Awesome! Anyone who can build that kind of technique (not to mention improv skills0 on that medieval nightmare that is the bassoon is just plain amazing. My hat is off to you, sir!
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!
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!
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'!
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!
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!
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!
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!
@jaimepaullamb -Thanks a lot! It's much more enjoyable playing this with a band but I did much more of that before UA-cam came along. I appreciate the kind words. Paul
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.
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!
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.
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.
@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!
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!
Woooow, amazing ! Paul Hanson come on to show what bassoon can do in jazz music, so cool ! m a bassoon player, my prof is robert glassburner, you know?
i play tenor im 13 female ive been playing since the start of 2011 and now half way through this year 2012 im playing bassoon aswell as tenor sax but i find that ive only started playing bassoon for 20 minutes today and ive already mastered e, d, c, b,a ,g, f with whisper key :P im so happy
@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.
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.
@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.
I just wanna say, you are a huge inspiration to me, I started Bassoon lessons after I saw you play, keep up the good work!! 👍
Thank you so much! I'm hoping to do a little more on this channel and other related channels including my new teaching portal when it's up.
Dude, I'm hangin' on for dear life when I'm watching this. ...miss playing with you Paul!
Awesome! Anyone who can build that kind of technique (not to mention improv skills0 on that medieval nightmare that is the bassoon is just plain amazing. My hat is off to you, sir!
Thomas Bulgrin totally agree!
OMG! I never thought I'd hear a Bassoon sound that good playing Jazz. awesome.
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!
Great playing Mr. Hanson! Love it, real "jazz" phrasing...
whoa!!! super! great work there Paul!
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!
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'!
Sounded like a switch to Giant Steps after the head at 0:30! Amazing job!
that was the most amazing bassoon playing ive ever seen...
possibly the best free jazz ive ever seen as well... AWESOME!!!!
wow this is pretty cool! u shud revolutionize jazz bassoon
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!
Nice playing and great to see that the Bassoon is reallya versatile instrument. It's hard to find any jazz bassoon playing..
Delightful! More, please!
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!
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!
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!
WOAH! That is nice! I had no idea it was possible to play like that on the BASSOON...
Man, it never ceases to amaze me... I pulled out giant steps to practice, and even that kicks my a@#...
clean head and great solo (nice theme and variation on the melody, and i could still make out those 'indiana' changes!). *****
never heard anything like it, love it, your very talented
Shredding on bassoon - a whole new level of awesome!
That was great man
It is a great performer.
I am a bassist.
I have to practice to play along with your video.
Thank you!
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!
Likewise
I can't believe this
That was BEAST!
You prove the faith I've always had in Bassoon as a jazz horn. I do some jazz arranging, and bassoons are always in there.
Very good, Paul!
holy cow this is killing
excellent facility on a bassoon! better than many sax guys! you played with bela fleck right?
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!
@jaimepaullamb -Thanks a lot! It's much more enjoyable playing this with a band but I did much more of that before UA-cam came along. I appreciate the kind words.
Paul
hahaha, very sick! awesome dude.
Wow i really want to play bassoon i play sax and bass and i really love jazz but this was actually amazing
Actually-it is this channel. Again-it's called
Paul Hanson and Steve Erquiaga-Got A Match and is much more musical for me.
wow. I like bassoon.
Beautiful!
I now wish to start playing Bassoon.
You are awesome! I play sax and double on bassoon, I could only hope to ever play half as well as you.
Fantastico!!!
Chapeau!
With complimentS!
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.
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!
lol whats with the face at the end?:P
veryy nice playing, never wouldve imagined donna lee on a bassoon!!
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.
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.
Great performance!!! What type of bassoon and model do you use?!
Cool Paul! Impressive....now we have a new challenge as writers to write for you!
this sounds fuckin' great! I never imagined that bassoon could've sounded this good in jazz!
O.O amazing!
@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!
gran musico!
You kick ASS!!
keep killin!
The bassoon really is an amazing instrument, it’s a shame that it isn’t used much outside of classical music
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!
Way to go!!!
brilliant!
Woooow, amazing ! Paul Hanson come on to show what bassoon can do in jazz music, so cool ! m a bassoon player, my prof is robert glassburner, you know?
i play tenor im 13 female ive been playing since the start of 2011 and now half way through this year 2012 im playing bassoon aswell as tenor sax but i find that ive only started playing bassoon for 20 minutes today and ive already mastered e, d, c, b,a ,g, f with whisper key :P im so happy
Awesome player!!
AWESOME!
Crazy skills...can you do some humming polyphony altissimo on that thing?
my god. bravo.
i love this piece so much would you please send the note to me?
yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHA!!! YOU RULE!!!! :D
woooooooo
@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.
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.
@jazzbassoonpaul Thats the one I'm getting are all the keys you see standard on that model
I believe I saw him play with Bela Fleck; remarkable!!!
cool💫
Dang!!! KEWL
Bird is smiling.
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)
WOW
@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
holy smoke!
Cool
@jazzbassoonpaul cool i am getting the 150E
@1027MUSICMAN A Moosmann 200 AP. Thanks!
Hey look! An oboe!
Autumnisbluecat gonzales no dude-that’s not an oboe
@@jazzbassoonpaul lol I know. I play bassoon too 😉
Would you be my teacher? I don't have musical experience though.
kind of monster!
yazz bassoon.
Sounds like a saxophone with a sock in it. nice playin though!
Yeah. Very Parker.
I wanna hear you on tenor.
My name is : Raul Scull muy Bueno !!!
he's playing jazz bassoon. if you don't understand it, take some classes man.
Ab Major is a shit tone to play in bassoon...but for Paul, is so easy, like C Major...
i could do that :P
(not)
12 people are deaf and lack soul.
This is ridiculous 😀