I also play the sax and bassoon- I love that you can hear the extreme clicking in the high register- the bassoon is so clunky up there, it's a wonder you can play lines at all, let alone as magnificently as you do. Nice work!
@ToliKwoli hey there! sorry for the delay-I am a tenor player also. It's much, much, much easier to play this type of thing on sax. I might get around to posting some sax tutorials as what I do on bassoon is a combination of what I've taken from my jazz/funk sax experience AND what the bassoon will allow me to play. It's all about listening to other artists and transcribing. that and being inventive.
Also for a minute I thought you were reading that chart from Gregorian Chant notation. That would be something... neume jazz... and then a few decades later smooth neume jazz. Ha.
@jaimepaullamb -Thanks a lot! It's much more enjoyable playing this with a band but I did much more of that before YouTube came along. I appreciate the kind words.
Wow this is really cool. hey im a high school bassoonist too but i have some trouble getting my high notes hit every time, do u think you could give me some advice as to what brand of reeds are good or anytips? it would really be appreciated :) i sure hope to be as good as you someday
@34lilmexican -Hey there! Thanks a bunch. I use Miller Select Reserve Pro reeds-find the Miller Marketing website and they should be there. In general-lots and lots and lots of long tones through out the horn, tonguing exercises throughout the range of the horn. Try different bocal combinations. A great high note bocal is the Leitzinger EML 1. I have both a gold-plated one and a silver-plated one. This video features the silver-plated Leitzinger EML 1. Good luck and thanks again!
@34lilmexican My technique was to make slight adjustments in my mouth, tight lips with over bite for high and loose lips with under bite for low notes.
Wow this is really cool. hey im a high school bassoonist too but i have some trouble getting my high notes hit every time, do u think you could give me some advice as to what brand of reeds are good or anytips? it would really be appreciated :) i sure hope to be as good as you someday
@djbot Hey thanks so much for the nice words. I really appreciate them. I have a bunch of more musical videos (that don't show me playing-maybe that's why they aren't viewed as much) that are available. Check out Steve Erquiaga and Paul Hanson Got A Match-that's much more musical than this practice video. But I really appreciate the kind words! Thanks!
@walkenjb Hey thanks very much. I appreciate the nice words-however, I'm definitely not trying to 'bury' anyone else out there-I just try my best. This was basically a practice exercise as at the time there wasn't too much jazz bassoon on the internet. Look for "Steve Erquiaga and Paul Hanson-Got A Match" (or some combination of those words in a title) to hear more than just solo bassoon to a metronome-it's on my Cirquebassoonstyle channel. Again-thanks very much!
Geeze man your incredible....Im blown away.Im a sax player and cant even begin to imagine how hard this song must be on bassoon.Get down with ur bad self....
awezome dude!!! but how do you keep your mouth position..coz i do play sax and bassoon too.but then it feel weird to play the sax after that..it takes time...plus im playing the bari..so the mouth position is very diff...
Thanks again-there's some video out there called "Paul Hanson and Steve Erquiaga-Got A Match" that is still my favorite fast bop bassoon recording because you can hear someone playing chords and rhythm behind me. This again was just a practice video-I had no idea so many would watch it!
I can't understand why I can't post videos directly from my other account to this.
The one I want to attach is called Paul Hanson and Steve Erquiaga-Got A Match and is on my Cirquebassoonstyle channel. This won't let me post the URL directly.
SO sorry-but check out that video as it is much more musical than this practice video I had no idea would be so popular.
Thanks oober-this was just a practice video-didn't know it would be so popular-there's no backing music on this one. The one I like is on my Cirquebassoonstyle channel and is entitled Paul Hanson and Steve Erquiaga-Got A Match.
I play bassoon, I have sorta taught myself for 5 years now, and now I'm getting lessons and I'm doing some bebop in my trio for VCE/Year 12 THIS IS TOTALLY AWESOME WICKED WILD BASSOONISTICALLYCOOLNESS! Thank you so much!
hey paul. bad news, man. because im playing alto sax in the symphonic band at my school my band director wants me to turn the bassoon back in because we only have 2. if you know any other ways i could rent one please message me.
Killing!!! Not only amazing for a bassoon, but he's cutting down most sax players too! I absolutely love your playing with Bela Fleck. My copy of live at the quick is going to fall apart soon lol!
Do you find it hard to transfer all that stuff from sax to basoon? I'm trying to work up my chops on flute and clarinet so I can be a solid doubler, but I just find if I don't concentrate solely on those instruments like I do on sax, I won't be able to play the same stuff. Each instrument is so different, as far as tone and pitch and technique is concerned. How do you split up your practicing as far as sax / bassoon ratio? (or how did you start off practicing both?)
Fantastic stuff. Great bipop stuff. Your tone is of great quality. One has to differentiate the style with the tone and the tone is definitely great bassoon tone. There are a lot of classical bassonist which have a heavy or hollow tone, this one is very clear, very bright.
Sorry if I offended anyone with the previous comment. Some other bassoonists are more interested in bebop-I am but it's not solely what I like to do. Also-I don't think the bassoon and sax sound the same-I play both of them and there is definitely a difference. If playing more notes is where you're at-the sax is great for that but there's a melodic quality that us bassoonists really appreciate about the instrument. Maybe that's why I prefer more melodic bassoon stuff.
The main reason I recorded this was just to show that it could be done. I prefer playing electric fusion, funk, rock and acoustic world music to playing bebop on the bassoon but I can and have had a lot of fun doing it. As a matter of fact-I have toured/recorded/played sax with Boz Scaggs, Eddie Money, Victor Wooten, Steve Smith of Journey and many more.
Hey Alexandre! How are you? Well-compared to saxophone all bassoon keys are shit but I like the bassoon tone. This video is more of a demonstration of how jazz standards can be played on bassoon rather than what I would choose to play as what I really like to play on bassoon. I do what I can but always sax is so much easier. The key to bassoon in jazz is find things that it can do that no other instrument can do. There's something about the melodic quality of bassoons that really do it...
No-I'm not trying to 'think' at all-just play. I'm not that big a fan of Eric Dolphy and on bassoon I'm not that big a fan of bebop. I just put this up for some variety. Saxophone is a much better bebop instrument-since it's the notes that it's all about. For what I really like about bassoon-check the Kitka-Davka Live video in my favorites and check the Tom Reyes Visible Sound videos in My Videos-especially the one from 11/26/08. That's more of what I'm about than bebop.
Have you ever tried trying things similar to what Eric Dolphy did with bass clarinet, like utilizing the extremes of the instruments range in phrases and stuff? You are amazing, and it would be cool to hear what some more Dolphy-esque lines would sound like coming out of that instrument.
I think if you played a sax right next to this you'd hear the difference loud and clear-but the phrasing is definitely sax-like; I am also a sax player. Actually-on bassoon I would rather do different music than bebop (see some of my other more electric vids) but some people want to see 'jazz' so I though what the heck and I put it up.
Wow I never thought about playing jazz on the Bassoon. When I played, I was strictly classical in my approach boy look at what I missed! I can just about play this on the Sax but man that's amazing. Bird would be proud!
Not trying to be mean, but this is the only jazz bassoon i can actually enjoy! I never thought I'd say that, but thank god you've made enjoyable jazz bassoon!
I understand exactly what you mean-in some ways this is not meant to happen. I actually prefer either more rocked-out fusion stuff or acoustic world music stuff. I don't like it-but to most people 'jazz' means 'bebop'. I do understand that-I am also a sax player with a lot of experience on that much easier instrument.
I find it interesting that you say this about the intonation about the tenoroon. I own one and play it regularly and have little trouble playing it in tune.
Paul, you're an inspiration to us all, especially us "legit-o" bassoonists who sometimes dabble in the jazz idiom. You and Rabinowitz, by the way are the perennial answer to the question we often face: Are there any Jazz Bassoonists? Keep up the great work!
Do you think that the instrument would be easier to learn if it was your first, or does that not matter? Because i'm starting bassoon and i play other instruments
it really helps to know clarinet first, because the fingerings are very similar, and its easier to transition, or at least thats what helped me out when i learned bassoon.
well...the fingerings on clarinet are not really similar to bassoon. Bassoon is a combination of recorder fingerings with a whole bunch of thumb keys (which you don't see when you look at a bassoonist). 13 thumb keys for bassoon and 1 for sax and clarinet. But the really hard ones for me are the fingerings based on recorder technique. For me it's very counter-intuitive.
I'm an alto and bassoon player, and I have to say that that video was amazing. If I may ask, was bassoon your first instrument? If not, what did you move from?
You probably guessed this. I started on guitar at age 3 and quit at 8. 4rd grade-I started clarinet, 6th grade-sax, I'm also an accomplished sax player (played with Eddie Money, Boz Scaggs, Tom Coster, Steve Smith, a number of jazz situations)-but I also started classical bassoon in 10th grade. Started electric and improv bassoon in college and just wanted to do something different.
Wow, that's very impressive. Well, I do agree with your idea of 'doing something different' - the jazz scene has always been innovative, and why not with a bassoon? The timbre of the bassoon's tone is just great, and it even fits into jazz. Thanks for your music.
I saw you at IAJE in Toronto. Amazing playing, man. Really enjoyed it. I'm an alto player myself, but I know major bassoon chops when I see them, and dude, you got em. Nice playing!
hey thanks Armen-check out my channel again to hear Chick Corea's Got A Match (Electric Band) and a how-to video for electric bassoon! Thanks for watching my fledgling video bungling!
Great Paul, I'm well aware of your work and musicianship on Bassoon and Saxophone. When you get a moment check out this cat-Salvatore Arena-on YouTube.
Beautiful!
trunks2861 2 weeks ago
he kicked that songs ass 13 people hatin
urchicksnewman 3 weeks ago
I also play the sax and bassoon- I love that you can hear the extreme clicking in the high register- the bassoon is so clunky up there, it's a wonder you can play lines at all, let alone as magnificently as you do. Nice work!
raibcmusic 1 month ago
Sounds like a saxophone with a sock in it. nice playin though!
RhyseeB 3 months ago
I don't wanna be hatin, it really good, but just seems like your just playing notes, not really feeling the vibe of the whole jazz thing.
specstake23 4 months ago
That was BEAST!
RhyseeB 6 months ago
Great performance!!! What type of bassoon and model do you use?!
1027MUSICMAN 8 months ago
@1027MUSICMAN A Moosmann 200 AP. Thanks!
jazzbassoonpaul 8 months ago
@jazzbassoonpaul Thats the one I'm getting are all the keys you see standard on that model
TheIBassoon 8 months ago
@jazzbassoonpaul cool i am getting the 150E
TheIBassoon 8 months ago
oh wow... So much inspiration because of this... Thank you!
tranton 11 months ago
12 people are deaf and lack soul.
hehaww 11 months ago
Your playing has blown me up; changed my mind about how could Donna Lee be done.
rodolfmm 1 year ago
brilliant!
orcio 1 year ago
WHEW, man! you diggin! I love it!!
SuperYouGerT 1 year ago
I wanna hear you on tenor.
musicmanson 1 year ago
Transitions are mean.
fuzzmaster56 1 year ago
Hey Paul u are brilliant on that bassoon man...... I'm a tenor sax player so what can I practice to better my phrasing?
ToliKwoli 1 year ago
@ToliKwoli hey there! sorry for the delay-I am a tenor player also. It's much, much, much easier to play this type of thing on sax. I might get around to posting some sax tutorials as what I do on bassoon is a combination of what I've taken from my jazz/funk sax experience AND what the bassoon will allow me to play. It's all about listening to other artists and transcribing. that and being inventive.
jazzbassoonpaul 1 year ago
Holy shit! When I heard the head I was wondering if you knew how to play changes too... YOU DO! Very glad I saw this.
saxbari 1 year ago
man your good i'm only 13 i'm just learning the bassoon, your awsome
BSTPTpolly 1 year ago
holy smoke!
FeBlandMusic 1 year ago
wow this is pretty cool! u shud revolutionize jazz bassoon
aznsongmasta59 1 year ago
bravo +++++++
altomansax 1 year ago
Now that's making the changes! Always wanted to play bassoon. Good timing Paul. Keep Bopin'
2mitches 1 year ago
Would you be my teacher? I don't have musical experience though.
mzoli1222 1 year ago
Nice Trane subs!
Also for a minute I thought you were reading that chart from Gregorian Chant notation. That would be something... neume jazz... and then a few decades later smooth neume jazz. Ha.
Anyway nice work, keep it up!
andrewthebassist 1 year ago
clean head and great solo (nice theme and variation on the melody, and i could still make out those 'indiana' changes!). *****
jaimepaullamb 1 year ago
@jaimepaullamb -Thanks a lot! It's much more enjoyable playing this with a band but I did much more of that before YouTube came along. I appreciate the kind words.
Paul
jazzbassoonpaul 1 year ago
Wow this is really cool. hey im a high school bassoonist too but i have some trouble getting my high notes hit every time, do u think you could give me some advice as to what brand of reeds are good or anytips? it would really be appreciated :) i sure hope to be as good as you someday
34lilmexican 1 year ago
@34lilmexican -Hey there! Thanks a bunch. I use Miller Select Reserve Pro reeds-find the Miller Marketing website and they should be there. In general-lots and lots and lots of long tones through out the horn, tonguing exercises throughout the range of the horn. Try different bocal combinations. A great high note bocal is the Leitzinger EML 1. I have both a gold-plated one and a silver-plated one. This video features the silver-plated Leitzinger EML 1. Good luck and thanks again!
jazzbassoonpaul 1 year ago
@34lilmexican My technique was to make slight adjustments in my mouth, tight lips with over bite for high and loose lips with under bite for low notes.
angelahk28f 1 year ago
Wow this is really cool. hey im a high school bassoonist too but i have some trouble getting my high notes hit every time, do u think you could give me some advice as to what brand of reeds are good or anytips? it would really be appreciated :) i sure hope to be as good as you someday
34lilmexican 1 year ago
This guy gets pretty nasty funky on "Scratch n Sniff" from the Flecktones live at the Quick.
cheezmunky 1 year ago
hahaha, very sick! awesome dude.
dannycs77 1 year ago
I. Admire. You. So. Much
djbot 1 year ago
@djbot Hey thanks so much for the nice words. I really appreciate them. I have a bunch of more musical videos (that don't show me playing-maybe that's why they aren't viewed as much) that are available. Check out Steve Erquiaga and Paul Hanson Got A Match-that's much more musical than this practice video. But I really appreciate the kind words! Thanks!
jazzbassoonpaul 1 year ago
Nasty solo man. You just buried most of the sax players that have posted similar things on here. Just wow.
walkenjb 1 year ago
@walkenjb Hey thanks very much. I appreciate the nice words-however, I'm definitely not trying to 'bury' anyone else out there-I just try my best. This was basically a practice exercise as at the time there wasn't too much jazz bassoon on the internet. Look for "Steve Erquiaga and Paul Hanson-Got A Match" (or some combination of those words in a title) to hear more than just solo bassoon to a metronome-it's on my Cirquebassoonstyle channel. Again-thanks very much!
jazzbassoonpaul 1 year ago
Paul,,,
Geeze man your incredible....Im blown away.Im a sax player and cant even begin to imagine how hard this song must be on bassoon.Get down with ur bad self....
shimaringo 1 year ago
love it man! you can really tear it up!!
Worldmusicrevolution 1 year ago
I believe I saw him play with Bela Fleck; remarkable!!!
ExtremeRecluse 1 year ago
awezome dude!!! but how do you keep your mouth position..coz i do play sax and bassoon too.but then it feel weird to play the sax after that..it takes time...plus im playing the bari..so the mouth position is very diff...
aafiat 1 year ago
this sounds fuckin' great! I never imagined that bassoon could've sounded this good in jazz!
Gorgalisin 1 year ago
Not exactly the most flattering angle of you Paul, but this is great jazz!
killertr 1 year ago
wow, jazz bassoon is AWESOME
solostrad 1 year ago
Thanks again-there's some video out there called "Paul Hanson and Steve Erquiaga-Got A Match" that is still my favorite fast bop bassoon recording because you can hear someone playing chords and rhythm behind me. This again was just a practice video-I had no idea so many would watch it!
CirqueBassoonStyle 1 year ago
love the look at the end. Naw man it was...wow.
A2KID420 1 year ago
Actually-it is this channel. Again-it's called
Paul Hanson and Steve Erquiaga-Got A Match and is much more musical for me.
CirqueBassoonStyle 1 year ago
I can't understand why I can't post videos directly from my other account to this.
The one I want to attach is called Paul Hanson and Steve Erquiaga-Got A Match and is on my Cirquebassoonstyle channel. This won't let me post the URL directly.
SO sorry-but check out that video as it is much more musical than this practice video I had no idea would be so popular.
CirqueBassoonStyle 1 year ago
Thanks oober-this was just a practice video-didn't know it would be so popular-there's no backing music on this one. The one I like is on my Cirquebassoonstyle channel and is entitled Paul Hanson and Steve Erquiaga-Got A Match.
CirqueBassoonStyle 1 year ago
holy cow this is killing
excellent facility on a bassoon! better than many sax guys! you played with bela fleck right?
oober349 1 year ago
Dang!!! KEWL
karmakomodia 1 year ago
BREATHE MAN! BREATHE!
MrKikimikan 1 year ago
Way to go!!!
cimbassonista 1 year ago
that is one BRIGHT bassoon! good playing though!!
christmasman428 1 year ago
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I play bassoon, I have sorta taught myself for 5 years now, and now I'm getting lessons and I'm doing some bebop in my trio for VCE/Year 12 THIS IS TOTALLY AWESOME WICKED WILD BASSOONISTICALLYCOOLNESS! Thank you so much!
Jessmantha 1 year ago
LOL this is great...exactly what I've been waiting to hear...can you do it on Oboe please? that would make my year!
MrJazzfingers 1 year ago
Great playing dude!!!
jazzgent 1 year ago
BEAST!!!!!!
ndosg15 2 years ago
Yeah. Very Parker.
checkthisjunkout 2 years ago
Fabulous! I assume you have equal facility on oboe. If you post one on oboe, english horn, or krummhorn, I'll be sure to check it out!
Modes9 2 years ago
I mean I don't know what you were doing with the time but its pretty amazing that its done with the bassoon. props.
Jazzman303 2 years ago
Fantastico!!!
marcusbento 2 years ago
Attended a 2 hour class conducted by Paul and Mike Rabinowitz a couple of years ago and learned a lot about bassoon and jazz. great!
ab4zr1 2 years ago
I reckon Bird would have laughed his sox off. As did I.
Fantastic!
avril2 2 years ago
i plat tenor&alto sax and im trying to learn bassoon,
O.o
WHOA.
ashton314 2 years ago
how long have you been playing, ive been playing? for about a year now and am playing level 4.5 concert band charts.
SignalLongboards 2 years ago
HAHA!!! YOU RULE!!!! :D
mahoose6 2 years ago
hey paul. bad news, man. because im playing alto sax in the symphonic band at my school my band director wants me to turn the bassoon back in because we only have 2. if you know any other ways i could rent one please message me.
meamfood 2 years ago
Man, it never ceases to amaze me... I pulled out giant steps to practice, and even that kicks my a@#...
Doctahsales1 2 years ago
You kick ASS!!
trumpetchump 2 years ago
Killing!!! Not only amazing for a bassoon, but he's cutting down most sax players too! I absolutely love your playing with Bela Fleck. My copy of live at the quick is going to fall apart soon lol!
Zombbg4 2 years ago
i actually just started playing bassoon for my schools band because of you.
meamfood 2 years ago
Thank you very much! that is the best compliment I could get. That's very nice of you to say!
jazzbassoonpaul 2 years ago
THAT SO BURNING!!!
sort of makes me wanna play the bassoon
yugyhs 2 years ago
Sick Coltrane sub over the break at the end of the head. Awesome job.
HendrixcommaMartin 2 years ago
Truly remarkable, man! I really also like your work with Bela Fleck! You set a high standard for jazz on double reeds in jazz.
RRDJazz 2 years ago
SUPER!!!!!!!!!!!Będę tak kiedyś grać na fagociku!!!!
walusia9 2 years ago
wow
InBy9OutBy5 2 years ago 2
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!
jiropon3 2 years ago
dude ur so fuckin fast holy shit hahahhaah
nossgrd 2 years ago
Wonderfulllllllllll :| :| :|
romain167 2 years ago
woooooooo
Luv2Drum86 2 years ago
That was great man
brutalballs5 2 years ago
MEH
gamerexpert95 2 years ago
OMG! I never thought I'd hear a Bassoon sound that good playing Jazz. awesome.
musicsusi 2 years ago
Killin' man!
Do you find it hard to transfer all that stuff from sax to basoon? I'm trying to work up my chops on flute and clarinet so I can be a solid doubler, but I just find if I don't concentrate solely on those instruments like I do on sax, I won't be able to play the same stuff. Each instrument is so different, as far as tone and pitch and technique is concerned. How do you split up your practicing as far as sax / bassoon ratio? (or how did you start off practicing both?)
Keep Swingin'!
Saxman11290 2 years ago
at the moment i am training to become a clarinet/sax doubler. flute? in the near future, i would love to.
my main and first instrument is clarinet, and after a year or two on sax, i notice that the saxophone is a much less complex instrument than clarinet.
i do most of my tone work on clarinet, make sure every boppin' lick i play is connected, as well as explore the range on classical stuff.
licks and arpeggios i do on sax mostly, since it's just a matter of expanding them a bit for clarinet.
PiotrLatoMusic 2 years ago
thanks for informing us... wtf dud seriously
Spimp2 2 years ago 4
yea!!!!!!!!!!
DarthTigreros62 2 years ago
I want a bassoon!!
moska199519951995 2 years ago
Fantastic stuff. Great bipop stuff. Your tone is of great quality. One has to differentiate the style with the tone and the tone is definitely great bassoon tone. There are a lot of classical bassonist which have a heavy or hollow tone, this one is very clear, very bright.
fagottobrasil 2 years ago
that was fantastic, well done!
That just about shows that jazz can be done on any instrument; I didn't think this would work but its excellent stuff!
well done again!
adderseal 3 years ago
i could do that :P
(not)
ReesesMonkeyXP 3 years ago
I now wish to start playing Bassoon.
BAJJMiller 3 years ago
Wow.
saxophoney 3 years ago 8
Chapeau!
With complimentS!
udottor 3 years ago
Sorry if I offended anyone with the previous comment. Some other bassoonists are more interested in bebop-I am but it's not solely what I like to do. Also-I don't think the bassoon and sax sound the same-I play both of them and there is definitely a difference. If playing more notes is where you're at-the sax is great for that but there's a melodic quality that us bassoonists really appreciate about the instrument. Maybe that's why I prefer more melodic bassoon stuff.
jazzbassoonpaul 3 years ago
how is that even possible?? You are amazing.. But with the type of sound that comes out of the bassoon, u might as well pick up the sax :p
sukardihenry 3 years ago
The main reason I recorded this was just to show that it could be done. I prefer playing electric fusion, funk, rock and acoustic world music to playing bebop on the bassoon but I can and have had a lot of fun doing it. As a matter of fact-I have toured/recorded/played sax with Boz Scaggs, Eddie Money, Victor Wooten, Steve Smith of Journey and many more.
jazzbassoonpaul 3 years ago
Inspiring. Love your work with the Flecktones!
cloud9mission 3 years ago
i can't even play half as well as this, u go dude!!! u rock
xoJ3Nxo 3 years ago
Ab Major is a shit tone to play in bassoon...but for Paul, is so easy, like C Major...
footrane 3 years ago
Hey Alexandre! How are you? Well-compared to saxophone all bassoon keys are shit but I like the bassoon tone. This video is more of a demonstration of how jazz standards can be played on bassoon rather than what I would choose to play as what I really like to play on bassoon. I do what I can but always sax is so much easier. The key to bassoon in jazz is find things that it can do that no other instrument can do. There's something about the melodic quality of bassoons that really do it...
jazzbassoonpaul 3 years ago
yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
footrane 3 years ago
gran musico!
slapit5 3 years ago
you're really good! i love bassoon and playing. Go bassoons!
Kkaskerrigan 3 years ago
lol whats with the face at the end?:P veryy nice playing, never wouldve imagined donna lee on a bassoon!!
thebook55555 3 years ago
haha i think he was a little tired, playing music of that difficulty for nearly 4 minutes straight isn't easy id imagine.
Dougward5692 3 years ago
No-I'm not trying to 'think' at all-just play. I'm not that big a fan of Eric Dolphy and on bassoon I'm not that big a fan of bebop. I just put this up for some variety. Saxophone is a much better bebop instrument-since it's the notes that it's all about. For what I really like about bassoon-check the Kitka-Davka Live video in my favorites and check the Tom Reyes Visible Sound videos in My Videos-especially the one from 11/26/08. That's more of what I'm about than bebop.
jazzbassoonpaul 3 years ago
Have you ever tried trying things similar to what Eric Dolphy did with bass clarinet, like utilizing the extremes of the instruments range in phrases and stuff? You are amazing, and it would be cool to hear what some more Dolphy-esque lines would sound like coming out of that instrument.
ZamzarBob 3 years ago
It's bizarre how much the tone reminds me of a tenor sax. I can't believe I'm contemplating transcribing a bassoon solo!
NreeKelBastardos 3 years ago
I think if you played a sax right next to this you'd hear the difference loud and clear-but the phrasing is definitely sax-like; I am also a sax player. Actually-on bassoon I would rather do different music than bebop (see some of my other more electric vids) but some people want to see 'jazz' so I though what the heck and I put it up.
jazzbassoonpaul 3 years ago
Wow I never thought about playing jazz on the Bassoon. When I played, I was strictly classical in my approach boy look at what I missed! I can just about play this on the Sax but man that's amazing. Bird would be proud!
uniquess 3 years ago
Paul, I saw you at a free jazz festival a few years ago. I think it was called Jazz on the Hill at CSM? Ring a bell??
I was blown away but then I forgot all about you until I stumbled across this. You are a smokin' tenor player too I remember.
This clip is badd. Bird is smilin' down on you!
claryscat 3 years ago
keep killin!
daGcode91 3 years ago
Who's playing the oboe in your album?
weas89el 3 years ago
On "VOODOO SUITE""? that's Paul McCandless of Oregon fame.
jazzbassoonpaul 3 years ago
O.O amazing!
lunertaiyou 3 years ago
o m g i play the bassoon!!!! i suck though!!!! l o l
xoJ3Nxo 3 years ago
never heard anything like it, love it, your very talented
ModernSaxDotCom 3 years ago
this is such a weird instrument. haha, being a jazz musician i really liked this.
kylegeee 3 years ago
Not trying to be mean, but this is the only jazz bassoon i can actually enjoy! I never thought I'd say that, but thank god you've made enjoyable jazz bassoon!
MercifulMe 3 years ago
I understand exactly what you mean-in some ways this is not meant to happen. I actually prefer either more rocked-out fusion stuff or acoustic world music stuff. I don't like it-but to most people 'jazz' means 'bebop'. I do understand that-I am also a sax player with a lot of experience on that much easier instrument.
jazzbassoonpaul 3 years ago
whoa!!! super! great work there Paul!
slashchords 3 years ago
paul,
excellent,
bassoon is my favorite woodwind, and i employ them a lot in my arrangements.
best,
john robinson, sydney.
djrbfm 3 years ago 2
thats a tenoroon. its not a bassoon but they are in the same family and both own!
uncletom8878 3 years ago
no--that is a bassoon. A tenoroon is impossible to play in tune and much smaller. I'm 230 pounds-maybe that's why it looks small to you.
jazzbassoonpaul 3 years ago
I find it interesting that you say this about the intonation about the tenoroon. I own one and play it regularly and have little trouble playing it in tune.
jbnbsn99 3 years ago
OK.
jazzbassoonpaul 3 years ago
My friend; if this were the 1930's or 1940's, you'd be a household name right now along with all of the other greats. Either way your playing is hot.
notsoprettynow84 3 years ago
You are awesome! I play sax and double on bassoon, I could only hope to ever play half as well as you.
bluella1 3 years ago
WOW
kipmarlap 3 years ago
Paul, you're an inspiration to us all, especially us "legit-o" bassoonists who sometimes dabble in the jazz idiom. You and Rabinowitz, by the way are the perennial answer to the question we often face: Are there any Jazz Bassoonists? Keep up the great work!
JayBassoon 3 years ago
OMG!! your AMAZING!!! how hard is it to play bassoon?? i was always told it was.
HCB428 3 years ago
depends to wat level
it is quite easy to get to grade 5 but then its well hard as u can hear
ollieh10 3 years ago
what dexterity. =)
learjet4 3 years ago
kind of monster!
alonsotoro 3 years ago
Do you think that the instrument would be easier to learn if it was your first, or does that not matter? Because i'm starting bassoon and i play other instruments
SYOFProductions 4 years ago
it really helps to know clarinet first, because the fingerings are very similar, and its easier to transition, or at least thats what helped me out when i learned bassoon.
Marcu5r0xs0x 3 years ago
well...the fingerings on clarinet are not really similar to bassoon. Bassoon is a combination of recorder fingerings with a whole bunch of thumb keys (which you don't see when you look at a bassoonist). 13 thumb keys for bassoon and 1 for sax and clarinet. But the really hard ones for me are the fingerings based on recorder technique. For me it's very counter-intuitive.
jazzbassoonpaul 3 years ago
I'm an alto and bassoon player, and I have to say that that video was amazing. If I may ask, was bassoon your first instrument? If not, what did you move from?
Gizmometry 4 years ago
You probably guessed this. I started on guitar at age 3 and quit at 8. 4rd grade-I started clarinet, 6th grade-sax, I'm also an accomplished sax player (played with Eddie Money, Boz Scaggs, Tom Coster, Steve Smith, a number of jazz situations)-but I also started classical bassoon in 10th grade. Started electric and improv bassoon in college and just wanted to do something different.
jazzbassoonpaul 4 years ago
Wow, that's very impressive. Well, I do agree with your idea of 'doing something different' - the jazz scene has always been innovative, and why not with a bassoon? The timbre of the bassoon's tone is just great, and it even fits into jazz. Thanks for your music.
Gizmometry 4 years ago
I just bought your album on iTunes. Absolutely amazing!!!
weas89el 4 years ago
Great!
ShadoWCyniK 4 years ago
U just rock.
ShadoWCyniK 4 years ago
that was the most amazing bassoon playing ive ever seen...
possibly the best free jazz ive ever seen as well... AWESOME!!!!
nanoquaver 4 years ago
wow. I like bassoon.
jongwoo 4 years ago
this is cool.
selmer1938 4 years ago
I saw you at IAJE in Toronto. Amazing playing, man. Really enjoyed it. I'm an alto player myself, but I know major bassoon chops when I see them, and dude, you got em. Nice playing!
reidjazz 4 years ago
See you in Montreal with Dave Binney !
simguit 4 years ago
looks like a heckel
PoyznSnce 4 years ago
it's a Moosmann.
jazzbassoonpaul 4 years ago
I remember walking in on my dad playing sax when I was a toddler. (I know paul isn't playing sax, I'm just relating stories)
Josephdorf03 4 years ago
are you playing on a puchner classic?
cooltatstic84 4 years ago
???????????????.what are you doing ?
saxlc 4 years ago
he's playing jazz bassoon. if you don't understand it, take some classes man.
mariofreak8021 4 years ago
WOAH! That is nice! I had no idea it was possible to play like that on the BASSOON...
Rentsy 4 years ago 3
my god. bravo.
natote9 4 years ago 4
Dude, I'm hangin' on for dear life when I'm watching this. ...miss playing with you Paul!
armenjc 4 years ago
hey thanks Armen-check out my channel again to hear Chick Corea's Got A Match (Electric Band) and a how-to video for electric bassoon! Thanks for watching my fledgling video bungling!
jazzbassoonpaul 4 years ago
Great Paul, I'm well aware of your work and musicianship on Bassoon and Saxophone. When you get a moment check out this cat-Salvatore Arena-on YouTube.
raypizzi 4 years ago
more jazz bassoon ...thanks Paul
jazzobassoon 4 years ago
nice , wonderful, awesome....your'e a maestro Paul ...
jazzobassoon 4 years ago
...Pure, unquestionable, unadulterated genius @ work!!
Bravissimo, Paul!!
pedroflute 4 years ago