Bob Sheppard
Tenor Sax Solo on
Weaver of Dreams

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Bob Sheppard's tenor sax solo is the first of two solos on this performance, followed by Dave Robaire on acoustic bass. Spanning four choruses of the 32-bar ABAB' form in C at a moderate 136 BPM with a swing feel, Sheppard, a longtime first-call studio and jazz musician in Los Angeles who has worked with Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea, and many others, demonstrates his characteristically rich tone and sophisticated harmonic approach across these varied settings. "Weaver of Dreams" is a contrafact built on the chord changes of "There Will Never Be Another You," requiring the soloist to navigate a familiar harmonic framework with a different melodic identity.

Bob Sheppard was 67 to 68 years old at the time.