Attisound Black Mamba Brass Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing a mouthpiece made by Carlo Atti in Italy. I had never heard of Attisound mouthpieces but Carlo contacted me last year and asked if I would be interested in reviewing some of his...
View ArticleAttisound Black Mamba Aluminum Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing another mouthpiece made by Carlo Atti in Italy. I had never heard of Attisound mouthpieces but Carlo contacted me last year and asked if I would be interested in reviewing some...
View ArticleImproving Saxophone Altissimo Exercise with Chris Potter
I just happened upon this as I was perusing the web and drinking my morning coffee just now. Chris Potter playing Giant Steps. The hard part…… he can’t go below high C. How many of you are brave...
View ArticleMouthpiece Cafe House Blend II Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing another saxophone mouthpiece made by Brian Powell and Erik Greiffenhagen over at Mouthpiece Cafe. If you have visited my site before you probably know that I hold Brian and Erik...
View ArticleTheo Wanne Slant 2 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing another great saxophone mouthpiece made by Theo Wanne at TheoWanne.com. Theo Wanne was one of the first sax mouthpiece makers to reach out to me and ask if I would be willing to...
View ArticleMichael Brecker Sax Solo Transcription on David Letterman Intro
Here’s another great Michael Brecker tenor sax transcription to check out. It’s a short one of Michael Brecker sitting in with the Paul Shaffer band on the David Letterman show in the 80’s. This...
View ArticleDanny Walsh Tenor Sax Solo Transcription on “This Masquerade”
Here’s another great saxophone solo transcription from a Youtube video that I started working on this morning. This is another great solo from the terrific tenor sax player, Danny Walsh (I’ve already...
View ArticleWestcoast Sax MOAM Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing the Westcoast Sax “MOAM” tenor saxophone mouthpiece. You might remember that I reviewed the Westcoast Sax “MOFO” tenor mouthpiece last year and I just reviewed the MOAM alto sax...
View ArticleGreat Rick Beato Interview with Chris Potter
I just came across this great interview that Rick Beato did with Chris Potter on Sounding Off a few days ago. Chris Potter is one of the most amazing sax players on the scene today. I love how down...
View ArticleMichael Brecker “Happy Days” Tenor Sax Solo Transcription
Here is another great solo transcription of Michael Brecker on the McCoy Tyner tune “Happy Days” from the album “Infinity”. This has been on my transcription list for many years now and this morning I...
View ArticleDanny Walsh Tenor Sax Solo Transcription on “A Weaver of Dreams”
Here’s another great saxophone solo transcription from a Youtube video that I started working on last week. This is another great solo from the terrific NYC tenor sax player, Danny Walsh on the tune...
View ArticleWestcoast Sax MOAM .110 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing another Westcoast Sax “MOAM” tenor saxophone mouthpiece. A few months ago, I reviewed an unplated .105 tip opening MOAM. Matt said he would send me a plated model of the MOAM when...
View ArticleTranscription of Jeff Ellwood’s Solo on Just the Two of Us
Here’s another transcription I am excited about sharing with everyone. I found the video on Facebook this morning and proceeded to play it over and over until my wife got annoyed at me and said...
View ArticleAttisound Black Mamba Brass Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing a mouthpiece made by Carlo Atti in Italy. I had never heard of Attisound mouthpieces but Carlo contacted me last year and asked if I would be interested in reviewing some of his...
View Article10mFan Showtime Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Mark Sepinuck, 10mFan as he is known in the saxophone world, has been producing a line of tenor and alto saxophone mouthpieces for the last six years that have been very popular with saxophone players...
View Article10mFan Generation II Robusto Ultem Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing a new tenor saxophone mouthpiece from 10mFan sax mouthpieces. This is a generation II Ultem Robusto 7** orange tenor saxophone mouthpiece. (Yes, I wrote “orange”!) I reviewed a...
View ArticleDoes the mouthpiece material make a difference? Theo Wanne Gaia 3 Tenor...
This blog post is about the age old question “Does the material a saxophone mouthpiece is made of make a difference?” I have read hundreds, if not thousands of discussions on this subject since my...
View ArticleCan You Hear a Difference Poll? Theo Wanne Gaia 3 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece...
This blog post is a follow up to my “Does the mouthpiece material make a difference? Theo Wanne Gaia 3 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Comparison” post. I am purposefully not putting a link to that article...
View ArticleBurnin’ Sam Dillon “On a Misty Night” Tenor Sax Solo Transcription
Here is another burnin’ tenor sax solo by another relatively young sax player I discovered on Youtube. I’d like to introduce the saxophone world to Sam Dillon if you don’t already know him. I...
View ArticleSam Dillon Blues Exercise Tenor Sax Solo Transcription
Here is another tenor saxophone solo transcription of Sam Dillon soloing on a couple of choruses of a Blues on Instagram. This was kindly shared with me by Roger Humbles after he saw my “On a Misty...
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