!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am continually amazed at all the great players that we have access to these days. \u00a0 When I was a kid, I had my record collection by which I learned of the famous sax players out there. \u00a0I knew my teacher who sounded great every week when I saw him and I knew of maybe one or two other local players in the Syracuse NY area. \u00a0That was it! \u00a0 Nowadays, you can go on Youtube or Facebook at all hours of the day or night and see players all around the world in an instant. \u00a0That is how I discovered Todd DelGiudice (don’t ask me how to pronounce his last name because I have no idea…..). \u00a0I was roaming through Facebook on my iPhone one day and saw a post in the Jam of the Week group that said something like “Shedding on Cherokee in all 12 keys”. \u00a0I had never heard of Todd and was about to move on with my browsing without listening but then hesitated. “He was playing Cherokee in all 12 keys so he must be pretty good……..Let’s check it out.”<\/p>\n

The video clip is below and you can see it starts with Todd standing in front of the camera clicking buttons while his sax hangs around his neck. \u00a0You can’t see his head or even if he is wearing any pants…….. I thought “Oh no, this isn’t going to be good! I hope he’s wearing pants!! Let me just stop this now!” \u00a0He finally starts the music after a few clicks but as the play along starts he seems in no hurry to immediately jump in. \u00a0He casually takes his time adjusting the camera and heading back to a couch where he sits down and gets firmly planted. \u00a0I’m still thinking “Did I make a mistake by clicking on this?”<\/p>\n

Then he starts playing. \u00a0At first, \u00a0I think “Pretty good!” \u00a0Then a few lines later, \u00a0I’m thinking “Wow!” “That was a cool line!” \u00a0and finally, “This is awesome! I have to transcribe this!” \u00a0I share the link by email with myself which is what I do with all clips I want to transcribe and move on to browsing again……….Later, the next day, \u00a0I put that email I received in a special folder entitled “Transcriptions To-Do”.<\/p>\n

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Todd DelGiudice<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sad to say, \u00a0that I never did get to doing this transcription. \u00a0I got side tracked with finishing my new “Mastering Altered Pentatonics<\/a>” book. \u00a0Luckily enough, Todd decided to transcribe it himself. When I saw on Facebook that he had just finished it I was super excited. \u00a0Todd was nice enough to send me the transcription for alto saxophone and one transposed for tenor saxophone. \u00a0I played through the whole 22 page transcription on alto yesterday and thought “Man, I’m so glad Todd did this, it would have taken me forever!”<\/p>\n

If you are like me and have never heard of Todd DelGiudice, you should check him out! \u00a0You can see his Bio on the OA2 Records Artist site<\/a> as well as some of the recordings he has played on. \u00a0He put out an album in 2010 entitled “Pencil Sketches” that sounds pretty awesome! \u00a0You can also visit Todd’s website<\/a>\u00a0to read his impressive resume and find out more about him. \u00a0Todd has played professionally with The Florida Philharmonic, The New World Symphony, Ray Charles, The Woody Herman Big Band and Natalie Cole among many others. While still an undergrad at UM, Todd became a featured member of one of Red Rodney’s last working quintets. He also recorded albums with Phil Flanigan, Duffy Jackson, Dennis Marks and the University of Miami Concert Jazz Band. Before completing his masters degree, Todd moved to New York City, where in the space of two years he performed with Maria Schneider, John Fedchock, Rich Perry, Ingrid Jensen, Donny McCaslin and Rick Margitza as well as leading his own group playing in The Knitting Factory and other venues.<\/p>\n

If you take a listen to the video below and check out the transcriptions you will see and hear a lot of fresh modern lines being played by Todd. \u00a0Here are a couple of things that immediately stood out to me:<\/p>\n