I just had a great phone conversation with my old high school friend and saxophone mentor. We reminisced about how much playing we did back then: practicing early before school, listening–critically–to music during the 30 minute commute to school, scribbling out licks during history class to test out when we got to jazz band in […]
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Practicing Sax in the Car
I learned this trick from one of my students. He lives in France and says he’s taken to practicing sax in the car while stuck in traffic on his daily commute! Last night I played a gig with some LA-based musicians and the music was demanding (of the funk, fusion, church type…in fact, the hardest […]
Radiohead – Subterranean Homesick Alien (David Ryan Harris and Bob Reynolds cover)
During a recent performance at LA’s finest jazz club, the Blue Whale, my good friend David Ryan Harris joined me for a duet of Radiohead’s “Subterranean Homesick Alien”. David Ryan Harris – guitar, Bob Reynolds – tenor saxophone :::: Recorded live at the Blue Whale, Los Angeles, CA on April 14, 2012. Filmed by Janek […]
How Not to Get a Record Deal
It’s been 7 years since I recorded my last studio album. Now that I have a new one in the can, I find myself back at a place I don’t love: hunting for a record deal. Years ago, when I made Can’t Wait for Perfect, my friend and mentor Joshua Redman was so excited about […]
Feedback – Bob Reynolds, Eric Harland, Janek Gwizdala, Oli Rockberger, John Shannon
Here’s a little preview of coming attractions. Make sure you watch to the end of the video to hear a teaser track from the new album. This was recorded at the 55 Bar in New York on December 15th, the night before we went into the studio to record the new album.