With well over 1,000 recorded versions, “All of Me” is the epitome of a standard. This Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons classic was first released by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra in 1931, and you can find great renditions by jazz titans such as Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Billie Holiday with Lester Young, and Django Reinhardt. Aaron shows you a solo in the key of C that incorporates many of the improvisation devices you’ve already learned, starting with a descending arpeggio of the tonic, followed by a series of approaches, chord tones, blue notes, and rephrased melody fragments. Aaron walks you through his arrangement phrase by phrase in this video.
