Two Choruses of Mastery: Johnny Hodges "All of Me" 1963

A recent transcription taken from the album "The Great Paris Concert"(1963) by the Duke Ellington Orchestra; the Johnny Hodges feature on the standard "All of Me."  The arrangement is only two choruses (plus a tag) and is sublime in its development, dynamic, subtle use of harmony and repetition, form, articulation, patience, swing, and highly developed blues playing.  Check out the shapes he uses to articulate various dominant chords, adding natural 9ths to create color and contrast, and the long form terraced dynamics that so effectively build to the arrangement's climax. Ellington's orchestration is perfect in it's support and minimalism, matched perfectly with Hodges improvisation and seamlessly blending the two into a single musical impulse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHDU2e2z4DU