I composed a piece for Saxophone Quartet
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- Опубліковано 17 лип 2024
- Commissioned by the Bridges Saxophone Quartet and written in the early summer of 2020. Here's some context for how I approached writing it. Download the score, parts, and play-along tracks at bobreynoldsmusic.com/pause
The Bridges Saxophone Quartet performs "Pause, Reset" composed by Bob Reynolds: • Pause, Reset.
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Bob Reynolds is an American jazz saxophonist and Grammy Award-winning member of Snarky Puppy. He's toured with John Mayer, Larry Carlton, and many others and released 12 solo albums-4 of which reached the Top 10 in Billboard's Jazz Charts. A pioneering educator, Bob has coached thousands of musicians through his innovative Virtual Studio. He is a D'Addario Woodwinds artist, amateur surfer, and popular UA-cam vlogger. He lives with his wife and kids in Los Angeles, CA.
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Saxophonist Bob Reynolds is an in-demand jazz performer, educator, and sideman, as well as a Grammy Award-winning member band Snarky Puppy. Born in Morristown, New Jersey in 1977, Reynolds grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, where he first started playing saxophone at age 13. Although he listened to a range of music as a kid, by his late teens he was a dedicated jazz student. After high school he honed his skills at Boston's Berklee College of Music, where he mentored with George Garzone, Hal Crook, and others. As a leader, he debuted with 2000's The Bob Reynolds Quartet, followed by 2006's Can't Wait for Perfect. That same year, he joined fellow Berklee alum John Mayer's band and spent the next five years with the pop star, touring and appearing on such albums as 2008's Where the Light Is and 2009's Battle Studies.
In 2013, he returned to his solo work with Somewhere in Between, which reached number one on digital jazz charts. He then made his Snarky Puppy debut appearing on the genre-bending group's 2014 effort, We Like It Here. Two years later he was back with Snarky Puppy for the Grammy Award-winning Culcha Vulcha. In 2017, Reynolds delivered the EP Guitar Band, which featured appearances from Kneebody bassist Kaveh Rastegar as well as fellow Snarky Puppy members Robert "Sput" Searight (drums) and Mark Lettieri (guitar). In 2018 he began touring with 4-time Grammy-winning guitar legend Larry Carlton. He also released the albums Hindsight and Quartet which both landed in the top 10 of Billboard's Jazz charts. A passionate educator, he cofounded an annual summer retreat for adult saxophonists called the Inside:Outside Retreat and he's coached thousands of musicians through his Virtual Studio, a ground-breaking web-based teaching platform he built and has operated since 2010.
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Download the score, parts, and music-minus-one play-along tracks here: bobreynoldsmusic.com/pause/
Bob - that was magnificent. I’ve discovered that my favorite musicians are all amazing composers. Their ability to write memorable music also comes out when they improvise. Wayne Shorter, Jaco, Terence Blanchard to name a few. Count yourself in that number. Beautiful job.
I'm not in their league but thank you, Eric. I appreciate you.
Bob, this was really beautiful! All the harmoinies and were just *chef kiss* Love it!
I encourage you to do more of this, always liked your playing and this sounds like lots of you.
Bob, I can't get enough of this piece: melody is somewhat haunting (to me), smooth and enticing; arrangements are excellent.
In my opinion, the mood of the piece parallels your (video) personality: calm, cool, polite, smooth, accessible, honest and musically industrious - you, Bob.
I do look forward to seeing and hearing many more in the not-too-distant future.
Thumbs up to the video Guy/Gal.
Thanks, Bob.
thank you 🙏🏻 (I'm the video guy for the overall video, but the tenor player, Joe Scheller, did all the video editing for the quartet performance).
Love this Bob. It's got so many dimensions. It has kind of a festive feel but then also jazzy / contemporary vibes. It even reminded me of some World Saxophone Quarted stuff I used to listen to as a kid. Definitely could use more of this type of thing in my city. Thanks for the share!
Love it!!!
Keep ‘em coming
My hatch off to you Bob for being brave and stepping out.. It was rewarding...
Thanks Bob. That was great. I'd encourage you to keep writing in this form. It sounded really good!
Bob, the quartet I play with just read your composition this afternoon. Love it!
That’s great, Bob! Thank you!
Gracias Bob por tu soporte . Saludos desde Chile
I love it! great job Bob 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Really amazing Bob, just beautiful man! Thanks for sharing 🙌
Beautiful job Bob. Beginner's luck??? I don't think so. Just awesome musical taste and instincts, always, my friend! And the Quartet sounds amazing!
You're too kind, Russ. But I'll take it! Thanks, buddy. Miss ya man.
Awesome. really good intonation on the uni parts
So glad you finally took the plunge and jumped into this format. Look forward to playing it and hearing more from you.
Thank you, Jon
That was really fantastic! Took me on quite a journey. Thank you!
Just got done listening, incredible job! I hope you create more sax quartets, the SQ I play with will give it a go on this one!
Great piece!
This sounds amazing. I totally hear your voice.
So awesome! Thank you.
Woah, this is sooooo good. Agreeing with Emmanuel, those harmonies are superb and make me smile deep, deep smiles of joy. The whole piece really cries out how important it is to stretch out and step into new territory, feel the fear and do it anyway and look at the triumph you've achieved here. Thanks Bob.
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This is why I love the Sound of the Saxophone. Very impressed. I listen to a few groups like this and their technical ability really shine when a strong composition is presented as the music shows with this group. Thanks for the downloads. Congrats
Thanks, Steve
Hey Mr. Reynolds i found about you through your performance in John Mayer's "I don't trust myself" and i must say "Pause, Reset" is awesome
Awesome piece of music, it transmits a mix of sadness and also the hope to overcome it. Beautifully played by the quartet, I really enjoyed it. Excellent job!!
thank you, Nestor 🙏
Very cool!
Wow. What a pleasure.
A great composition! Well done, all the way around! A visual pleasure as well as an audio experience!
Many thanks!
Amazing work Bob! I’m going to recommend this to a few professors for their students.
Love it! Great composition, and great performance!
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Wow. Never seen your videos and never been into saxophone, but you’re an incredible musician. Beautiful
Jason Kush is the man! Killin composition Bob
Beautiful work, Bob! Thanks for sharing. Sometimes it's very enriching to realize the need to stop and resume, pause and reset in a certain way, whether in a matter of ideas or action to carry out. And this is closely related to the challenges we set ourselves, for example.
And great editing video work! Looks simple, but there are so many details regarding the position that each saxophone assumes in each part, like in in the adding phrases for example in 8:30
🙏🏼thank you, Mounir. And yes, Joe did a beautiful job editing it so musically. That was a TON of work he put in.
Except for music, your videography and editing skills getting better every day. Keep going bob ❤️
Wow that was amazing.
Beautiful Bob!!!
🙏 thank you, Chris
Very compelling music, Bob. Congratulations to you, and to the quartet! Lovely melodies and harmonies, sort of hard to put the right words to describe, at least for me. At times, I can "hear" your playing, but at other times it sounds like early 20th century classical music - really nice. Really super work.
Thanks, Jo. I know what you mean. 😌 Fun new territory
This was just beautiful Bob!
thank you🙏
Beautiful Bob! (Stephen Power in Ireland)
Feels like it’s not enough to push the like; I have to SAY I really like this composition. One of the things I like: there’s a lot going on, but all of it hangs together and feels necessary and serves the same story. Really very nice.
Many thanks, Brian. Can’t tell you how wonderful that is to hear, as I spent a great many hours crafting and re-crafting it to yield just that result.🙏🏼
Bob Reynolds biking video??
Yes please
Speaking as a guitarist, I loved that much more than I ought to have 😊
Thank you.
wow! thanks, Paul 🙏🏻
@Bob Reynolds
You played “THE LICK” right at the tail end of the playing clip at :25 ! So good to hear that it’s still alive and well ;^)
….and ‘Payin’ Dues’ is a good one - also good to know IT’S alive and well.
A favorite sax ensemble - check out Lenny Pickett’s Borneo Horns!
And last , but not least - great job on the 4tet ! Lots of texture and interplay!
KUSH!
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Very nice piece! I hear some links to Uncle Meat of Frank Zappa.....
Brilliant! Really enjoyed it! Now you've opened Pandora's box I hope:-)
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Hey Bob! I'm a huge fan! I'm wondering.. Why do you use mostly dynamic mics on stands instead of clip-on mics like the beta 98 for concerts?
What song/recording (?) is the solo at 0:24 from? Sounds incredible. By the way, is there any chance that you will offer sheet music from Runway for sale eventually?
Anyone know what kind of neck strap the bari player is using?
Yeah, man! Great job with that arrangement! You made it sound totally yours. Should do that again... ;o) I Also would be curious how such a thing would sound like if you yourself played all the parts...
thanks, Lorenz. wish I owned a baritone
Bob Reynolds Wow! I think it should be worth it, totally hear you on baritone, too!
That was awesome! 😃❤️
Thank you! 😁
Could someone please remind me what the song at 0:52 is?
definetly a cover or quote of "I Love Your Smile" by Shanice. Let me know if you find the recording! (The Sax solo on the original tune was at least one reason i picked up the saxophone in my youth btw)
You standing an office chair with wheels made me extremely nervous, Bob.
Love the quartet BTW! Wonderful work! It was also very nice to hear a bit of context.
I am so glad you said "George Floyd". Sounds wonderful Bob!
thank you, Bob 🙏🏻
From the title, I thought you were going to explain how a beginner wrote music for an ensemble of instruments in different keys. ☹️
Nice tune, but……