Here is a burnin’ tenor saxophone solo on Softly as a Morning Sunrise that the young saxophonist, Ryan Devlin posted on Facebook a number of months ago. As soon as I heard it, I saved the URL to my computer file entitled “Solos to Transcribe”. Yesterday, I decided to get her done and here is […]
SYOS Take the A Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing another tenor saxophone mouthpiece from SYOS mouthpieces in France. This is the SYOS “Take the A” signature model 8* tenor saxophone mouthpiece which is modeled after the old SYOS Chad LB model which I reviewed in the past (Chad LB SYOS mouthpiece review). The SYOS company hit the saxophone mouthpiece scene […]
Chris Potter Monster Lick of the Day #5 Tenor Sax
Here is a killer Chris Potter line that I picked up off of the Youtube video below. Chris Potter is playing a tenor saxophone solo on a blues (Au Privave by Charlie Parker) and this short line just jumped off the video and knocked me upside the head. I thought I would share it with […]
Geller Blackbird Ebonite Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing an original and uniquely designed alto saxophone mouthpiece named the “Geller Blackbird” that I received from Max Geller in Munich, Germany. Max reached out to me a number of months ago to see if I was interested in trying his new Geller Blackbird ebonite tenor and alto saxophone mouthpieces. The drawings […]
Geller Blackbird Ebonite Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing an original and uniquely designed tenor saxophone mouthpiece named the “Geller Blackbird” that I received from Max Geller in Munich, Germany. Max reached out to me a number of months ago to see if I was interested in trying his new Geller Blackbird tenor and alto saxophone mouthpieces. The drawings and […]
Retro Revival Modern Line Cutting Edge Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing another new Retro Revival tenor saxophone mouthpiece made by Joel Peskin and Bob Sheppard at Retro Revival. This is the Retro Revival Modern Line Cutting Edge tenor saxophone mouthpiece. This is a high baffled hard rubber tenor saxophone mouthpiece with an 8 tip opening designed in the spirit of the vintage […]
Mastering the Dominant Pentatonic Sound over a Blues (Digital PDF Book)
*BRAND NEW NEFFMUSIC BOOK* Super excited to have finally finished this book. I have been working on this over a couple of years and am ecstatic about the content and it’s potential for students of jazz improvisation. Working on this material has radically changed my own playing and given me a new tool to use […]
KPoudavoff Zimberoff Dukoff Hollywood 6* with Dexter Gordon’s Facing Curve Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing another tenor saxophone mouthpiece made by a young mouthpiece maker, refacer and saxophone player from Russia named Kirill Poudavoff. Kirill is a great young tenor sax player that is in his fourth semester at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Kirill sent me four 3-D printed examples of his tenor saxophone […]
KPoudavoff Zimberoff Dukoff Hollywood 7* Copy Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing another tenor saxophone mouthpiece made by a young mouthpiece maker, refacer and saxophone player from Russia named Kirill Poudavoff. Kirill is a great young tenor sax player that is in his fourth semester at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Kirill sent me four examples of his tenor saxophone mouthpieces made […]
KPoudavoff Florida Otto Link Copy Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing another great tenor saxophone mouthpiece made by a young mouthpiece maker, refacer and great saxophone player from Russia named Kirill Poudavoff. Kirill is a great young tenor sax player that is in his fourth semester at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Kirill sent me four examples of his tenor saxophone […]
KPoudavoff Florida Double Ring Otto Link Copy Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing the work of a young mouthpiece maker, refacer and great saxophone player from Russia named Kirill Poudavoff. Kirill is a great young tenor sax player that is in his fourth semester at Berklee College of music in Boston. If you haven’t heard Kirill Poudavoff yet, check him out in the video […]
Phil-Tone Rift Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today I am reviewing another great tenor 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 Phil-Tone saxophone mouthpiece model. A couple of months ago he announced that he had a new Phil-Tone tenor sax mouthpiece model […]
Avel Sound Concept (ASC)-Mistral Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing the Avel Sound Concept (ASC) Mistral model alto saxophone mouthpiece made by Max Even at Avel Sound Concept Mouthpieces. These are really reasonable priced, quality hard rubber alto saxophone mouthpieces that play incredibly well. The hard rubber ASC Mistral alto sax mouthpiece I am reviewing today has a 6* tip opening […]
Swingin’ Max Ionata “All the Things You Are” Tenor Sax Solo Transcription
Here is another masterful solo by the great tenor saxophone player from Italy, Max Ionata. I absolutely love this short rendition from Youtube of Max soloing on the changes to “All the Things You Are”. This solo is so full of great jazz vocabulary perfectly crafted into a beautifully melodic solo over this classic jazz […]
SYOS Max Ionata Signature Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing another tenor saxophone mouthpiece from SYOS mouthpieces in France. This is the SYOS Max Ionata signature model 7* tenor saxophone mouthpiece I will be reviewing today. The SYOS company hit the saxophone mouthpiece scene a few years ago and immediately caught the world’s attention by producing these really bright colored 3D […]
Chris Cheek & Seamus Blake Limehouse Blues Tenor Saxophone Solo Transcription
Here’s another mind-blowing tenor saxophone transcription of Seamus Blake and Chris Cheek totally smokin’ on the jazz standard Limehouse Blues. This transcription was done by German tenor saxophonist Fabian Willmann (he has studied with Chris Potter, Mark Turner and Joe Lovano). Fabian was nice enough to let me post this transcription here on my site […]
Get·A·Sax GS Freddie Gregory Super Deluxe MARK II Copy Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing the GetASax GS Freddie Gregory Super Deluxe MARK II Copy tenor saxophone mouthpieces in a 7, 7* and 8 tip opening. These GetASax Mark II tenor sax mouthpieces are replicas of great playing, original facing, Freddie Gregory MARK II tenor saxophone mouthpieces. These cool white mouthpieces are made by Brian Curry […]
Insane Michael Brecker Invitation Tenor Sax Solo Transcription from the Jaco Birthday Concert
Here’s another great Michael Brecker tenor saxophone solo transcription I am excited to share with everyone. This is a transcription of Michael Brecker’s insane tenor sax solo on the jazz standard, “Invitation” from the Jaco Pastorius’ album “The Birthday Concert” (this is not the Invitation solo from Jack Wilkins album “Merge”). The Jaco Pastorius “Birthday […]
Theo Wanne Battle Royal Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Showdown: Round One-Ballad
Today, I am posting a battle royal, fight to the death, comparison between six Theo Wanne tenor saxophone mouthpieces that I have already reviewed here at Neffmusic. Here are the six Theo Wanne mouthpieces doing battle in round one today with links to their reviews: Theo Wanne Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Lineup (From Left to Right-Ambika […]
Theo Wanne Gaia 3 and 4 Soprano Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am excited to be reviewing the Gaia 3 & 4 hard rubber soprano saxophone mouthpieces made by Theo Wanne. I reviewed the original Gaia soprano sax mouthpiece about 12 years ago and have been playing that mouthpiece on the soprano sax ever since. This week I will be reviewing three Theo Wanne soprano […]
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