Are you making this "jazz" mistake?

[@BenTevikMusic]

Yes, thank you. Recently been doing a similar thing - practicing with a blues or a standard I know well and purposefully pushing myself to play unusual lines with no ‘edit button’, and maybe it sounds good or maybe it sounds horrible, doesn’t matter, but it forces me into corners and I make plenty of mistakes. But also part of the practice is rolling with those mistakes and not treating them like road blocks, but accepting them and incorporating them moving forward. After many choruses of that approach, I go back to a ‘performance mindset’ on that tune, where I’m playing more concretely what I hear, and inevitably there’s improvement.

[@bobreynolds]

yes! love that

[@aidenhuckabee784]

Amazing! Could you possible make a video going into what’s on your bookshelf and what you recommend?

[@Icy10K]

It's funny, i've always loved jazz and in the past two years gotten into cotemporary dance / choreography. I find there's a lot of commonality between the ways of thinking around improvising in dance and jazz. A lot of what you said in this video is directly transferable, for instance. Can't wait to do an actual project on this and explore all the ways they can enrich each other. Thanks for the video!

[@bobreynolds]

Love that! My wife is a dancer and we once collaborated on a piece back in our school days.

[@musicbyfriendsforfriends3311]

This advice is consistent with something I have been doing for years. It is great to hear an accomplished younger player propose this. One thing practicers may want to try is to start each chorus of a tune on a different note advancing chromatically. This can be jolting enough to get the creative juices flowing.

[@bobreynolds]

That is a wonderful-and actionably specific-idea. 👏

[@joshuamarks1129]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Nice way to ensure that you develop the stamina to blow 12 choruses!

[@bobblues1158]

Congratulations on the vinyl. looks great!

[@bobreynolds]

thanks! I"m signing/shipping out the first batch today. They're really quite cool.

[@jamessnyder9307]

great video Bob! I also loved your new album!! It's definitely been my favorite one of the year so far!

[@bobreynolds]

thank you, James!

[@ernestoamstein5419]

I remember the great Cecil Taylor saying that he kept his creative engine in shape by playing "imaginary concerts". I 've always loved that concept

[@bobreynolds]

killer concept!

[@taraadcock1503]

Blue vinyl looks cool. I'm sure it also sounds great.

[@bobreynolds]

it's pretty rad

[@mounirdiouri6947]

As usual, great and useful ideas. I usually play freely over a song that I like or that I try to transcribe, but I understand that this free improvisation without an apparent determined framework (but rather an internal one) requires another attitude and allows the development of other skills... Interesting. Thanks, Bob.

[@bobreynolds]

Hi Mounir. Yup, it's good to practice letting a line unfold and trying to stay with/shape it as it presents itself to you.

[@mikecareymusic9401]

Different parts of our musical personality come out on different tunes WITH each combo. of players. The crowd and venue also change how we feel. Oh, and there is just how we feel that day or week. These variables are why it can be so fun to play the same tunes and never expect the same results.

[@williesordillo8621]

I always appreciate your perscpective, and am especially appreciative of this emphasis on creativity, which is too often ignored in the many videos by master teachers who focus on theory-based harmonic approaches- which are useful, but only part of the story. When you mentioned Metheny's "inevitable" solos, I thought immediately of Paul Desmond, who's improvisations so often felt composed, so perfectly unwasteful and clearly constructed they sound almost simple, though of course, playing that succinctly and lyrically is as challenging as playing sheets of sound in its own way. And finally, it looks like the search for your next mouthpiece is still in process!

[@tedl7538]

Great comments and love the blue vinyl 🔵

[@rodrigosaborio7858]

Congrats for the Blue vynils!!!

[@geneoliveri3907]

Nice advice ..and Nice Vinyl !

[@lugeroaccordion9957]

Nice lines my friend sounds great. 🎷🎷

[@AlanDarcyMusic]

Love this! Thanks Bob!

[@oliverhackett]

Great video, Bob (and sounding awesome as per-usual)- still so weird not to see the HR link on your horn. 😂

[@bobreynolds]

tell me about it! i have flirted back with a HR I now have. who knows. for now this is fun, though.

[@Dr.RolyndDellaSylvan]

@@bobreynolds While I always enjoy your subtle manipulations of tones / different “colors” (over the years and different mouthpieces), I am really loving your sound on the metal Link! Of course, per your usual, you have wonderful “groove”/swing and intricate, yet expressive, lines. Thank you for your artistry and inspiration. hug 🫂 from the road, Dr D

[@DinoSoldo]

“You should’ve played it twice” Davis to Sanborn

[@frankversteeg6843]

Love the Cats reaction

[@AlanDarcyMusic]

The Vinyl slays!

[@bobblues1158]

"Random Noodleness! To be avoided always. I can be doing reed work or fooling around with mouthpieces, but I ALWAYS PLAY FOR REAL with a specific goal.

[@rslane32]

What goal?

[@Bebopopotamus]

That's all I do. I can't help it.

[@LiamCarroll-q8p]

Then just call it jazz lol

[@noahesills]

Love the irony of zero edit cuts while talking about improvisation haha

[@ronniecbx6210]

Belo ponto de vista!!!!! 👏👏👏

[@eriksax]

This is where I live Bob.

[@jasonandres6908]

The Thanos approach to improvising.

[@kwootamuckbear9294]

All the things you are☮️🎶🎵🎷

[@davekeen1963]

I'm liking the Link...........

[@kwootamuckbear9294]

You enjoying the Otto as a keeper now🤔

[@mewsick5093]

Yes. Will I fix this? Net.

[@mundo_arislanico]

lINDOS lp'S PENA QUE ESTÃO LONGES EM VÁRIOS SENTIDOS DE MIM (BRASIL) KKKK MAS GOSTARIA MUITO DE TER, ALVEZ CONSIGA AQUI COM ESFORÇOS

[@lejazz6938]

🤩

[@mjmarinara]

😻

[@ValirAmaril]

when I started out (in my family's django jazz band) I used to go through all the tunes we played and I tried to find all the wrong sounding notes for every chord, and find ways to resolve them, also I went over difficult chord changes looking for mistakes I might make, not the most effective but it worked for me

[@kwootamuckbear9294]

☯️🎵🎶🎵🎷

[@wyndhl8309]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@michaelosullivan9339]

This is random bob...but have you heard of tubby hayes...English tenor

[@bobreynolds]

I have! I have some lessons around solos of his in my saxophone studio.

[@lottierose8668]

is the stm your current mouthpiece now , the one ?

[@bluessax5089]

I can tell that you’re talking to us but really kind of talking to yourself. 😏🫶🏽

[@bobreynolds]

absolutely