Today, I am reviewing “The Rhythm Book-Beginning Notation and Sight-Reading” by Rory Stuart that is published by Hal Leonard. Rory Stuart has written a great beginning book (beginning meaning dealing with everything rhythmically up to and including hard eighth note rhythms) for those of you who want to understand rhythm and notation in a deeper […]
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Phil Barone Hollywood 8 Tenor Sax Mouthpiece Refaced by MojoBari
Today, I am reviewing a unique Phil Barone Hollywood 8 tenor saxophone mouthpiece that I had Keith Bradbury (Mojobari) work on for me a number of years ago. I had originally bought this from a sax player who said it was his gigging mouthpiece for a number of years. The bite plate had some deep […]
Corry Bros Mesa Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today I am reviewing a new mouthpiece from Jim and Paul Corry over in the UK. They are the owners of Corry Bros Saxophone Mouthpieces. As happens regularly on my site, someone contacted me and asked if I could review some of the Corry Bros sax mouthpieces. I had never heard of them but after […]
Saxscape Live Slim Profile Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Ken Barry, at Saxscape mouthpieces has been making mouthpiece since before I started my website at neffmusic.com. About 4 years ago, I saw a clip of one of my favorite tenor sax players (Danny Walsh) on Youtube playing a prototype Saxscape “Live” tenor sax mouthpiece and I thought he sounded amazing on it. Here is […]
10mFan Showtime Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Mark Sepinuck, 10mFan as he is known in the saxophone world, has been producing a line of tenor and alto saxophone mouthpieces for the last six 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, […]
RPC 110B Red Letter Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing a RPC 110B tenor saxophone mouthpiece made by Ron Coelho, at RPC mouthpieces. I used to own one of these 110B tenor sax mouthpieces back in the mid 2000’s before I started this website and remember gigging on it for about 6-8 months at the time. I was playing a lot of […]
Rico Metalite M7 and M9 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Now for something completely different, a review of a tenor saxophone mouthpiece that only costs about 30 bucks! Yes, you read that right! Today, I am reviewing two Rico Metalite tenor saxophone mouthpieces. I have been intrigued by these sax mouthpieces for a few years because I have heard a bunch of people rave about […]
10mFan Daddy-O Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
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 […]
The Cannonball Adderley Omnibook Review
Today, I am reviewing the Cannonball Adderley Omnibook that is published by Hal Leonard. This great book of transcriptions was created by Chris “Doc” Stewart who also transcribed the Sonny Rollins Omnibook that I reviewed earlier in the year. I bought this book after receiving a gift card from a student of mine. I went […]
James Bunte 42 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
This is embarrassing to admit, but here is a review that I worked on many years ago and just found on my site as a draft! I had been working on it, got side tracked and then never posted it! That’s embarrassing! I actually still have this alto mouthpiece in a drawer here in my […]
10mFan Showboat Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
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 […]
Westcoast Sax MOAM .081 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
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 […]
Westcoast Sax MOAM .110 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing another Westcoast Sax “MOAM” tenor saxophone mouthpiece. A few months ago, I reviewed an unplated .105 tip opening MOAM. Matt said he would send me a plated model of the MOAM when they were finished and I asked if I could get the .110 tip opening. I wasn’t planning on doing […]
Boston Sax Shop Signature Reed Cases
Today, I am reviewing a beautiful new product I received with a reed order from Jack Tyler at the Boston Sax Shop. Last week, I ordered some new reeds to try from Jack and when the package came, I opened it to discover this added gem inside. This is the Boston Sax Shop signature reed […]
10mFan “The Classic” Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Mark Sepinuck, 10mFan as he is known in the saxophone world, came out with a line of tenor saxophone mouthpieces five years ago that have been very popular with saxophone players. Mark, created a very detailed three category system of tenor saxophone mouthpieces and he designed what he considered to be the best tenor sax […]
Balam Saxophone Backstrap Comparison and Review
Today, I am reviewing a new saxophone neckstrap that I received from my saxophone repairman Jack Tyler at the Boston Sax Shop. Jack has been my sax repairman since 2013 when my long time repairman Ernie Sola died. The last 3-4 times I went in to see Ernie before he died he told me about […]
Liu Shizhao Pearls Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
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 […]
Phil-Tone Novella Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today I am reviewing another great alto 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 mouthpiece model. A couple of months ago he announced that he had a new mouthpiece model called the Novella […]
Need a Metal Sax Mouthpiece Facelift? Contact Matt Marantz for a Replating
For many years now I have been looking around for someone who replates saxophone mouthpieces. Back in the 90’s, I had a mouthpiece that had the bite plate fall off and then the gold plating was all wearing away. I read about health hazards that could come from playing a raw brass or copper mouthpiece […]
Retro Revival “Super D” New York Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing the new Retro Revival “Super D” New York model tenor saxophone mouthpiece made by Joel Peskin (iReedMan) and Bob Sheppard. Joel and Bob have started a company called Retro Revival in which they produce exact copies of great vintage mouthpieces from the past. When Joel started the company they started with […]
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