Today, I am reviewing a garden hose. Ok, not really but I might as well be. Every week, I get emails saying: The mouthpiece doesn’t matter, you will sound like you no matter what mouthpiece you play…… Charlie Parker could play anything…….. You sound the same on every mouthpiece. It’s you not the mouthpiece….. You […]
Reviews
Phil-tone JZ Series Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing another great mouthpiece by Phil Engleman at Phil-Tone mouthpieces. Phil Engleman is the founder of Phil-Tone mouthpieces and I have reviewed a number of his excellent mouthpieces in the past. The Equinox, the Eclipse, the Solstice, the Tribute, the Sapphire, the Mosaic, the Rift etc…………… Phil has even more models that […]
Johannes Gerber NY Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing another great alto sax mouthpiece by Johannes Gerber in South Africa. Mr. Gerber has been making mouthpieces for many years and I have reviewed three of his mouthpieces in the past, the Gerber Slant model , the Gerber Solo LC soprano saxophone mouthpiece and last week the Gerber Vintage alto sax mouthpiece. […]
Johannes Gerber Vintage Alto Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing another great mouthpiece by Johannes Gerber in South Africa. Mr. Gerber has been making mouthpieces for many years and I reviewed a great tenor saxophone mouthpiece of his a few years ago, the Gerber Slant model as well as the Gerber Solo LC soprano saxophone mouthpiece last year. Johannes Gerber has […]
Morgan Excalibur 7M Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing a Morgan Excalibur 7M alto saxophone mouthpiece made by the Morgan Mouthpiece Company. Dave and Teresa Hoskins run MorganMouthpieces.com as well as Junkdude.com and they were kind enough to send me a sample of the Morgan Excalibur 7M alto sax mouthpiece to review on my site. When I first started really getting into […]
Just Joe’s Sax Gel Strap Review
I want to start this review out with a big apology to Joe Rohrbacher of Just Joe’s Music in Bend, Oregon. Joe sent me a couple of complimentary Just Joe’s Sax Gel Straps to try out and perhaps review almost 5 YEARS AGO!! This was around the fall of 2011 and at the time I was having a […]
The Lighthouse Omnibook-Dave Liebman and Steve Grossman Review
Today’s review is about a great transcription book by Petter Wettre entitled “The Lighthouse Omnibook”. This book has been sitting on my shelf for a few years but I was reminded of it the other day when John Greiner (a great tenor player that I played with at Berklee in different ensembles) mentioned the […]
Sax Mouthpiece Reviews and Morality
Ok, so this might seem like a strange title for a blog post but I have an issue that I need some insight and input on from my Neffmusic readers. Here’s the issue and then I will pose some questions at the end. Mouthpiece Reviews and Morality: Nine years ago I started what is […]
Retro Revival New Yorker Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing the new Retro Revival New Yorker alto saxophone mouthpiece made by Joel Peskin (iReedMan) and Bob Sheppard. Joel and Bob have started a company called Retro Revival in which he produces exact copies of great vintage mouthpieces from the past. His first two mouthpiece releases were for this New Yorker alto […]
Bill Evans Signature Series Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing the new Bill Evans Signature Series Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece. Now, before I go further I must add a disclaimer: Warning: This is one the most expensive mouthpieces on the market that I know of right now. (1695.00 US) If you do not want to be tempted by a mouthpiece that you can’t […]
Westcoast Sax MoFo Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing the Westcoast Sax “MoFo” tenor saxophone mouthpiece. Now, not being hip to the newest slang and terminology, I had to ask my teenagers what MoFo meant. My daughters told me “Mofo” stood for mother-f*****, someone who is bad-a** or hard core. My first thought was “Why would someone name a saxophone […]
Liu Shizhao Pilgrimage MB Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
A month or two ago, I posted a review of a couple new saxophone mouthpiece from Liu Shizhao out of China. He sent me a tenor saxophone mouthpiece prototype MB Prototype and an alto prototype that I was very impressed with and wrote reviews on. Recently, he has sent me two more saxophone mouthpieces to review that […]
Lamberson J7 1920 Hard Rubber Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
In an effort to mix things up a bit, I am now reviewing a new J7 tenor saxophone mouthpiece made by Fred Lamberson. Earlier this week, I reviewed the Ted Klum London model tenor mouthpiece which was probably one of the loudest and brightest mouthpieces I have played but now I turn my attention to […]
Rafael Navarro “Bob Mintzer” Bop Boy Tenor Mouthpiece Review
Today I am reviewing another great mouthpiece by Rafael Navarro. This is a hard rubber “Bob Mintzer” Bop Boy model. I have reviewed most of Rafael Navarro’s tenor models in the past. In the beginning, he was kind enough to send me a bunch to review but after a while he started getting busier as his […]
Ted Klum London Model Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today’s review is of a very used Ted Klum London model tenor saxophone mouthpiece that a friend of mine was nice enough to let me try. Ted Klum is a great sax mouthpiece maker and refacer who has a great reputation among saxophone players. His site is www.tedklummouthpieces.com. It has been quite […]
Snake Oil for the Saxophone? The Buzz Oversized Neck Screw by Westcoast Sax
Whether you are into competitive sports, weight loss, golf or the saxophone, you have probably heard claims about products that you didn’t believe. Many times I refer to these claims and products with a term you have probably heard before: “Snake Oil”. The definition of the term is : “Snake oil is an expression that originally […]
Joe Allard Overtone Exercise for Saxophone
I wanted to share this great saxophone Overtone exercise that Dr. David Demsey wrote out a number of years ago. Dr. Demsey studied with Joe Allard from 1977-1980 and is the Coordinator of Jazz Studies and Professor of Music at William Paterson University. There is a great interview with Dr. Demsey about Joe Allard that any of you […]
Saxquest “The Core” Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing the new “The Core” hard rubber tenor saxophone mouthpiece from Saxquest. Mark Overton over at Saxquest came out with two new hard rubber tenor sax mouthpieces a few months ago called “The Bridge” (hand faced by Eric Falcon) and “The Core” (hand faced by James Bunte). Mark said that the purpose behind making these […]
Saxquest “The Bridge” Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing the new “The Bridge” hard rubber tenor saxophone mouthpiece from Saxquest. Mark Overton over at Saxquest came out with two new hard rubber tenor sax mouthpieces a few months ago called “The Bridge” and “The Core”. Mark said that the purpose behind making these two mouthpieces was to try to recapture the sound and […]
A Blast from the Past-Chromazone by Mike Stern Cover
This weekend, I was going through my vast computer files and trying to clean out the gigabytes of junk I had on my computer when I discovered this old clip. This is from a recording session I did way back in the early 90’s. I think I was about 25 at the time and in […]
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