Jazz...BASSOON??!

Garrett Jones playing Days Of Wine And Roses
/ @groovybassoon
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[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

By popular demand, I've made the transcription available in Tenor Clef! Look in the info box below.

[@ElliotAC]

I went to undergrad with Garret. He's a mad genius and I miss his antics! So happy he's getting more and more cred.

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

I'd love to know if he's seen this video!

[@groovybassoon]

@@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions aw shucks guys, thanks for the transcription and kind words! Also, I'll second the other commenter who said this - you'll want to make a tenor clef transcription for bassoonists.

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

Pleasure! I'll get on and do a tenor clef version!

[@ricksnow007]

That cat can play some changes. I vote we give him a spot in the big band 😄😄❤️❤️👍

[@bassoonboy3638]

I second that motion

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

Please share to your fellow bassoonists, Bassoon Boy!!

[@PuddingPepzi]

There waa once a girl who played bassoon who wanted to enter our schools jazz band, she was able to double a trombone part. Sounded pretty nice imo

[@ProdByC]

"cat"💀

[@adamj.russell5968]

@@ProdByC you obviously don’t do your research on jazz history. Because the correct way to say it is “Kat 💀” with a k.

[@mangepange1234]

I don't get how bassoon jazz Isn't a bigger thing?? This slaps 🔥🔥

[@XanDubs]

Most players with these skills seem to opt for saxophone or clarinet- instruments that project easier and are a little more malleable. You are correct though! There is no doubt that this slaps.

[@OkammakO]

@@XanDubs I've always been a huge fan of the larger woodwinds (especially double reeded) as they have a more relaxed timbre than most brass instruments, which fits some styles of jazz like a glove. Oboe and Bassoon especially.

[@CoolFilmMovies]

To be fare, if they made the bassoon any bigger, the instrument would likely have a different tuning.

[@Suremate...]

@@CoolFilmMovies well yeah there's contrabassoon but it's still in the key of C. Someone can do it like English horn where it's just a fifth down

[@saxophonerman1239]

Wow, there is actual language and this bassoonist definitely has a “jazz tone”. His sound is spread out and projects with a warm tone. You can definitely hear jazz articulation and shaping in his phrases, you can even hear doodn tonguing and ghost notes. Bassoon is definitely a genuine serious jazz instrument that shouldn’t be looked down upon.

[@bionicleman1231]

My friend had a CD of I want to say duke ellington big band recordings one of which had a bassoon solo that went incredibly hard. It’s a thing!

[@BrunoPavarine]

No doubts that this bassoonist is an amazing musician! But also, kudos for you that can make such high fidelity transcriptions .. regards from Brasil!

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

Thank you! Please like & share!! 👍🏻

[@lwpdhofgh]

I had no idea the bassoon went so high. It almost sounded like a flute at the beginning.

[@Felix-nh5pw]

Have you ever heard Rite of the springs by Stravinskij? It begins with such high Fagott solo.👍Try it😉

[@willmorris8198]

@@Felix-nh5pw Look up Sarabande et Cortege by Henri Dutilleux. The end of the 2nd movement cadenza goes to the high F5 (minor third above rite of spring D). Also Prelude et Scherzo by Paul Jeanjean goes up to F5 at the end of the 1st movement.

[@ryukaganzeroful]

@@Felix-nh5pw haha

[@nyancs7098]

@@Felix-nh5pw high c is nothing compared to some of the stupid stuff out there

[@Felix-nh5pw]

@@nyancs7098 Cool👍

[@elimacias3599]

my jazz 2 in high school has open instrumentation. last year we had a bassoon feature and this year we had a flute, clarinet 1-2, bassoon quartet feature, bassoon being the bass counter melody. truly a beautiful instrument

[@catcrazefordaze4926]

bro, so i do high school jazz, (i play bassoon for wind ensemble and tenor for jazz and pep) when my music director asks me if i want to do a bassoon improv solo this year. so im looking for inspiration, when I find this supa-hot FIRE. Hot damn keep it up

[@jazzbassoonpaul]

I’m so happy and proud of Garrett! He came to me for a lesson-he really didn’t need much help at all. Fantastic sound nice phrasing great language. Really enjoying his ride over here!

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

It's been a really popular video. I'm glad he's getting wider acknowledgement.

[@tjenadonn6158]

Somewhere in my wanderings I came across some jazz viola. As someone who's always had more of a soft spot for strings and winds than for brass and keyboard instruments it put me in mind of assembling a brassless, keyless big band, akin to how Philip Glass removed the brass and percussion sections from the orchestra when he wrote his opera "Satyagraha."

[@jonathanaul]

Bassoon can be really nice for jazz. Check out the Australian Jazz Quartet, circa mid-1950s.

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

I will!

[@jibjubby]

Fuck yeah

[@normal_mothman]

Me and My Friend got on call to write a little upbeat song with some orchestral instruments, and though we wrote a hyper-fast, likely unplayable Basoon solo, it was by far the hardest hitting thing to come out of that session.

[@Ez_bo]

My friend used to play bassoon in our jazz band man was he good

[@BenthovenMusic]

That timbre I would best describe as a bass version of the soprano sax. Yo, jazz bassoon kinda underrated?

[@alexandruianu8432]

AFAIK, It's standard practice for bassoon sheet music to switch to tenor clef around D4/E4/F4 (depending on phrasing) to reduce ledger lines.

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

I didn't know that!

[@Jwellsuhhuh]

i think most people would find that annyoing, considering how uncommon tenor clef is

[@loganbach7300]

@@Jwellsuhhuh it’s super common for bassoon. Most bass clef users learn tenor clef lol

[@Jwellsuhhuh]

@@loganbach7300 that sucks

[@foo0815]

Yes, but trombone has quite the same range (upto F4) and is rarely written in tenor clef in jazz, only in classical music, so for me your transcription is fine.

[@toddm8609]

Garrett Jones is a great player..Kudos on the transcription.

[@bornsetjustafellowgamer1480]

Man bassoon is underrated

[@AStickOfDeoderant]

Amazing job

[@JDubbs1965]

That is a great musician!

[@alexineraineri121]

Cool!

[@MegaTete123456]

Yesssss

[@LuciusLucius]

so much practice, i could never

[@greenbean0685]

This has inspired me to learn bassoon

[@EzyPezyLemonChezy]

this guy's Killin!

[@musicmatt4616]

I was not sold, initially, but you got me.

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

He's won quite a few people over. This is my most popular video so far!

[@berryaddict]

So beautiful I love Bassoons and how they sound but in Jazz they are so much better 😊

[@nicksm7980]

If you like it check out Paul Hanson. He is the master of jazz bassoon (jazz fusion even).

[@IrishSax97]

You should check out the great bassoonist Rino Vernizzi! Amazing in both jazz and classical music

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

I will!

[@Dylonely42]

I love the bassoon sound

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

Goes well with jazz, doesn't it!

[@edsherrod5216]

Wow! I'm impressed! Really nice job on the piece and he rotary breathes to extend the phrase as well?? I like it!

[@groovybassoon]

No circular/rotary breathing here - just big lungs and cheeks that puff too much I guess!

[@cerealssbu7545]

As someone who occasionally plays jazz English horn... Nice.

[@pascalboulan4461]

Beautiful chorus! I love this sound. Fagott are not easy. Congratulations 👏

[@marinatessmer1116]

Mad. ❤️😍

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

Definitely different!

[@henry_of_all_trades]

I need some subtitles... here I'll start. As a bassoonist I say "Honk honk honk! *BREEEEEEAAAAAATHE* Honk honk hooooooooooonk!

[@davidtatro7457]

Wow, he sounds terrific.

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

Yeah, I wasn't expecting it tbh.

[@theloganator13]

Guy's style reminds me of Paul Desmond, great tone too!

[@kaedenparks9111]

Well that’s interesting, never seen that one before

[@joehamilton4656]

Hey ! This guys started something. A cool dude.

[@charlesanderson9926]

Whoa. I go to school there.

[@alicemezzani4692]

A jazz bassonist? One of the most attractive things

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

It's certainly a lovely sound that sits well with the genre.

[@TorySlusher]

This is pretty great, I just wanted to randomly comment that it seems like all the bassoonists have the same facial structure....lol, am I crazy? Is there a pattern here?

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

How do you mean?! I guess they've all developed the same facial muscles in order to create the bassoon embouchure. That may explain it?

[@pantpocket1741]

dude's playing so high jesus christ

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

I don't know if it's high for bassoon or not! It sits nicely in the trombone range though.

[@maxf6304]

Gyatttt

[@trallfraz]

What's the ??? for? Frank Tiberi of the Woody Herman Herd has been playing jazz bassoon for decades now, As always, he's featured on "Where is the love" and Herbie Hancocks' composition "Spain"

[@LukeDoesShitStuff]

:O

[@greenbean0685]

Quick question, do you use a saxophone neck strap or something specific to bassoon?

[@groovybassoon]

I still use the the neck strap that came with my unbranded ebay bassoon 14 years ago, so nothing specific.

[@imemes6620]

Charlie Brown vibes for some reason

[@omni-impotent9278]

I'm so mad. Why is a bassoon a better jazz musician than am I!

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

Comparing yourself to others is a losing game!

[@markmcmillan4233]

1:40

[@adrianmorfin1882]

Bassoon in Spanish 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@JeremyHawker1985]

This is a great solo, but what is with peen-trumpet at the end

[@fucker9002]

got sam hyde on da bass

[@pascalboulan4461]

Beautiful chorus! I love this sound. Fagott are not easy. Congratulations 👏