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…
Westcoast Sax MOAM .081 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
June 5, 2018 by 1 Comment
Today, I am reviewing the Westcoast Sax “MOAM” .081 alto saxophone mouthpiece. You might remember that I reviewed a non-plated MOAM alto mouthpiece that had a .086 tip opening last fall. 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 Read More…
Pete Christlieb Swingin’ Tenor Sax Solo Transcription-“Limehouse Blues”
April 24, 2018 by 6 Comments
For todays transcription, I need to give you a little bit backstory so bear with me for a second. I started playing the saxophone in 7th grade. I was your average kid who was excited about playing the sax but not really sure how serious I was or where this new hobby would take me. Read More…
Joel Frahm “Aguas De Março” Tenor Sax Solo Transcription
April 17, 2018 by 10 Comments
Here’s another beautiful solo by the great tenor saxophone player, Joel Frahm. Joel has commented on neffmusic.com quite a few times over the years and his passion for everything to do with the saxophone is very obvious. This youtube video is one of my all time favorites. It is the tune “Aguas De Março” (Waters of Read More…
The Sonny Rollins Omnibook Review
March 27, 2018 by 3 Comments
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 interested in anything having to do with jazz so I checked it out. I remember trying to get into it, but it Read More…
Transcription of Kelly Jefferson’s Solo on Confirmation
December 1, 2017 by 4 Comments
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 Read More…
Liu Shizhao Pearls Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
November 10, 2017 by 7 Comments
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 Read More…
Did someone say Sanborn?…….D&S A2 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
November 8, 2017 by 8 Comments
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, Read More…
D&S Brecker III Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
November 6, 2017 by 2 Comments
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 Read More…
D&S Brecker II Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
November 6, 2017 by 11 Comments
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 Read More…
D&S Model I Tenor Sax Mouthpiece Review
November 6, 2017 by Leave a Comment
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 Read More…
The Stan Getz Omnibook Review
June 19, 2017 by 21 Comments
It’s with a bit of embarrassment that I admit that in the past, I have never really been a big fan of Stan Getz. I remember hearing his name when I was younger and checking out some of his recordings but what can I say? Those were my Michael Brecker and Bob Berg years. I couldn’t get Read More…
Danny Walsh Solo Transcription on Our Love Is Here To Stay
March 22, 2017 by 5 Comments
Here’s another great saxophone solo transcription from a Youtube video that I started working on yesterday. This is another great solo from the terrific tenor sax player, Danny Walsh (I’ve already transcribed a couple other solos by him). Danny Walsh is an amazing NYC saxophone player that many people may not know about but is definitely worth checking Read More…
Phil-tone JZ Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
January 26, 2017 by 3 Comments
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 Read More…
Transcription of Clay Pritchard’s Solo on Cherokee
December 9, 2016 by 3 Comments
Here’s a transcription that Steve Kortyka did of a Clay Pritchard solo over Cherokee on the video below. You might not have heard of these guys yet but Steve Kortyka is a great New York player that plays with Lady Gaga among many others and Clay Pritchard was a semi-finalist from the 2013 Monk Competition. Steve Read More…
Transcription of Jeff Ellwood’s Solo on Freedom Jazz Dance
December 8, 2016 by 2 Comments
Here’s another transcription from the Jeff Ellwood “School of Outness”. This is from another video of Jeff that I found on Facebook a couple of months ago and put in my transcription folder of cool solos I had to one day transcribe. The video below is Jeff Ellwood playing a tenor sax solo over “Freedom Jazz Read More…
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