Bb Blues

[saxnova]

Enjoyed it!

joel frahm

[sandrovaro]

nice sound!!!

[4silversax]

Ooooo yeah man , you got groove my friend ! Keep playing your best all and every time you hold that sax.

[ezetobebad]

Hi there Jon, great sound there buddy

[juninho86786]

very very i am from brasil very good

[macielbarreiros]

this is music that has the play to give me it back, send in my name or email the playback, hugs brother,

maciel.barreiros @ hotmail.com

[brasssax15]

Nice tone Fella, great sound

[rn6hi]

What mouthpiece did you use?

[Berkleesaxman]

This kid has talent. Good ear and good phrasing. Joh...check out Berklee School of music. You have it Man!!

[canoai]

Very nice. Are u profesional or is this just your hobbie ?

[Chanthemanx14]

nice tone and vibrato dude!

[horbergus]

Can you please send this backing track to me?

[lmSexyAndIKnowIt]

@horbergus ?v=7iXOZxDep6w

[horbergus]

@lmSexyAndIKnowIt Thanks!

[abukamoon]

Nice sound.

[Memorexman123]

ya he isn't that great but still good. Try to not tonguing everything. Good notes and feel though.

[TheMarcus1024]

How old r u man i u really inspired me to b a better player and we look like were around the same age. Great Job!!

[TheMarcus1024]

Cool Nice playin great sound!!!

[RDblues47]

i love this

[stpauljar]

If you watch closely to the right, in the beginning there will be a little white something rise up on the screen. Watch closely.

[davidlarew]

Really fun to jam with, thanks!

[robin17171]

I could listen to this forever.

[ars9magna6opera]

i can hear some donna lee quotes in there haha

where can i ifnd this backtrack brother?

[XrisikosTonPernei666]

amazing... WTF is that on 3:35?

[StarBlues100]

Great work!

[innuendostefan]

Good Job!

[mas502arc]

One of the things I noticed right off the bat, besides the good playing was the dynamics - very solid!

[teracite]

swing yes !!!!

[thereturnfc]

man ca u share the back track?

[gsco82]

Your tone is great, and I like the improvising too. Great job!!

[horbergaren]

man i wish i could get that nice tone

[The1Hitman]

Damn good sound man, I can see you like brecker ;) 

[DNAblues]

wow man you are great! Thanks so much for sharing. Forget getting a regular job find a jazz club and join a jazz band. You got it. Good luck.

[Brian4hand]

FSU? which fsu? also, your sound is nice, THANK YOU for playing with good timing

[Ceron3]

what song are you playing?

[ThyrsusDionysus]

Hey man, this is great. Do you think you could do some like bossa nova and other styles? Mainly more jazz though. :D Great work, man.

[maythawee12]

your sound is good and smooth. i like the way u play.

[gustosax66]

awesome playin... u sound awesome!

[bsit2001]

Very good.. Smooth... BB

[bluesboydude]

i love it! :)

[petervincze]

OMG! :D Did you noticed that a tiny note escaped from your sax and flew up next to your left shoulder at 0:35? Haha

[511400]

@petervincze hahahah thats crazyyyy

[AdoptaPatitasPanama]

@petervincze hahaha

[EvilFollowsUs]

@petervincze What the bloddy 'ell is that anyway? 

[bandersohn]

@petervincze - I saw that too, very cool! haha~

[rikirattes]

sorry,about articulation,i mean somethin like jerry bergonzi(with less stacato)

[rikirattes]

very,very good sound,its a massage to my ear,maybe if you get free from the riff repeticion and smoth a little your articulation(i mean something like breckers out side).congratulations from brasil,GO TENOR,,,,,

[smartinjazz]

For real, very scholastic sound. The vibe definitely conveyed a written out solo, similar to something out of those Greg Fishman etude books. Check out more of the older cats of the music. Good information, that's about as far as it goes.

[zericorp]

sounds beautiful my man - keep it up

[bottomfisher65]

Jon - I am a tenor player, what type of mouthpiece and reed do you use?

[bottomfisher65]

Great sound, shows the talent that Florida State is turning out in their jazz program. Move west, you could easily get a job on the west coast jazz towns of Portland, Seattle, SF, and LA! You really have talent!!

[BluEbby3510]

nice man ;)

[MrMusic751]

love the sound! keep it up

[breadtanglefan27]

why's everyone being so polite!? this is youtube dammit! i demand someone tell this guy he's not as good yngwie malmsteen or something!

[poepneukerobotjes]

@breadtanglefan27

yeah he's better, less repetitive and more musical if that's what you mean

[freshhhbihhh142536]

@breadtanglefan27

i second that dammit!!!!! this guy sucks ass he needs to stop playnig the same fucking blues all day and learn some standards

[abukamoon]

@freshhhbihhh142536 Who the hell are you to criticize him? He can probably play standards too. What' s your problem with the blues?

[lickitdasplit]

@breadtanglefan27 i was reading your comment and you are right he's not that good. But check this, win da cat does get good as you say, he gone be on the charts. But as stated you are right but can you play, ? and if you can I was jus asking. There's this drummer out of San diego. name Chuck McPherson . they would be a start of something hey peace at lease, if not here,then we'll take it to the middle east...

[shysaxguy]

@lickitdasplit learn to get some real ears :P

[Asax1432]

I don't know why, but i love hearing great licks on VI and ii chords, hitting those thirds makes everything tie together!

[scrambo]

Awesome tone there, love it.

[scrambo]

Awesome tone, love the sound bro.

[TrinityProductions1]

nice sax. Nice tone.

[zbalder14]

anyone know some good solos to transcribe that aren't too difficiult

[sonnystitt123]

hey i was wondering wats your recording setup? i'm trying to something similar to yours. thanks

[clamness]

Great sound! Which Aebersold is this?

[ivanhoroshenkov]

@clamness what if its not an aebersold :D? and yeah great sound!

[ivanhoroshenkov]

@clamness oh and btw it does sound a bit like Bb blues from Maiden Voyage

[00DirectorsCut00]

chords...scale..numbers..jLOL ust theory..yes, something to know.. sure.. but who really plays when we are talking of true music is the heart !! .

the difference is when you stop a video after 5 sec (maybe mine :D) and when u like to listen & listen all again many times !!

great job man.. clear , full of soul and sometimes sophisticated :)

[JazzNaySean]

You have amazing ideas for some one so young looking

age is nothing but a number not experice

keep swangin man

i hope to be this good one day!

i havent been able to unlock that jazz code yet ahaha but im tryin

[seanieboy2725]

What kind of scales besides the blues and bebop?

like are u using dorian, or altered scales???

plz helpp

can u give me some tips as well

[zbalder14]

its rlly nice listening to u... but i think u shud play long tones more often

[dombirasaxtenor]

muito massa esse blues gostei muito parabéns

[darian1114]

your realy good but its missing something you need to put some feel into it use your soul

[Gudinoman]

Sounds very Soothing. Nice playing and nice saxophone

[eMmax007]

Sounds Great!!

[caxassax]

* * * * *

amazing

mouthpiece???

sax???

[lucibooo]

I like your sound!

[Rosski423]

hey i was wondering what mouthpiece/reed combo you were using...i play on an sx90r (black and gold combo) as well and am getting a little tired of my jody jazz classic, thanks!

[thegodofwarfare]

us a cr-120

[donatoghionna1]

bravo, bravo, bravo

da un sassofonista jazz italiano

chido contatto

[musiciansax1]

My GOd, Man, what a sound!!!!

I loved it, here in Brazil you have a fan.

Keep playing like this and you'll became a master!!!

Diogo Pinheiro

[EwiekeuKlavier]

What mouthpiece are you using?

[Tonttufu]

hey, you are good! =) I play tenor sax too, I have selmer reference 36. what's that sax what you use?

[JonOlejnikJazz]

@Tonttufu The horn I use is a Keilworth SX90R

[MrMusisiembongan]

@JonOlejnikJazz is that vintage sax?

[BigEwhitestationhigh]

Wat is he using chord changes or blues scale ? ? ? cause i wanna sound like that

[pvelectric]

@BigEwhitestationhigh, this well-schooled young saxist is using the basic 12 bar blues chord progression *BUT: 4 measures (4 beats to a measure) of I (roman numeral "I"), 2 measures of IV, 2 of I, 1 measure of V, 1 measure of IV, then finally 2 measures of I. 4+2+2+1+1+2= 12 bar blues format (blues songs and rock and roll.

In jazz to change to blues sounding tune flat the 3rds, 5ths and 7ths of whatever major key you're playing in. *BUT this has what Parker pineered:  transitional chords .

[JonOlejnikJazz]

@pvelectric While the progression that you put is common for the "rock and roll blues," it is not the progression I'm using here. In this recording the progression I'm using is: 1 measure I, 1 measure IV, 1 measure of I, 1 measure of V of IV, 1 measure of IV, 1 measure of viidim of V, 1 measure of I, 1 measure of VI, 1 measure of ii, 1 measure of V, then I to bIII in one measure, and finally bVI to bII in a measure.

Put simply:

Bb7|Eb7|Bb7|Bb7alt|Eb7|Edim7|B­b7|G7|C-7|F7|Bb Db|Gb B|

[pvelectric]

so transposing this to what I play, Eb alto, it's G7/C7/G7/G7alt gets one the flatted F# for transitioning/C7/Cdim7 another transitional chord down to the tonic/G7/E7 gets one the flatted 5th and "famous bebop" cleche G# and F natural/A-7 brings in a "flatted" 5th again/D7 tonic arpeggio/G Bb a chromatic transition/Eb F# very good transitional chords begging for resolution back to the tonic. If I couold fix a mic up may I try a play-along with you? love piano players and thanks for the lesson!

[pvelectric]

what I just wrote "6 seconds ago" now maakes no sense to me. no wonder I quit caring about what the notes or chord changes were over 30 years ago-too complicated.

[PhreshRamesh]

Dumb question. he's using a combination of the blues scale bebop scale, and a number of embelished, and uniquely developed ideas over the CHORD CHANGES. He also uses "out" playing to give it some zest. He uses concepts and ideas that have been circulated throughout the jazz community for years by musicians. his skill is probalbly a result of practice, a good grasp of conceptual theory, and transcription, and of course an ear.

[JonOlejnikJazz]

@PhreshRamesh That was wonderfully written and all very true. However, there's no such thing as a dumb question.

[PhreshRamesh]

Yea i know sorry :) Im a jazz musician myself. i live in New Orleans. im 16 years old and I've been playing alto sax for about 7 years. ive studied under donald harrison, Kid jordan, Alvin Batiste, and went to NOCCA. I will be playing at jazz fest this year with a group from Dillard University: Jesse McBride, Brent Rose, Ed Anderson. but nice dude! Atleast your one of the people that actually knows what their doing. Good to know the jazz community still thrives elsewhere! Keep it up!

[lucibooo]

awesome (:

you have a lot of talent

[Mexicanodealemania]

Oh that´s great, congratulations!

[acodaniel1]

You are a great musician!

[Jazzsaxman1]

I hear some Sonny in your playing....lol

No?

[Zombbg4]

Great tone and killer playing man. Where you going to school?

[BigEwhitestationhigh]

I think he goes to FSU look at his tags

[Publix1115]

Great sound on tenor! Is that a series III?

[moritzstahlmusic]

Hi nice sound, nice impro..

can you tell my the name of the program with which you record the bass lines

[jocobo99]

nice....really good improv...is that a tenor?

[Aggeasy]

yes

[zbalder14]

wow

[jazzbandgeek]

love this, super laid back

i can tell you're taking it easy :P

[lipsman92]

Dude I love It! Your Great!

[bountyboy2]

how old are you man, 15 here i have been told i have mastered the blues but i dont think so if you live near tex or louisiana me and you need to make a cd

[Francozen]

Yeah man, I can hear that you must listen to a lot of Joshua Redman! I like it very much! Where did you get the play-along?

[caxassax]

exelente ... saludos desde Peru

[Pagsoon]

The Neck up have a curve on Tenor Sax.

[Pagsoon]

Three button down and five up is Alto Sax.

Four down and four up is Tenor Sax.

[SquidChip314]

they have the buttons in the same places. tenor is just bigger.

[Lateboooomer]

Yes, I enjoyed that blues. 5 stars from Lateboooomer!

[dvnstvn9]

Nice, great tone. You sound like you know the ingredients of a good improv., and you're usin' them well

[poshomi]

what type of sax do you use?

[ForeverJazzy]

you're an idiot.

[dshogan]

I'm really digging some of your phrasing - and for where you are, what looks like - chilling at home with your sax - I'm sure your having a lot of fun. But don't take this the wrong way - but if I saw that live I'd be waiting for it to go in to a higher gear.. maybe some double.x feel or going a little more out or some massive, almost awkward siliences. I'm only saying this because your note selection is far better than mine! nice one

[JonOlejnikJazz]

Thanks for the comment. I'd have to say I agree with you. However, when viewing this you must take into consideration that the "higher gear," or escalated level of energy/playing content comes from the communication and cross-pollination of ideas between differing members with the simultaneous action and reaction to and from musical choices made. Simply stated, it's a play-along. No matter what I play it can't react and help push the music somewhere else. I wish play-alongs worked like that!

[JonOlejnikJazz]

I can guarantee that a live performance would be nothing like this.

Thanks for watching!

[saxandgames]

Meet anyone from FS that recognized you from your video?

[Aero1015]

Seriously? It's like what Paul Desmond would sound like if he played tenor. Really sweet tone, but it's still jazzy and not classical. Very nice.

[DidSax2]

nice improvisation!!

sound like Thelious Monk!

[thepeople1325]

thelonious monk played piano. xD

[1947LC]

Sounds great. ^^

[qazwsxyhnujm555]

Excellent!

[Trumpetplayer60076]

Very nice!

[ladysmoothsax]

Awesome!! Keep up the great work!

[jamminmercedes]

Excellent!

What year are you at Florida State?

[JonOlejnikJazz]

I'm currently a sophomore. This was recorded the summer after my freshman year

[TurkeyinAbucket]

9746565

[saxy4u]

LoL, you guys are funny. He over dubbed himself. See that fuzzy thing at the top of the picture?? Thats a mic. He pre recorded himself playing the rythm section and then added the sax line in.

[stinkerdood1e]

sounds pro.

[theinvisiblelight]

no way it recorded that clearly in the room you're in..the acoustics CAN'T be that good.

[JonOlejnikJazz]

You're mistaken. I didn't record the acoustics of the room, just the horn. That meaning, the microphone was not set to be sensitive enough to catch any reflected sound waves due to anything in the room, just to catch the sound of the horn which I then implanted into a digital performance space with my recording software.

[MAnuciao79]

Great man...wish I had more time to practice :-( Keep up... did u ever mention what kind of setup u use? Greets from Germany

[2720can]

Nice! Looking for some help with my playing. Do you have other means of communication besides youTube.

[FatManOWNSatBARI]

sick as hell man, good stuff!

[theinvisiblelight]

reminds me of the blues walk with clifford brown. they have a similar solo in it.

[ratford22]

nice sound

[evospeed350]

nice man, whats your setup?

[calleigh978]

Awesome U play good!

[SwimmerSax]

Wow....that sounds real great...I love your sound XD I just wonder how u get your sound recorded so clean??do you use some kind of camera or what?

[JonOlejnikJazz]

I recorded the audio using the recording software Logic

[squierking]

how long have u been playing for dude???

[onecatpeepin]

nice sound

[saxy4u]

Hey buddy, you sound good. Whats the name of that head? I like it....

[JonOlejnikJazz]

Haha, the head was just improvised on the spot...not the most interesting thing, but it did the job

[JonOlejnikJazz]

The lick doesn't make for the most interesting lyric or harmonic thing to play, but hell, if Coltrane played it, then why not. Just the fact that Bergonzi took Night and Day and reharmonized it to the changes of Giant Steps puts him on my list. The fact that you could vocalize hearing a particular thing that you enjoyed in the playing means that your going in the right direction and you are understanding the music, that's good enough

[Italiano686]

Great Job Bro... You got killer control when you take it out of the key and bring it back in and I like the Coltrane giant steps lick binging it back to the top of the solo haha. Excellent.

[JonOlejnikJazz]

Thanks! However, the lick that you're talking about is not a giant steps lick. While the construction of the line is a fairly simple thing Coltrane would use (i.e. 1235, 1235, 1235, etc.) the lick is played over the changes to the turn-around at the end of the tune Lady Bird. They sound similar, but are a bit different. The Lady Bird turn-aroudn is up a minor third, up a fourth, up another fourth, then down a half step to end up at the top. Giant steps is minor third, fourth, minor third, fourth

[JonOlejnikJazz]

dang, ran out of room. Anyway, now you know! Knowledge is power! Good ears, and thanks for listening

[Italiano686]

yea Ive taken a few master classes with Bergonzi and he really stresses the 1235 lick over fast changes... haha sorry I was a little off

[jazziesax]

Sounds good!

I want a tenor badly.

[N3therM1nd]

Awsome, you make me sound like a beginner lol

[Funkystuff92]

so how do you record this? im confused. i've got a mac, should i buy the program and a mic and thats it?

[saxyjt123]

ahh i love this :)

under the tags, it says you're an FSU student?

[trumpetz09]

Yeah dude..Yeah...this is chillin' i like how you play man, it just really flows. How long have you been playing? What grade are you in?

[mickysax1]

Wonderful. Scott Hamilton watch out! There's a Zoot Sims influence in there too. Great sound. Living proof that you don't have to play clusters of hemidemis to prove yourself. Like the whole tones at 1:11

[borjazz90]

good phraising. and i like your sound very much

[proudnole]

Nice!

[crazydaisydoo]

You one hell of a player, you make me feel like a pretetnder. Maybe I'll post a tenor blues too!

[JonOlejnikJazz]

Thanks! You sound fine! We're all students here, there's a lot to learn. I'd love to hear you do a blues on tenor!

[ulrichhoebler]

It's great fun to listen to this "summer blues"! I admire the fluency and the lightness of your phrasing. In several passages you show quite a modern approach to the good old blues, which I also enjoyed.

Enjoy the summer!

[JonOlejnikJazz]

Thank you very much

[nikl91]

awesome, per usual

[it875317]

This is very nice, love it. I like Blues too.