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Today, I am reviewing a Fred Lamberson F Major alto saxophone mouthpiece. Fred Lamberson has been making great mouthpieces for years. He hasn’t been making as many in recent years so they are harder to find recently. Most of the sax players who have one seem to be hanging on to Read More…
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Today, I am reviewing a new alto saxophone mouthpiece that is made by Alex Miyatake in Japan. I have reviewed one of the Marmaduke tenor mouthpieces in the past. These alto mouthpieces are brand new and I am excited to try them out. I am trying two alto mouthpieces today. One has Read More…
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This is a lesson that was requested by a member on my site. It is on the tune “Sunny” by Bobby Hebb.
This is a great tune that has a cool blues feel to it. I show you how to navigate the changes by using a simple blues scale approach and then adding what I call Read More…
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This is Lesson 1 in a series of lessons for the alto saxophone.
In this series, I am focusing on improvising over a 12 bar blues form. I start at the very beginning and teach you how to learn the chords in a blues progression. From there we move on to improvising using one simple blues Read More…
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This is a Phil-Tone Solstice alto saxophone mouthpiece. It used to be called the “West Coast” model but is now called the Solstice. It has a .076 tip opening. I have reviewed Phil Engleman’s mouthpieces before and every one has been excellent! Phil has just come out with a new website and a few new Read More…
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This is a SaxZ “Vintage 1950″ hard rubber alto saxophone mouthpiece. SaxZ is a company in Japan which is run by Mitsu Watanabe. I reviewed a SAXZ Dave Sanborn model which was a very modern sounding mouthpiece about a month ago. This alto saxophone mouthpiece is SAXZ’s version of a vintage 1950 type mouthpiece.
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This is a new mouthpiece from Kanee mouthpieces in China. Kanee mouthpieces has been working on a Vintage Series line of mouthpieces for both alto and tenor saxophones. This vintage series alto mouthpiece is called the “New York” model.
Kanee Vintage New York Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
I received a 6 and an 8 tip opening for these Read More…
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This is a SaxZ “David Sanborn” metal alto saxophone mouthpiece. SaxZ is a company in Japan which is run by Mitsu Watanabe.
SaxZ David Sanborn Model Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
Man, I wish I had this mouthpiece when I was a kid. When I was in junior high school, one of the first alto players I listened to Read More…
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Today, I am reviewing the Andreas Eastman EAS640 gold lacquered alto saxophone. This is another great saxophone that is manufactured in Taiwan. I had never heard of Eastman saxophones until a couple of months ago when I received an email asking me if I would be willing to review them.
Andreas Eastman EAS640 Alto Saxophone
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Today, I am reviewing the RSBerkeley Virtuoso black nickel alto saxophone. I already own a couple of the Virtuoso tenor saxophones and have been curious about the alto for some time now. I have never tried a saxophone in black nickel before so this will be my first time.
RSBerkeley Black Nickel Virtuoso Alto Saxophone
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