Today, I am reviewing a Drake Master Series Phil Woods alto saxophone mouthpiece made by Aaron Drake at Drake mouthpieces. This alto mouthpiece is advertised as “a near identical replica of the mouthpiece that Phil Woods played for over 40 years.” Don’t worry about the wording of “near identical”, this does not mean it is Read More…
Swingin’ Phil Woods Stolen Moments Alto Sax Solo Transcription
September 9, 2019 by 13 Comments
Here is a swingin’ alto saxophone solo by the great alto sax player Phil Woods. Someone posted this recording on Facebook earlier this month and I was blown away when I heard it as I had never heard this Phil Woods recording before. I have been playing a Drake Phil Woods model alto saxophone mouthpiece Read More…
10mFan Daddy-O Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
August 26, 2018 by 14 Comments
Mark Sepinuck, 10mFan as he is known in the saxophone world, has been producing a line of tenor saxophone mouthpieces for the last five years that have been very popular with saxophone players around the world. I have reviewed some of 10mFan’s tenor sax mouthpiece models in the past such as the Robusto, the Black Read More…
Transcription of Jason Fabus’s Swingin’ Alto Sax Solo on Cherokee
October 26, 2017 by 8 Comments
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 Read More…
Westcoast Sax MOAM .085 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
October 11, 2017 by 3 Comments
Today, I am reviewing the Westcoast Sax “MOAM” alto saxophone mouthpiece. You might remember that I reviewed the Westcoast Sax “MOFO” tenor mouthpiece last year. Matt Lee at Westcoast Sax is always picking interesting and understated names for his mouthpieces and this is no exception. The name MOAM stands for the “Mother of all Mouthpieces”. Read More…
Insane Alto Sax Solo Transcription of Todd DelGiudice on Cherokee in 12 Keys!
September 21, 2017 by 6 Comments
I am continually amazed at all the great players that we have access to these days. When I was a kid, I had my record collection by which I learned of the famous sax players out there. I knew my teacher who sounded great every week when I saw him and I knew of Read More…
Ken Okutsu Vincent Herring Custom Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
March 30, 2017 by 16 Comments
Today, I am reviewing another great alto saxophone mouthpiece by Ken Okutsu at Okutsu mouthpieces in Japan. This is a new custom model called the “Vincent Herring Custom”. Vincent Herring is a great alto sax player, if you haven’t heard him, do a search on iTunes and check out some of his recordings. I put Read More…
Now THIS is How You Solo on a Blues! Tim Green Alto Sax Transcription
March 29, 2017 by 2 Comments
Here is another killin’ transcription from a 10th grade student of mine here in Vermont, Jack Egan. About a month ago, I shared an incredibly hard transcription on the site that Jack had done on Vincent Herring’s solo on “All the Things You Are”. Around that time, I shared another recording with Jack of a Youtube Read More…
Vincent Herring Alto Sax Transcription-All the Things You Are
January 18, 2017 by 4 Comments
This is a very cool transcription from a 1996 bootleg recording of Vincent Herring soloing over “All the Things You Are” on the alto sax. I have no further information about the recording except that it is from 1-27-96. This transcription was done by a very talented 10th grade student of mine up here in northern Read More…
Johannes Gerber Vintage Alto Mouthpiece Review
October 28, 2016 by 7 Comments
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 Read More…
Morgan Excalibur 7M Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
October 20, 2016 by 7 Comments
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 Read More…
Retro Revival New Yorker Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
July 16, 2016 by 21 Comments
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 Read More…
The Dick Oatts Solo Collection Review
December 2, 2015 by 3 Comments
Today I am reviewing an awesome new transcription book of solos by alto saxophonist Dick Oatts. Dan Bayliss wrote the transcriptions and did the work of putting this ebook together. It includes 9 solos from 3 albums and is 68 pages long. The CD’s the solos are from are Dick Oatts “Standard Issue Volume Read More…
Great Lesson Package Deals on Mastering the Blues Scale Vol. 1 Lessons
November 7, 2015 by 2 Comments
I created two more great lesson package deals that compliment my book Mastering the Blues Scale-Vol. 1 One is a 3 lesson deal for alto sax in a smooth jazz style and the other is a 5 lesson deal for tenor sax in the same smooth jazz style. Here are the details and links to check them out: Read More…
Danny Walsh Transcription of Solo on “One for Rich”
September 24, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Here’s another great solo transcription from a Youtube video that I started working on a few days ago. My tenor was getting overhauled so I thought I would take a stab at an alto solo while it was in the shop. This is from the great sax player, Danny Walsh and is a solo he played with the Ball State Read More…
Silverstein Saxophone Ligature Review
November 11, 2013 by 29 Comments
Today, I am reviewing a new ligature made by Silverstein Works. For years I have heard about the amazing results that musicians would get from string ligatures. These whispers and rumors were usually heard on different clarinet boards and forums that I would visit. These posts were so compelling and convincing that I had Read More…
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