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Here’s a video clip that has been on my site since it started years ago. I made this video back in 2006 when I was part of a great Boston function band “Soho”. This is a cover of “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye. I take a small solo towards the end of the Read More…
Today I am reviewing a new Kanee tenor saxophone mouthpiece. This is called the “Florida” model and is in the Kanee professional series of mouthpieces.
About a year ago, I reviewed the Kanee O7 and V7 custom tenor mouthpieces. These were great playing mouthpieces that were introduced to the market at a very affordable price. These Read More…
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This is Lesson 1 in a series of lessons for the tenor 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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Today I am reviewing the Phil-Tone Equinox tenor saxophone mouthpiece. I’m also including a sound clip and comparison to the Phil-Tone Eclipse mouthpiece. I reviewed the Eclipse over two years ago on this site when it was just called the Phil-Tone. Here is that review.
The Phil-Tone mouthpieces are made by Phil Engleman. Phil has been Read More…
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This is a SaxZ “Vintage 1950″ hard rubber tenor 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. This tenor mouthpiece is SAXZ’s version of a vintage 1950 type mouthpiece.
SAXZ “Vintage 1950″ Model Tenor Mouthpiece
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Up for review today, is a new tenor saxophone mouthpiece model by Phil Barone. It’s called the Super New York. Phil Barone has been making mouthpieces for a long long time. I first heard his name back in the 90′s when I saw Dino Govoni play at the Acton Jazz Club. Dino sounded great that Read More…
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Today, I am reviewing a Fred Lebayle LRII tenor saxophone mouthpiece. The last time I played a Lebayle tenor mouthpiece was about 8 years ago. I bought a wood Lebayle Jazz mouthpiece to try. The mouthpiece totally blew my mind. I fell in love with it and was ecstatic to play it. I played it Read More…
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Today, I am reviewing the Andreas Eastman ETS652RL unlacquered tenor 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 Tenor Saxophone
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I have an Ishimori Woodstone hard rubber tenor sax mouthpiece to review and play for you today. This is a 8 tip opening (.110) hard rubber mouthpiece. I have been eagerly wanting to play one of these Ishimori mouthpieces for quite a while.
Ishimori Woodstone Hard Rubber Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece
Over the past few months, I have Read More…
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Here’s another clip of a great Selmer Soloist that Mark Sepinuck let me try. For those of you who don’t know Mark he is one of the premier dealers of high end mouthpieces. If you look on ebay he goes by “10mfan”. I met Mark years ago when he used to live up near Boston. Read More…
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