How Johnny Hodges imagined Take The "A" Train without Ellington

Here is a super fun swing version of Ellington’s “Take The A Train“ by Duke’s main alto soloist Johnny Hodges himself! He wrote a different melody over the A-section and his solo is like only Hodges would manage to pull it of. Such a delightful version, a great not-so-bebop-ish approach to improvisation for you to consider over a classic song. (different) A-melody: 0:00 Bridge melody: 0:20 A-melody again: 0:30 Johnny Hodges solo: 0:40 Outro (check other of our video’s!): 1:58 Check out our in-depth soloing courses at: If you’d like to Support us: Or on Patreon (and get many extra’s): To Become A Member: The transcribing software we use (Transcribe!): Windows: ?