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Bob McChesney playing over 'Lady Be Good'
Original Video: • Lady Be Good feat. Bob...
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[@samuelcaskie]

As a trombone player, that is the tonal sound I dream of having

[@PandemoniumBigBand]

Bob is the best. I feel pure lucky to get to feature him on a bunch of my music. Thanks for giving this killer solo a bit of extra attention!

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

You're welcome - please like/share etc etc! What else of yours has he features on?

[@PandemoniumBigBand]

@@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions Bob played first trombone on my EP "Make Big Band Great Again" which included a McChesney feature called "Pink Sunset" that we co-wrote.

[@PandemoniumBigBand]

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[@moskabone]

He's a beast!

[@SuperKeswick]

Ridiculously good ! and such a clear production and flow of ideas , very inspiring and as usual superb take down from Rob !

[@shelbyo2237]

such an amazing thing to see so many different types of people getting to make great stuff together!! I love me some jazz man

[@Sturgis1]

Bob McChesney is our lord and savior of trombone

[@netosantos1305]

Fantástico

[@philosophicallyspeaking6463]

Bob's 'genius' is that he is one of the few trombonists who has effectively overcome the...awkwardness of the trombone's mechanics. Most all the others sound...constrained in facility and limited by the gross movement necessitated by the slide and its lack of valves to articulate individuals notes on a common harmonic plane. And while a few have managed to draw motivation to new creativity from that 'supposed' limitation, such that it incites new trombone specific melodic devices, most trombonists audibly struggle, stagger, and stumble through muddied conventional riffs, and worse...resort to bellowing and belching as it were some animal protesting its last and lost moments.

[@daglowcruz1607]

Wow, I won the lottery? That is what this song feels like. Just great, Lets hear the whole song also because I want all the money.

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

There's a link to the full video in the info box 👍🏻

[@cedricsirianni]

Great job man. Small correction: the new phrase starting at 1:14 is a measure late I think.

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

You're right - well spotted! It is correct on the PDf, however.

[@davidtatro7457]

He's such a fine player. I just have never been able to understand why he so strenuously avoids swinging 8th notes during solos. He tiptoes around swing so thoroughly and masterfully, employing literally every other possible combination of note length and articulation, while never just letting two 8th notes swing together.

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

That's a common observation levelled at Bob's approach, I believe.

[@davidtatro7457]

@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions I'm sure I'm not the only one who notices.

[@AllegroFPS]

I disagree that hes not swinging any of the 8th notes

[@davidtatro7457]

@brandondiehl2157 well, of course we all can have our own conceptions of what swing is, and that is totally ok. But Bob plays a whole lot of staccato straight 8ths, mixed with every other incarnation of 8ths known to humans except basic legato swing 8ths and l simply cannot hear it as anything other than him deliberately avoiding in the pocket swing 8ths. And that's fine. He's a phenomenal player and his lines are always very tasty. I just hear it the way l hear it and it bothers me. Others obviously love it and that's totally awesome too.

[@AllegroFPS]

@@davidtatro7457 i mean if you think rhytmically swinging 66% is all swing is, then sure. But personally that seems really shallow

[@trombonebestinstrument]

does anyone have tips on implementing scales into the changes, then turning that into music?

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

Bob's solos are a great place to start as he is very logical and chord/scale-orientated. A good example of how to apply them musically. Jamey Aebersold is another strong chord/scale advocate.