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<\/a><\/p>\nRyan Devlin (photo from his website<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n If you haven’t heard of Ryan Devlin, then you are in for a treat.\u00a0 The first time I heard him playing on social media I thought, “Wow, this guy has listened to a lot of 70’s Steve Grossman and Dave Liebman!”\u00a0 Ryan uses a lot of that language which uses a ton of Coltrane 3-tonic lines, chromaticism and pentatonics (Check out Elvin Jones “Live at the Lighthouse” if you don’t know what I am writing about).\u00a0 \u00a0Along with those concepts, Ryan adds a ton of energy and “in-your-face” rawness to create an edge of your seat performance.<\/p>\n Many of you will be confused by many of the lines played in this transcription.\u00a0 \u00a0As I say in many of my video lessons,\u00a0 “you can play whatever you want while improvising as long as you play it with confidence and resolve it.”\u00a0 \u00a0George Garzone\u00a0 basically told me this in lessons while I was at Berklee and the whole concept just totally blew my young “analytical-everything has to make sense and be correct” mindset at the time.<\/p>\n As you can see in the transcription, Ryan is sticking to the form and hitting the changes at some key spots but in\u00a0 between those moments, it’s like the wild west of jazz improvisation with lots of the concepts I mentioned above to fill the lines.\u00a0 This kind of playing always puts me on the edge of my seat because the listener doesn’t know where it is going or how the player is going to get out of these complicated lines.\u00a0 \u00a0 When they do, it feels incredible and magical.\u00a0 \u00a0Ryan does a great job of this in this short solo.\u00a0 \u00a0I hope you enjoy it as much as I did transcribing it.<\/p>\n If you want to know more about Ryan Devlin, check out his website<\/a> and follow him on Facebook<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.\u00a0 He is always posting new videos of his playing to check out.\u00a0 I love watching these young up and coming players progress and mature before our very eyes and I look forward to his future musical endeavors.\u00a0 Thanks to Ryan Devlin for sharing his playing with us in the video below,,,,,,,even if you are in your boxers……hahaha!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\nRyan Devlin Burnin’ Tenor Sax Solo on Softly as a Morning Sunrise Transcription Eb PDF<\/a>
\nRyan Devlin Burnin’ Tenor Sax Solo on Softly as a Morning Sunrise Transcription Concert PDF<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/div>\n