What I learned at Berklee

What I learned at Berklee - Bob Reynolds

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Жыл бұрын

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Jay Metcalf interviews renowned saxophonist Bob Reynolds of Snarky Puppy.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Patterns for Jazz - Jerry Coker amzn.to/3qUiogu
How to Improvise - Hal Crook amzn.to/3xHeXOc
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@AndyA1234 4 ай бұрын

You hit the nail on the head about challenging yourself. Most people want an easy fix & especially today. Instant gratification. I learned bass by listening to a vinyl records or cassettes and playing back over & over again.

@bobreynolds Жыл бұрын

Haha! Perfect intro hook, Jay! Thanks for having me on.

@sunshower1972 Жыл бұрын

Bob's answer about Joshua Redman and then switch to Stan Getz and then the 1959 answer makes me feel so validated because those were my instant answers for myself 😁

@JasonBlair Жыл бұрын

I would absolutely buy the saxophone power hour book.

@jazzbrew68 Жыл бұрын

"5 minutes a day for 7 years." Wow. That just destroyed my excuse for not having enough time to add piano practice to my bass practice. Great interview. Bob is always dropping nuggets of wisdom. Can't wait to check out the full interview. Thank you!

@JeffreySaxophoneTallNewton Жыл бұрын

Jerry Coker said the same thing in a book 50 years ago.

@Orlando-wn4uc Жыл бұрын

Not only is Bob an amazing sax player, he's a wonderful and inspiring person. It's such blessing when you meet your heroes and find out they are way cooler than you could have ever imagined. Hearing him play live is a truly wonderful experience. No speakers can recreate the magic you hear when he plays. Like his personality, it's incredible.

@eds.9807 Жыл бұрын

Great confirmation. In any area, prepare for the opportunity you don't know is coming.

@nickpilgrim1966 Жыл бұрын

Bobs an inspiration. Generous, humble and keeps it interesting.

@jpgcomposer Жыл бұрын

I had the benefit of sitting in on Hal Crook's improv class at Berklee a couple of times for a bass player friend who was suffering from tendonitis and it was one of the most fun and challenging classes I ever had the opportunity to take. I never got around to taking the whole class, but the dipping my toe in it a few times was amazingly eye-opening. And wow, what an incredible soloist (and composer/arranger!).

@robinreidmusic Жыл бұрын

Bob is just such a fine person and very generous with his knowledge and inspiration. Thanks to both of you.

@RevolutionTutors Жыл бұрын

Yes!!! Finally the right use of podcast feed. Long form version! Can’t wait to listen. Love to see how you keep growing. Keep it up Jay!

@sablezubshruz9811 Жыл бұрын

Jay, videos like that make my life shine. Thank you. Incredible.

@migsax Жыл бұрын

Thx Jay! Great stuff here, honest experience from Bob. I can attest to same at Berklee. I was an arranging major mid 1980s and the woodwind dept held me to account and made me pass the proficiencies for performance majors. Much more difficult. Some old school love and infinitely helpful down the road when I moved to NYC.

@jonniejlo Жыл бұрын

Love Bob. Such a cool cat. Took his masterclass once and I always remember him saying "They're just buttons".

@kevdyer3835 Жыл бұрын

Great insightful interview Jay! You and Bob are inspiring 😊

@gitarmats Жыл бұрын

This was great! Bob is so cool and his KZfaq channel has so many valuable videos on it!

@Normantnt Жыл бұрын

Great conversation. Hearing thoughts expressed on how things come together in developing one's musical skill and in expressing yourself. Bob is a great example of how successful people are wiling to do those things that unsuccessful people are not willing to do.

@bryanh3057 Жыл бұрын

Hi Jay (and Bob)! As a guitarist with no sax experience at all, I have been a fan of both yours and Bob’s content on here for quite a while. I’ve learned a lot from both of you about great musicianship. Thank you both for what you do!

@joeyk2604 Жыл бұрын

Two of my favorite sax players alive right now

@wyndhl8309 Жыл бұрын

Listening to Bob - and Jay, of course 👌- makes me think of words such as: humanity, honesty, sincerity, candor, selflessness, self-discipline, encouragement, motivation ... I sense that Bob is as warm and as comforting a parent as he is (or can be) a most inspiring teacher, instructor, guide, coach - educator. Thanks for the informative 👍 interview, Jay. As always!

@vintagevinylvets1187 8 ай бұрын

Love what Bob does! He was the first saxophone KZfaq I subscribed to! Better Sax was the second and the only two I subscribe to. 🎧🎷🙏🏻

@rickspyder6159 6 ай бұрын

One of the best vids I ever seen ... My greatest mentor was my classical guitar teacher and it was how he held the guitar before playing a note.. Many times we didn't even play ...it was the respect of the instrument ...

@jacquelamontharenberg Жыл бұрын

Jay...Fantastic interview with my favorite saxophonist and mentor, Bob Reynolds. I am 70 years old and have been playing the Saxophone off and on since I was in the 5th grade. I toured with some great funk and jazz bands in the 70s and have been around some great musicians. I discovered Bob around 2016. He has definitely helped me discipline myself when it comes to practicing. The hardwork and woodshedding has paid off. No doubt about it, you have to spend time working on things that you struggle with and overcome them. The reward makes the effort worth it. After all these years, my playing and tone is the best it has ever been and keeps getting better. Thanks. Keep up the great work.

@DNS0875 5 ай бұрын

Planning is key for me personally- I even keep a practice agenda. What I’m working on, the workouts at what bpm, (Mostly at 60 to start with), what I’ll focus on the next day. I don’t put a lot of time in playing entire sonates over and over again. I play it through and then focus on what needs smoothing out through technique improving excercises and listening to others.

@andreuromeroelias8341 Күн бұрын

5:45, I took this exercise for the rest of my practicing days; still love it

@Laura-wg5jk Жыл бұрын

A lot of good stuff in this interview. I listened to the short version then decided it was important to listen to the extended version.

@francistaylor5097 Жыл бұрын

Bob is great. Such an inspiration.

@KeithCopeland778 Ай бұрын

A fantastic and informative interview!!! The Hal Crook demonstration and comment are priceless! It's better to have the ability and not need to use it than to not have the ability and need to use it!!!

@jakeybrown101 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jay. so pleased to see this. just booked tickets for Ronnie Scott's. cant wait 🙂

@Bahimo3154 Жыл бұрын

I'm actually a bassist and I huge fan of Bob rynold and I see every video of him on his KZfaq channel .

@jazzman_10 Жыл бұрын

Rob rocks! Great musician, great guy, huuuuge tone...

@ekaufman4800 Жыл бұрын

Saxophone Power Hour! I'm IN!

@aledemorais9290 Жыл бұрын

The algorithm brought me to this interview. I am a Brazilian guitarist, and I felt completely in the same shoes, when Bob talked about Hal Crook’s influence and mentoring. It was too long ago to remember details, but we can connect the points for a better story. I didn’t remember that Bob Reynolds was in this class, but it is too much of a coincidence an incident on a Hal’s jazz improv class with a french pianist! Lol. I was the guitar player for that ensemble, but just to clarify the subject in focus was playing double time. The discussion was that Hal was showing that to play fast one doesn’t need to be technically fast, but to understand the subdivisions of the fast tempo, and feel them. The rest was exactly the way that was described. It’s incredible to see how the same event has a similar impact. By the way, a fan of Snarky Puppy music. Congrats.

@nhr27 Жыл бұрын

Somewhere in Between is one of the coolest sax albums ever. I absolutely love it. Nothing on that album is extremely difficult to play but it is so tastefully done. Not many sax players that are as good as Bob Reynolds is,. are humble enough to play simple. He does not show off just to show off. I am surprised, however, that 60 BPM is not his favorite tempo. My 60BPM tshirt is now outdated :-) I am still on my quest to find an Alto Sax player similar to Bob and have yet to find one. If anyone knows of any, please let me know. If not, Bob, put out an Alto album please :-)

@TheAaronRodgersTao Жыл бұрын

Such a great and insightful conversation.

@Kirktracy Жыл бұрын

Another great Video, the podcast was great too. Thank you Jay.

@bettersax Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kirk

@jamiemcgoldrick3350 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant interview. I have booked tickets to see BR on his forthcoming European tour!

@kianiverson9991 Жыл бұрын

last year he came to my school and preformed with my jazz 1 group, insanely talented

@kchappelle 9 ай бұрын

1959, the year I was born. It was a great year for a lot of things. Including watches and saxophones.

@dwftube 11 ай бұрын

Just discovered this channel. I'm not a sax player, but I think the stuff covered is relevant to all musicians.

@spoton9792 Жыл бұрын

The meaning of Discipline hit hard to me.

@pgroove163 Жыл бұрын

discipline..the main ingredient

@adamdeem5526 Жыл бұрын

Great interview and some really great tidbits on how to achieve success through discipline that works in any endeavor. Do the rudiments, challenge yourself with uncomfortable exercises, commit the time to practice and be efficient and disciplined in that time, and use failure as a learning opportunity. This works to achieve a high level of skill at the highest levels of any technical pursuit including musicianship, athletics, aviation, chess, military operations, etc. The true top performing individuals and groups do so because they consistently execute the basics perfectly, automatically, and without hesitation that gives them the freedom to improvise and create within their field.

@hhm478 Жыл бұрын

Moodswing - great answer! I can relate 100%

@jordel0577 Жыл бұрын

Jay: Thanks so much for doing this interview. I really admire you both a lot, and I’ve found you guys are probably the most well rounded sax professional players in the entire world. Why? Because of the detailed oriented approach you guys follow in your respective KZfaq channels. It was funny to see Bob struggling on answering pretty much every single question, as I realized he was using his analytical energy to find the “perfect answer”; that’s an indication of how Bob does everything... he is a self declared perfectionist, and the quality of his music and videos in his KZfaq channel also show how great he is, as you also are, Jay. You both are heroes and such an inspiration for the saxophonist community. Keep the great work up!

@bettersax Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jorge nice to hear. Thanks for watching.

@boilingsyvh3060 Жыл бұрын

@@bettersax Hey, is the guy going around in your comments saying "you won the giveaway" real? If not a lot of people may get scammed.

@jpgcomposer Жыл бұрын

@@boilingsyvh3060 Yeah, that seems to be a completely bogus account intended to scam people. This is an unfortunate recent development with a lot of KZfaq channels. Fortunately it is quite obviously a scam (click on the dude's scammed image and you go to a KZfaq channel wit no content). I just report it as misinformation and it will eventually go away.

@boilingsyvh3060 Жыл бұрын

@@jpgcomposer Hopefully it does, thank you for reporting it.

@rogermortimer111 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 Great lightning round. Loved it.

@alanhirayama4592 Жыл бұрын

What a great interview...

@ruby_gleyzes Жыл бұрын

Very nice interview!

@oostapchuk Жыл бұрын

Hal Crook. The man who knows the truth about all of it. I love him!

@blindcanseemusic 3 ай бұрын

excellent interview

@Cananito Жыл бұрын

Wow this guy is amazing 🙂

@lyecats Жыл бұрын

Favorite alto and tenor players?... exactly my answers Inspiring and butt kicking. I'm gonna go practice...thanks Jay and Bob!

@mr.saxplayer4373 Жыл бұрын

This was a great lesson..

@ekaufman4800 Жыл бұрын

Symmetric rhythmic displacement. My head exploded

@AzSamad Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing the Hal Crook story. I used to take private lessons with Hal and he got me to buy a snare, ride and cymbal just so he could teach me to swing better. I had it in my living room in Boston and was just trying to keep it a low volume not to bother anyone. He’s such a great teacher and every thing he taught worked to fix things each time. Legend!

@sidneiramalho Жыл бұрын

Hey Jay very inspiring and fun, hard to ask Bob to answer things fast...LOL he is a sniper, super methodical on everything. Anyone can always take my mouthpieces rather than my sax, reason being I have 20 mouthpieces and only 4 saxes LOL Great video! Thanks for putting this together.

@xsmi Жыл бұрын

There REALLY needs to be a love button! ❤

@DiegoErnestoGarcia Жыл бұрын

MY realSax hero, l learnt so much through the years following him in KZfaq, and then You too, Jay. He has allways an inspiring talk.

@ericwobschall8410 Жыл бұрын

I witnessed an event similar to Bobs’s Hal anecdote. Donald Hunsberger who taught at Eastman was the guest conductor for let’s call it a high level academic festival concert band. There was a baritone figure that was admittedly a tough one, and the first chair wasn’t pulling it off. Donald was stopping the band and making him play it over and over. The player said something about it being impossible. Hunsberger told him to come up to the conductor’s apple box and to bring the horn. He played that figure perfectly with no warm-up. He was ready to pick up the gauntlet that was unlikely to ever have been thrown down. My mantra is that the reason for technical proficiently is so that the lack of it isn’t an impediment to whatever you’re expressing creatively. Trouble is, you then have to restrain yourself until such time that it’s appropriate, and that’s where the finesse comes in. Too much to put on a plaque, but you get the idea. I do love those vindication stores, though.

@darylsol Жыл бұрын

17:30+ OMG you just said the very thing that I've been doing my whole life and what I need to do... Your comment is absolutely right Jay ... that's heavy

@Scxrpionz Жыл бұрын

Yes!!

@drumsk8r Жыл бұрын

Saxophone power hour, I am buying that book if he writes it!

@joshcharlat850 Жыл бұрын

For what it's worth...probably not much... I taught skiing for a time. There were exercises that the ski school taught us teachers to do and pass on. Some of them I really felt I executed poorly; however, I found that after doing the exercise, I always skied better. My balance point was always improved.

@bobblues1158 Жыл бұрын

A really fun, informative conversation between two great players. It is always informative to listen to exchange of ideas. This was super!

@bettersax Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob, check out the podcast version you’re name came up.

@barryoverstreet4876 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@williammurray1620 Жыл бұрын

Such a great interview! Been following him for a couple years now and he is an amazing player. Nice job!

@jameslawtonmusic9483 Жыл бұрын

Hi Jay. Great interview. Do think you might be able to convince Bob to share a PDF of the chromatic warm up he mentioned?

@sax-jaz 6 ай бұрын

Night Practice is very beautiful!

@lifesummit73 Жыл бұрын

Excellent interview, and for anyone who only watched the shorter KZfaq version, you should definitely listen to the full length podcast. Solid gold nuggets of ideas, experience, and inspiration for improvising!

@WJdad Жыл бұрын

Wow! Nice editing, Jay. Inspiring! Now I want to find your podcast. Unless it’s on here somewhere. I’ll look around. I’ve found myself treating KZfaq like a podcast platform. There are just so many times I want to see the expression of the person speaking, it’s become my default.

@kwootamuckbear9294 Жыл бұрын

Just peeking in✌🏽🎵🎶🎷

@sergeisanych118 Жыл бұрын

Super !

@Radjammin Жыл бұрын

Great Interview, I am not familiar with Bob's Playing. I'll have to check him out.

@sorenfuhrer401 Жыл бұрын

Hero, Idol, Legend,...

@angusramsay6485 Жыл бұрын

Great interview. And advice to live by. Practice the stuff you can't do yet. Because you can't do it, regardless of whether you like it or want to use it.

@calkig Жыл бұрын

Petitioning for the "Saxophone Power Hour" to be a thing!

@rich4444hrsm Жыл бұрын

Cool, Snarky Puppy rocks!

@icecreamforcrowhurst Жыл бұрын

I think jazz college has as much to do with networking as any of the things mentioned by the guest. The ability to network with your peers and recruit them/be recruited for gigs long after college is a major benefit of the system.

@arnoldstang Жыл бұрын

Good questions, good answers. This seldom occurs.

@ginabean9434 Жыл бұрын

Both my sax heros in the same video: I like with both hands.

@sundayjams7399 Жыл бұрын

I loved his Hal crook story, I have always wished I could play bebop and then never do it. just Like I'd like to know karate and never have to use it.

@andrewjones9417 Жыл бұрын

I get to shed later … Gonna bust out that Cook Book

@soulfireblue5721 Жыл бұрын

Mouthpiece or sax? Really? That's an evil question--I love it!!! lol

@wushukwan13 Жыл бұрын

Great interview Jay. Would it be possible to put Bob's chromatic warm up (with his permission of course) that he spoke about on a pdf to learn please?

@robstevens9590 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this interview! (Snarky Puppy in Vienna & Budapest in October! Probably the closest Bob will ever get to Bucharest.)

@serzok1 Жыл бұрын

Good interview. Thank you both 🙂 365 hours a year…. I should try that. 😉

@vKarl71 Жыл бұрын

The more you exercise the brain (with appropriate periods of rest) the more unexpected creativity you will encounter in your playing (or whatever your work is). The only thing that would improve this excellent video would be if Bob would *demonstrate* the exercises/techniques he's describing. Maybe he had an injury or something.

@aarono2301 Жыл бұрын

What does it take toget that warm up written out?

@gangofgreenhorns2672 Жыл бұрын

Updating Bob's wikipedia page with all of these definitive answers lol.

@bobreynolds Жыл бұрын

Hahaha!

@johnwardlaw6204 Жыл бұрын

Keep the sax, definitely an outlier answer. Great clip selection!

@kennethellison9713 Жыл бұрын

My left brain was really stimulated, but my right eye feels like it's got sand in it.

@bettersax Жыл бұрын

Haha just got this!

@frogow2431 Жыл бұрын

Wow

@SaneTheBro Жыл бұрын

my sister went to berklee

@brianmatthews232 Жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable, Final question: how long does it take to give a spontaneous answer ... ~ 5 minutes 🤣

@boilingsyvh3060 Жыл бұрын

Didn't he play with John Mayor?

@coreloops Жыл бұрын

14:19

@s8r647 Жыл бұрын

Have you covered the pattern on The Way You Look Tonight by Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan pattern from 3:13? I keep hearing it everywhere. If you haven’t covered it can you please?

@s8r647 Жыл бұрын

Don’t know how to contact you privatey

@bettersax Жыл бұрын

Sorry, you got a reply from a spam bot which are all over KZfaq. Google doesn’t do much to stop this so please ignore any comments like that that don’t come from the same account. They use the creators profile photo to trick you. I have to erase those daily.

@s8r647 Жыл бұрын

@@bettersax I assumed that wasn’t you lol

@Jwellsuhhuh Жыл бұрын

Berkeleeee

@juandalg4907 Жыл бұрын

pro overthinker, sax player on the side

@plaguedoctor7122 Жыл бұрын

Erly6

@geo_sax Жыл бұрын

Mehnn.. I know understand why they value finding formal education on the horn... Am hoping that one day I will make it to finance my self some additional information to be informed not just for execution but for the grace of being knowledgeable...