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…
Danny Walsh Tenor Sax Solo Transcription on “A Weaver of Dreams”
April 23, 2018 by 7 Comments
Here’s another great saxophone solo transcription from a Youtube video that I started working on last week. This is another great solo from the terrific NYC tenor sax player, Danny Walsh on the tune “A Weaver of Dreams”. (I’ve already transcribed a couple other solos by Danny if you want to check those out also…..) Danny 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 .105 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
October 11, 2017 by 11 Comments
Today, I am reviewing the Westcoast Sax “MOAM” tenor saxophone mouthpiece. You might remember that I reviewed the Westcoast Sax “MOFO” tenor mouthpiece last year and I just reviewed the MOAM alto sax mouthpiece earlier today. Matt Lee at Westcoast Sax is always picking interesting and understated names for his sax mouthpieces and this is 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…
Danny Walsh Tenor Sax Solo Transcription on “This Masquerade”
May 2, 2017 by 1 Comment
Here’s another great saxophone solo transcription from a Youtube video that I started working on this morning. 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 Read More…
Michael Brecker Sax Solo Transcription on David Letterman Intro
April 27, 2017 by 4 Comments
Here’s another great Michael Brecker tenor sax transcription to check out. It’s a short one of Michael Brecker sitting in with the Paul Shaffer band on the David Letterman show in the 80’s. This transcription was done by Joe Raia who is a local sax player down in Massachusetts and was nice enough to share Read More…
Theo Wanne Slant 2 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
April 5, 2017 by 10 Comments
Today, I am reviewing another great saxophone mouthpiece made by Theo Wanne at TheoWanne.com. Theo Wanne was one of the first sax mouthpiece makers to reach out to me and ask if I would be willing to do some reviews of his mouthpieces years ago. I had heard his name for years as the guy to 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…
Rafael Navarro Bebop Special Silver Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
January 25, 2017 by 36 Comments
Today I am reviewing another great mouthpiece by Rafael Navarro. This is a metal silver plated Bebop Special model. I have reviewed most of Rafael Navarro’s tenor models in the past but I’m always excited when I can try a new one! The Navarro Bebop Special hard rubber model is the mouthpiece that Bob Mintzer plays 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…
Transcription of Jeff Ellwood’s Solo on Just the Two of Us
November 30, 2016 by 5 Comments
Here’s another transcription I am excited about sharing with everyone. I found the video on Facebook this morning and proceeded to play it over and over until my wife got annoyed at me and said “Steve, it is 6:30 in the morning! What are you doing?” “Sorry, honey.” I replied. That was how my day started………. Read More…
Bill Evans Signature Series Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
July 9, 2016 by 52 Comments
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 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…
Bob Mintzer Tenor Saxophone Solo Transcription-My Romance
August 28, 2015 by 4 Comments
Here’s another great solo transcription from John Blevins. John has graciously sent me a number of his transcriptions and given me permission to share them with the sax world on my site here. This is another great sax solo by Bob Mintzer. The tune is My Romance from the 1988 album “Spectrum”. My Romance Read More…
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