All Of Me - Gerald Marks-Seymour Simons

[loudsgood]

All of me 6th edition real book style


All Of Me


"All of Me" first came to public awareness when a performance by Belle Baker was broadcast over the radio in 1931. Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra recorded the song on December 1 that year, with vocalist Mildred Bailey; this went to the top of the US pop charts. Within weeks, another two versions were in the charts, with a Louis Armstrong rendition also reaching No. 1, and Ben Selvin and His Orchestra peaking at No. 19. The song was used in the 1932 film Careless Lady. In the view of critic Ted Gioia, the definitive version was sung by Billie Holiday in 1941: "she staked a claim of ownership that no one has managed to dislodge in subsequent years". Two years later, Lynne Sherman's recording with Count Basie and His Orchestra reached No. 14 in the charts.
Frank Sinatra recorded several versions of "All of Me". His 1948 release peaked at No. 21. He also sang it in the film Meet Danny Wilson, which may have helped Johnnie Ray's rendition up to No. 12 in the charts that year. Sinatra's use of "All of Me" brought a non-jazz audience to the song, and so too did Willie Nelson, whose version was included in his Stardust album and reached No. 3 on the Hot Country Songs chart in 1978. In 2000, "All of Me" was given the Towering Song Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

 

[muratty49]

オールオブミー サド

オールオブミー - Gerald Marks

 

[pdxdjazz]

All Of Me (sad)

オールオブミー - Gerald Marks

Nice arrangement by muratty49.
I used S and N to make it more readable.

All Of Me (sad) - Gerald Marks
)BOB

 

[Pfrene]

ALL OF me JPM

ALL OF ME - Simone, Marks

 

[JStro7]

All of Me

Vocal Real Book, Volume 1 version of All of Me

All of Me - Simons and Marks

 

[pdxdjazz]

Ronin Nolan version

All Of Me -rn - Gerald Marks

)BOB

 

[judithcc]

all of me. Marks

thank you

the Jazz 1350 song is missing minors....Am7. and Dm7

cheers, judith

 

[pdxdjazz]

thank you

the Jazz 1350 song is missing minors....Am7. and Dm7

cheers, judith

Sure about that?
From Jazz 1350

All Of Me - Gerald Marks

In iReal pro, you can choose to use the "m" for minor or the hyphen "-". Once you get used to it, the hyphen takes less room. That's important as chord qualities get more complex. There's a setting for that in the app.

https://technimo.helpshift.com/a/ireal-pro/?s=chord-charts&f=minor-symbol&l=en

Instead of merely suggesting corrections, it's best to post your edited chart. That saves everyone a lot of duplicated effort.
We can then easily download your (edited) chart and compare both charts side by side and with the player.
Thanks,
)BOB

 

[KCFoore]

Does anyone have the full version including the long scat riff that Ella does on All of Me? I think the chord progression for that is somewhat different than the first part of the song. Anyone know?

 

[pdxdjazz]

Does anyone have the full version including the long scat riff that Ella does on All of Me? I think the chord progression for that is somewhat different than the first part of the song. Anyone know?

Here's what I hear: she sings the standard progression (in G), then scats over it once.
Then she continues vocalizing over the standard changes transposed up a semi-tone (Ab).
Then scats to the IV and tags it. (She does that twice) to the “Count Basie” ending and scats over a held Ab6 ending chord.

I can see how the horn section arrangements could make you think there were more and different chords.

)BOB

 

[KCFoore]

Here's what I hear: she sings the standard progression (in G), then scats over it once.
Then she continues vocalizing over the standard changes transposed up a semi-tone (Ab).
Then scats to the IV and tags it. (She does that twice) to the “Count Basie” ending and scats over a held Ab6 ending chord.

I can see how the horn section arrangements could make you think there were more and different chords.

)BOB

Thanks for the info Bob! I’ll try to figure it out.

 

[pdxdjazz]

Here's a transcription of Ella’s vocal over the Ab part

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_N0MLO9_k6Y

This one shows the chords too
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eq5qv_Eud9Q

See what you think
If you try to write out an iRp chart for Ella’s arrangement and need help squeeeeeezing it into a single page, lemeno.

)BOB

 

[pdxdjazz]

All Of Me (Ruth Etting 1931) w-VERSE - Gerald Marks-Seymour Simons

“All of Me” (1931) by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons, was introduced on radio by vaudeville singer Belle Baker in 1931; shortly before that performance she had lost her husband and broke down weeping while singing the song.

This version from Ruth Etting includes the hard to find verse.

You took my kisses and you took my love
You taught me how to care
Am I to be just a remnant of
a one side love affair
All you took I gladly gave
There's nothing left for me to save

All of me…..

To emphasize the sad nature of her version she sings a blue-note in the 12th bar of the verse. She repeats this at the end of the tune substituting a iv (Bb-) for the V (C7).

All Of Me (Ruth Etting 1931)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Oja6CMoCts

All Of Me (Ruth Etting 1931) w-VERSE - Gerald Marks-Seymour Simons

)BOB

 

[Bobsax]

All of me 6th edition real book style


All Of Me


"All of Me" first came to public awareness when a performance by Belle Baker was broadcast over the radio in 1931. Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra recorded the song on December 1 that year, with vocalist Mildred Bailey; this went to the top of the US pop charts. Within weeks, another two versions were in the charts, with a Louis Armstrong rendition also reaching No. 1, and Ben Selvin and His Orchestra peaking at No. 19. The song was used in the 1932 film Careless Lady. In the view of critic Ted Gioia, the definitive version was sung by Billie Holiday in 1941: "she staked a claim of ownership that no one has managed to dislodge in subsequent years". Two years later, Lynne Sherman's recording with Count Basie and His Orchestra reached No. 14 in the charts.
Frank Sinatra recorded several versions of "All of Me". His 1948 release peaked at No. 21. He also sang it in the film Meet Danny Wilson, which may have helped Johnnie Ray's rendition up to No. 12 in the charts that year. Sinatra's use of "All of Me" brought a non-jazz audience to the song, and so too did Willie Nelson, whose version was included in his Stardust album and reached No. 3 on the Hot Country Songs chart in 1978. In 2000, "All of Me" was given the Towering Song Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Nice history thank you… Not sure I care for that E-7b5 at the end.
Which reminds me does anyone know if the play along chords roam outside of the cord written? For example, here, the second chord E7 can utilize a lot of scales like A harmonic minor (b9b13) just for fun..which is why I argue for a 3rd and 7th ONLY setting so the soloist can choose the scale they want .
but the next chord A7 has the flat 9 in the melody so if you put an A7 which is standard, is there any chance the play along will play a Maj9?

 

[pdxdjazz]

The player will use various inversions of notes within the chord as written.
If you turn Embelished Chords ON in the mixer the player may add unwritten qualities.

Embellished chords — iReal Pro Help Center

The embellishment option in the mixer relates to the chord voicings being played. OFF - the chord symbols are adhered to exactly. For example

technimo.helpshift.com

)BOB

 

[CyrilleB]

Nice history thank you… Not sure I care for that E-7b5 at the end.
Which reminds me does anyone know if the play along chords roam outside of the cord written? For example, here, the second chord E7 can utilize a lot of scales like A harmonic minor (b9b13) just for fun..which is why I argue for a 3rd and 7th ONLY setting so the soloist can choose the scale they want .
but the next chord A7 has the flat 9 in the melody so if you put an A7 which is standard, is there any chance the play along will play a Maj9?

In my experience with iReal pro, when the embellished chord setting is turned off, the piano only plays the chord tones of the written chord symbol. However, I've noticed that sometimes the bass may play a natural 9th in the walking bass line over a A7 when the chord is not written as A7b9. This annoy me a bit because there are some instances where we don't want the b9 to be actually played by the piano (even if it's hamonically correct) because that note may already be present in the melody.

 

[Bobsax]

In my experience with iReal pro, when the embellished chord setting is turned off, the piano only plays the chord tones of the written chord symbol. However, I've noticed that sometimes the bass may play a natural 9th in the walking bass line over a A7 when the chord is not written as A7b9. This annoy me a bit because there are some instances where we don't want the b9 to be actually played by the piano (even if it's hamonically correct) because that note may already be present in the melody.

Really helpful thanks it’s good to know that if you do put the b9 in the symbol, the Bass Player will play it. Specially, when you’re playing piano and the iReal piano is turned off.. also I imagine the embellished chords will be probably more embellished with different grooves.… Gypsy jazz I use a lot because it’s gonna always be a chop on two and four and I doubt there are any embellishments with that groove.(it’s great for practicing Bass with iReal bass off) But then BlueNote Jazz and similar grooves there are probably many interesting chords. . I’ll have to play around with that.

 

[CyrilleB]

Really helpful thanks it’s good to know that if you do put the b9 in the symbol, the Bass Player will play it. Specially, when you’re playing piano and the iReal piano is turned off.. also I imagine the embellished chords will be probably more embellished with different grooves.… Gypsy jazz I use a lot because it’s gonna always be a chop on two and four and I doubt there are any embellishments with that groove.(it’s great for practicing Bass with iReal bass off) But then BlueNote Jazz and similar grooves there are probably many interesting chords. . I’ll have to play around with that.

I would personally only use the embellished chord setting for diatonic or modal tunes. The embellished chord setting doesn't analyze the harmonic structure of a tune.
That can work fine for simple diatonic or modal songs (no modulation, no key changes). But for complex harmonic content, it can be a mess.
On a CMaj7, when using embellished chord setting, the player might play C6 or C6/9 or CMaj9, CMaj13, etc.
If you want the chords to be played strictly as it's written on the chart (same chord tones), you'll need to turn off the embellished chord setting.

 

[Bobsax]

I would personally only use the embellished chord setting for diatonic or modal tunes. The embellished chord setting doesn't analyze the harmonic structure of a tune.
That can work fine for simple diatonic or modal songs (no modulation, no key changes). But for complex harmonic content, it can be a mess.
On a CMaj7, when using embellished chord setting, the player might play C6 or C6/9 or CMaj9, CMaj13, etc.
If you want the chords to be played strictly as it's written on the chart (same chord tones), you'll need to turn off the embellished chord setting.

I listened a few times to this bare bones version
All Of Me - jsb - Gerald Marks
Didn’t hear any difference in iembellished or not? Actually on the D minor with the embellished turned off I heard a minor second thinking it was a 9 an E against the F .
The one thing I was looking for with the embellished would be the sharp (11) on the II7 . the D7 , which has a natural sounding G sharp for a lot of people Lydian b7 . I often play G# A D when I’m a bass player. It did not play it . I have a feeling it would play it all the time if I wrote it as a D7#11 which would be overkill.

 

[CyrilleB]

I listened a few times to this bare bones version
All Of Me - jsb - Gerald Marks
Didn’t hear any difference in iembellished or not? Actually on the D minor with the embellished turned off I heard a minor second thinking it was a 9 an E against the F .
The one thing I was looking for with the embellished would be the sharp (11) on the II7 . the D7 , which has a natural sounding G sharp for a lot of people Lydian b7 . I often play G# A D when I’m a bass player. It did not play it . I have a feeling it would play it all the time if I wrote it as a D7#11 which would be overkill.

Well, this is why I never use the embellished chord option. I prefer to just write the chord in the chart the way I want it, so I have a bit more control.
And yes, in this situation, it will play the same chord every time (with different inversions/voicings), but the chord tones would be the same