I would LOVE a Bob Reynolds album where you just play jazz in the raw!

@bassplayersguild7641

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Hawk I second that!

@shiritzhaki5333

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Hawk yes! Come on bob!

@jazzbrew68

6 жыл бұрын

I third it! At least record it. You can release it 2027. ;-)

After hearing those renditions of standards on Deja Vu, I would be TOTALLY on board with a standards record.

As a pure amateur with a full time demanding profession, Jerry was willing to give me tenor sax lessons when I was a complete (and I mean complete) adult beginner close to 20 years ago. Having never played the sax before but just having a desire to do so (although at first I thought it was just indigestion and it just would not go away), Jerry took me on with kindness and joy. He was patient and took pleasure in the small steps he was able to teach me. Jerry also made the connection between the music and spirituality which answered the question, "why do we make music?". So now, every Sunday night, my friends and I play the standards and have a great time. So thanks for your great vlogs and for finding the wisdom in Jerry's words.

I'm not a sax player, but I'm your fan. The last quote (?) made my day. And makes me want to practice harder. Thanks a lot..

Whoa the outro song is so goood!

A lot of great life wisdom here! Btw I’m not sure how you feel about recording standards these days, but I love listening to different players (and vocalists) play the same standard. I “collect” recordings of a standard I want to learn and immerse in all the different flavors and styles, etc of all the artists doing that one standard. I learn so much! When I’m looking for something by a new artist I have discovered, if they have a standards album, that’s the one I buy! When the musician does their version of a standard I know, I get a real feel for who they are. I love listening to standards recordings! I could go on, but you get it. Just sayin.’ 😊

Two things - 1) That interview sounded amazing. Will definitely check out the entire thing and 2) I would pay cash money for a bootleg of that Baked Potato gig. You guys sounded awesome in a live stream I heard. I think Janek posted it. Thanks as always for sharing Bob.

I remember a friend of mine recorded an hour Q&A with Jerry Bergonzi at an IAJE convention. He sent me a copy and I've listened to it about a hundred times. I love the fact that he's probably one of the most down-to-earth guys, and also a great teacher; like he's someone you could definitely relate to because he talks in terms everyone can understand. Inspirational individual!

while being a student at the vienna music conservatory i visited a jerry bergonzi workshop. at that time, i understood only few of the input he gave, totally overwhelmed by the material (you know his books i guess). being constantly searching, the true way to mastery or what you think that mastery would or could be. as you described yourself and as many players always do. Sometimes i manage being myself, exactly at the moment i give nothing on fitting into something, playing, letting go and be myself. That's when i feel pure luck streaming through my body, i just can't explain it in another way. thanks for reminding me again. best wishes, lots of respect for your work, thanks bob

@StefanEitzenberger

7 жыл бұрын

nice to know that there are more people/saxophonists from Vienna who follow Bob's stuff too!

Excellent advice from Jerry thanks for sharing Bob!

very similar to the Kenny Werner concept in his book "Effortless Mastery". I highly recomens that book for everybody, not just for musicians or artists.

So many pearls of wisdom. I was thinking the same thing, having these pieces of advice staring back at me on my bedroom wall while I practise. Thanks as always Bob. Ps. It would be cool to hear more of your live stuff, maybe a live stream of your next Baked Potato gig?

Hey Bob, thanks for this vlog, was one of my favorites. I love both your playing and Jerry's and it was awesome to hear what you guys have in common. Not that it means that much coming from some username on the internet, but I sincerely hope you do those standards/bossa albums in a near future. I've been following the vlogs since day 1 and you seem to be so humble about your own playing that it almost seems hindering. If I had a penny every time you said that you're not as good as Chris Potter or Josh Redman, I'd at least have enough money for a nice double espresso and a blueberry muffin from an overpriced third-wave coffee shop. All jokes aside, I'll remind you that whether you realize it or not, you're a very well established musician (and rightfully so!) and that comes with the privilege of being able to do whatever you want. You have nothing more to prove to anyone (except yourself). Heck, you could release a tribute to The Shaggs and I'm sure some people would listen to it. If these standards albums is what you would like to do, you have at least 11 000 subscribers that will give it a listen. Because you're right, no one cares that you can't play those crazy Chris Potter altissimo lines, they only care about what you have to bring to the table!

@bobreynolds

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this, Alex.

Great video, Bob. Gonz is the man.

Can't like this a 2nd time so leaving a comment instead...time off is nice :)

I've been talking about that Steve Martin video all week since you posted that.

"In being selective about what you want to play, you become more unique" is easy to say, not easy to implement as a working musician. We're encouraged to be as versatile as possible, mastering all styles of music, several instruments, expected to play something that "fits" "in the style of" in most of the better paid jobs. So how do you balance developing a personality as a musician, being selective about how you sound, what you practice, your approach to sound and improvisation, and paying the bills?

@bobreynolds

7 жыл бұрын

sivers.org/balance

Amazing video, thank you for sharing this interview! I'm guessing this will become kind of a wall of text, but I always wanted to talk to a professional musician who already recorded various (and very, very good, I want to add) albums about recording standards. I can only speak for myself, of course, but I would absolutely love to listen to albums featuring more standards. The thing is, as a hobby-musician like I am I do not often have the possibility to play self-written songs, simply because I cannot compose as well and mostly because I sadly don't have that much time, which also means that listening to music is the biggest part of my practicing. So most music I play aside from big bands has to be standards, be it on sessions or small concerts. And since so many professional musicians have this tendency of not playing standards it's hard to get new ideas for those old tunes or to see what your favourite sax player would have improvised and so on. There are these decades old recordings of mostly the composers playing them, which are incredible, but that's pretty much it. Well, and Bill Evans, since he played all of them :D There aren't many other possibilities to listen to pros playing them, concerts are kind of scarce (e.g. Joshua Redman comes to Germany around once or twice a year) and extremely rarely, if at all, you meet them at sessions, at least that is my experience. I think it kind of goes with what you said about playing tunes with a pal - just that the pal in this case is a professional musician giving me a fresh wind on the standards. It would be more of an album to learn and practice than to just enjoying and relaxingly listening to, perhaps, but yes, I would definitely listen to you playing Stella by Starlight, many, many times. And I wouldn't try to judge, I would try to understand and improve. It would be an album that you made for yourself and that we use to improve - sounds amazing to me :D So to finish building my wall here, I hope I don't take up too much of your time and that my English was understandable. Keep up what you're doing, man, I'll enjoy it :)

could you post a video of the baked potato gig

Great video Bob! Are you familiar/do you use Bergonzi's Inside Improvisation books?

@bobreynolds

7 жыл бұрын

Familiar yes; use no. They're loaded with good stuff though. Great to use as jumping off point.

should have ended with yakety sax