'Oleo' (Sonny Rollins) | Patrick Bartley & William Schwartzman

"Oleo" by Sonny Rollins, performed by Patrick Bartley and William Schwartzman. Captured in a rehearsal studio in Tokyo, Japan in November 2022.

There's so much to say about this cut from the session. So much, that I felt it was necessary to just show some snippets of the fun we were having while doing this. There's nothing like a little rhythm changes to open things wide open to limitless possibilities.

**ALSO, bit of a disclaimer and apology - this was the last song of the session, one take, 10 minutes til we had to get kicked out. This rehearsal studio likes to flash a light telling you it's time to wrap-up, but the light was so bright and strong that it ended up flashing into the camera, and we had to just keep going no matter what. Just a warning and apology for that in case it bothers anyone watching.

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I'd like to also mention that each song we recorded for this channel was done in one take, because that's all we had time for. This was truly an immensely honest exploration of music in its purest sense, and I hope you can enjoy that transparency with every flub and mistake we left in to keep it as raw as possible. There's not enough of that on YouTube anymore.

Thank you so much for watching, and stay tuned for more from Will!

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[jubnx]

The Coltrane of our generation wears a splatoon shirt lol. That’s amazing

[SaxophoneDanLive]

@4:37 what a great nugget of vocab. There's so much soul in here. So many little nuances to grab

[UkuleleAversion]

Awesome comping from William. Right in the pocket. This could be a good transcription project.

[xxczerxx]

Amazing stuff! I love how you can tell Patrick is a fan of older jazz in his playing. It's very modern but seems to capture this throughline of jazz music from the ragtime to swing era, as well as the obvious bebop idiom. Not a lot of modern players do that.

[jetn]

Wow! Can't beleive William is only 18! You both sound amazing.

[efax]

william you always drop my jaw and incredible to see you jam with a legend. even if AI eats the world, there will always be this...

[oels]

i didnt know just a sax and a piano could swing this hard

[afxmnstr]

Willie dropping straight bombs in this so much. Swinging hard.

[ogdTo]

Thanks for putting young artist under the lights and "passing the torch".

[emaina]

Yeah Patrick! You & William… Sick!!!

[aguzman]

Wonderful!!! That harmonizing at 5:24 was a nice touch too :)

[eldiosmene]

When 2 instruments are more than enough...Great arrangement, spectacular!

[Marcosls]

Inspiring!! Thanks for sharing that!
Note- that part with sax and piano left hand only at the beginning kind of resembled the sounds of Don Byas recordings!

[ChipTheMusicMan]

Whoa...those lights out there...I think that was the fire dept. cause y'all was BURNIN' 🔥

[NotGabrielGomez]

incredible, I just can't believe how good theses two can play and sound that good :')

[naveamitay]

You're the king Patrick! What an awesome and tight performance.

[exarkun]

Frickin awesome once again, greetings from France

[lyntedrockley]

Beautiful! Thankyou Patrick and Will!

[Nestor_Fernandez]

This is amazing stuff! Really inspiring! Thanks a lot for the joy of this recording!

[alexandermazurenko]

Sounding incredible! I love your hat too. Where do you get them? Thanks for the continued excellent musical content man, it's hugely inspiring.