*I posted all the recordings I could find on Youtube that go with this transcription book at the bottom of this review………Enjoy! My first recording of Sonny Rollins that I heard as a teenager was “Saxophone Colossus”. I checked it out of the local library. I didn’t play tenor saxophone back then but I was […]
NEW Book-Mastering the Minor ii-7b5 V7b9 Bebop Scale
“Mastering the Minor ii-7b5 V7b9 Bebop Scale” is a new approach to learning to play great jazz lines over a minor ii-V progression. If you have worked out of my “Mastering the Dominant Bebop Scale” book, you know that the bebop scale and the “bebop links” that can be added to it can be a […]
Great Instructional Video on Intonation by Michael Lake
Michael Lake over at altobone.com put out a video on youtube this week on intonation that I think is excellent! Michael is not a sax player, (he plays alto trombone….I know, “How dare you Steve, this is a saxophone site!!“) but his thoughts on intonation in this video are right on. Every note you play on […]
Great 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 to earth, humble and real he is when answering questions. Great stuff! Enjoy! Great Rick Beato […]
Monster Berg Larsen .170 Tip Opening Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Yes, you read that right! A .170 tip opening!! That’s a 14 tip opening! To give you a little bit of a backstory, I received this email the other day from a fan of my site: “Hi Steve, I have a favor to ask of you, if you can fit it in to your schedule. […]
10mFan “The Classic” Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Mark Sepinuck, 10mFan as he is known in the saxophone world, came out with a line of tenor saxophone mouthpieces five years ago that have been very popular with saxophone players. Mark, created a very detailed three category system of tenor saxophone mouthpieces and he designed what he considered to be the best tenor sax […]
Balam Saxophone Backstrap Comparison and Review
Today, I am reviewing a new saxophone neckstrap that I received from my saxophone repairman Jack Tyler at the Boston Sax Shop. Jack has been my sax repairman since 2013 when my long time repairman Ernie Sola died. The last 3-4 times I went in to see Ernie before he died he told me about […]
Improved Selmer Saxophone Model Chart
Here is a cool chart of the serial numbers and models of Selmer Saxophones through the last 100 years. This chart was researched by Douglas Pipher and shared on SOTW today. The cool aspect of this chart that I have never seen before is that Douglas has included the quantities of each type of sax […]
FREE 12 Major Blues Scale Sheet
Here’s a free sheet I give to all my students after they learn their major scales. It’s just a sheet with all the 12 Major Blues Scales on it. If you take a look at the sheet you might notice that the scales are the same as the scales on my free 12 blues scales sheet […]
Steve Neff Reveals His Darkest Saxophone Secrets (SHOCKING!)
If you’re not sick of the sound of my voice from all my lessons you have watched, then you might be interested in this. Nick Mainella over at 10minutejazzlesson.com posted an interview that he did with me over the summer. If you are curious about the origins of neffmusic.com or my personal path with the […]
Transcription of Kelly Jefferson’s Solo on Confirmation
Here’s a new transcription from another great tenor saxophone player I hadn’t heard of before. His name is Kelly Jefferson and he is a musician based out of Toronto Canada. I was browsing the internet late one night this week and somehow came across this Youtube video of Kelly Jefferson playing Confirmation with the Jason […]
Transcription of Jeff Ellwood’s Solo on Days of Wine and Roses
Here’s another transcription from Jeff Ellwood. This is from another video of Jeff that I found on Facebook in the Jam of the Week group. Jeff posted this this morning and totally messed up my whole day. (Once I start transcribing, it’s hard for me to stop…….) The video below is Jeff Ellwood playing a […]
Finding Sax Mouthpiece Gold Among the Rubble
I’m always amazed when saxophone player’s tell me that they can know within seconds if a sax mouthpiece is right for them or not. The reason that this amazes me, is that my experience has been so different from that. For example, I received a sax mouthpiece a few months ago that is an old […]
Liu Shizhao Pearls Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Last year, I posted a review of a couple new saxophone mouthpieces from Liu Shizhao out of China. He sent me a tenor saxophone mouthpiece prototype MB Prototype , an alto prototype and the Pilgrimage tenor sax mouthpiece that I was very impressed with and wrote reviews on. This review is on another Liu Shizhao mouthpiece for the alto […]
Did someone say Sanborn?…….D&S A2 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
The other day I reviewed three tenor saxophone mouthpieces made by Donghee Cho in Seoul, South Korea. They were the Model 1, the Brecker II and the Brecker III tenor sax mouthpiece models. You can read how I was contacted by Donghee and asked to review his sax mouthpieces on any one of those reviews. Today, […]
D&S Brecker III Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
I receive emails all the time asking me to review saxophone mouthpieces. Many of these emails are from individuals and companies all around the globe that I have never heard of before. In the early years of the site, I would say yes to every request but after twelve years, I’m a bit more picky […]
D&S Brecker II Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
I receive emails all the time asking me to review saxophone mouthpieces. Many of these emails are from individuals and companies all around the globe that I have never heard of before. In the early years of the site, I would say yes to every request but after twelve years, I’m a bit more picky […]
D&S Model I Tenor Sax Mouthpiece Review
I receive emails all the time asking me to review saxophone mouthpieces. Many of these emails are from individuals and companies all around the globe that I have never heard of before. In the early years of the site, I would say yes to every request but after twelve years, I’m a bit more picky […]
Phil-Tone Novella Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today I am reviewing another great alto saxophone mouthpiece made by Phil Engleman at Phil-Tone mouthpieces. I have reviewed quite a few Phil-Tone sax mouthpieces on the site already and am always interested when Phil announces a new mouthpiece model. A couple of months ago he announced that he had a new mouthpiece model called the Novella […]
Transcription of Jason Fabus’s Swingin’ Alto Sax Solo on Cherokee
Here is another Facebook solo transcription for you. I woke up at around 7:45 this morning, rolled over in bed and grabbed my phone off the side table to check what I might have missed during my 7 hours of sleep. Still sleepy, I checked my email, some comments on my site, the news to […]
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